Federation of Ukrainian Student Associations in America (SUSTA) was founded in 1953 in New York. Besides representing and defending Ukrainian interests in the international forum, SUSTA advocated for Ukrainian studies to be established in some of the major universities in USA, organized financial assistance for students without means and conducted student congresses and a variety of conferences. SUSTA initiatives led to the creation of a permanent Ukrainian Student Fund in 1954, and the Ukrainian Studies Fund in 1957. The work of the latter helped create three Chairs in Ukrainian studies at Harvard University (1970-75). In 1959, SUSTA organized an international conference for students representing the nations oppressed by Soviet communism. In the following decades, the activity of SUSTA slowly subsided. In 2007, SUSTA was reinvigorated and again began to organize annual student conferences. At present, the organization is growing and developing.
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