Roman Tashleetsky Joins New Pathway as Columnist

The New Pathway Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper is pleased to announce the appointment of Roman Tashleetsky as an additional Kyiv-based columnist.

Roman, a native of Rivne, Ukraine, graduated with a Master’s degree in English and French Language and Literature from the Lesia Ukrainka National University of Volyn. He is currently a graduate student at the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, and is working on a dissertation on Ukrainian translations of William Shakespeare.

He is also working as a translator for the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union in Kyiv.

In 2002, Roman was a participant in the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP) in Ottawa, which is sponsored by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation, and a CUPP coordinator in 2003.  In addition, he has received a number of awards and scholarships, and attended the Harvard University Summer Institute in 2005.

Roman is a member of the Plast scouting organization in Ukraine and a former reporter/journalist for Street TV and The Lutsk Molody newspaper.

We are pleased to welcome Roman to The New Pathway and look forward to reading his column in future issues.