The Center for Slavic and East European Studies and the Department of Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Cultures are proud to announce that they will be strengthening their partnership with Columbus North International School by contributing three teachers to teach Russian language and Eastern European culture during the 2016-2017 academic year. Greg Ormiston and Ray Alston will be instructing the middle and high school students in Russian language, and Kathryn Metz will be teaching Eastern European culture. The partnership is made possible by DSEELC’s contribution of pedagogical resources and teachers, CSEES’ Title VI grant funds from the International and Foreign Language Education division of the federal Department of Education, and CNIS’ dedication to provide quality language and cultural instruction to their students.  We are excited that CNIS has given us the opportunity to be a part of their teaching staff to spread the knowledge of Eastern European languages and cultures.