LOCAL OFF TO U.K. THANKS TO ROTARIANS

$15,900 scholarship gives
NV woman ‘special’ chance

CATHERINE FENIAK knows first-hand the commitment |
that Rotarians have to community service.

Thanks to the Rotary Club, the
27-year-old North Vancouver
‘woman will be studying special
education for handicapped
children at the University of Lan-
caster, *

She leaves August 31 for one
year of study in the United
Kingdom.

Feniai: said this wouldn't be
possible had she not beer awarded
a $15,000 international Rotary
scholarship.

“This scholarship is specifically
for non-Rotarians,”’ said Feniak.

“That is really special because it
shows how service-oriented they
are.”

Feniak, who was sponsored by
the Rotary Club of Lions Gate,
went before a panel of Rotarians
from B.C., Washington, and
Oregon last October for an inter-
view.

PROMOTE CANADA

“They're looking for someone
who can represent Rotary and to
promote Canada and British Col-
umbia overseas in 2 positive way,""
she said.

Although there were 2,000 in-
ternational Rotary grants made
last year, only two people were
chosen from 8B.C., including
Feniah.

She said this year five people
. from this region are expected to be
chosen for the scholarship.

The five categories that grants
are awarded are spccial education,

By KIM PEMBERTON
News Reporter

undergraduate, graduate, voca-
tional and journalism.

Feniak said she first learned
abcut the International Rotary
Fellowship while a ferst-year
teacher in Williams Lake. Her su-
perior had been awarded the
fellowship a few years earlier.

MASTERS DEGREE

After she taught at Williams
Lake, Feniak began teaching
special education and English as a
second language at a Richmond
junior high school before applying
for the scholarship.

At the University of Lancaster,
Feniak will be studying for her
masters degree under professor
Sally Tomlinson.

“I've been reading on the British
special education system and her
(Tomlinson’s) name comes up
quite often. I asked to study under
this particular professor because [|
believe in her philosophy,’’ she
said.

“It’s quite an expensive educa-
tion and | wouldn't have been able
to afford it otherwisc.”’

Before leaving for her overseas
study, Feniak has spoken at the
Rotary Clubs of Lions Gate, the
West Vancouver Lions Club, the
annual Rotary convention § in
Richmond and at a Rotary meeting
in Bellingham, Washington.

egis

CATHERINE FENIAK helps
Duncan Dee go over an English
lesson. Catherine, who teaches
English as a second language and
mentally handicapped students,
was recently awarded a $15,000
Rotary scholarship to study at the
University of Lancaster for a year.
She leaves at the end of this
month.

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