[International] Spring 2009 Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (GEN)

[Jennifer Graff <graff@uwosh.edu>]

 Dear International Listserv Members:

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the Spring 2009 Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) in Vladimir, Moscow, or St. Petersburg.

Applications for the Spring 2009 program are due October 1st.  *Please note that this is a new application deadline*  Applications are now available for download from the American Councils website: http://www.actr.org/programList.php

Full and partial fellowships are available through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and the U.S. Department of Education
(Fulbright-Hays) grant support. Many colleges and universities also provide financial aid for participation in American Councils programs. Recent participants have received substantial fellowship support from the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).

Programs provide approximately twenty hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural studies at Moscow International University and at the Russian State Pedagogical University (Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg. The KORA Center for Russian Language hosts the Vladimir program. Participants receive graduate- or undergraduate-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.

A full-time U.S. resident director oversees the academic and cultural programs and assists participants in academic, administrative, and personal matters. Students may live with Russian host families or in university dormitories in Moscow and St. Petersburg; all students in Vladimir live with Russian families. During the semester, students may take advantage of volunteer opportunities or internship placements at sites including local public schools, charity organizations, international businesses, non-profit organizations, and international NGOs. Students are also offered the chance to meet for two hours per week with peer tutors recruited from their host universities. 

The Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program is also offered for the Fall, Summer and Academic Year.  Programs are also available for Heritage Speakers of Russian and students interested in studying Business Russian. Please contact the Outbound Office for more details.

Application Deadlines
Fall/Academic Year Program: April 1
Summer Program: March 1
Spring Semester: October 1	

For more information and an application, please contact: 
Russian & Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.acrussiaabroad.org; www.americancouncils.com


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