12 students have received Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships from the Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES) for the summer 2019 semester. The summer 2019 cohort of fellows come from nine different majors and programs across the university and have received funding totaling $97,077. Through a Title VI FLAS grant from the U.S. Department of Education, CSEES awards summer FLAS to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who are enrolled in a degree that requires them to acquire advanced East European and Eurasian language skills. As part of the summer FLAS fellowship, students participate in an intensive language program, which gives them the equivalent of one year’s worth of study in six to 10 weeks. Matching funding from the Graduate School totaling $13,419 in the form of tuition and fee awards also made possible three summer awards to graduate students.

Congrats to the following students!

• Victoria Andreev, an undergraduate student double majoring in business and Russian, will study fourth-year Russian in Saint Petersburg, Russia;
• Sarah Craycraft, a graduate student in comparative studies, will be studying third-year Bulgarian in Sofia, Bulgaria;
• Andrew Fredericks, a graduate student in Slavic and East European studies, will be studying fourth-year Russian in Kyiv, Ukraine;
• Brandon Harvey, a graduate student in Slavic and East European studies, will be studying sixth-year Russian in Saint Petersburg, Russia;
• Henry Hinton, an undergraduate student double majoring in electrical engineering and Russian, will be studying fourth-year Russian, in Moscow, Russia;
• Steven Kenworthy, a dual degree graduate student in Slavic and East European studies and public affairs, will be studying fourth-year Russian in Kyiv, Ukraine;
• Helen McHenry, an undergraduate student double majoring in international studies and Russian, will be studying third-year Russian in Moscow, Russia;
• Connor McNamara, an undergraduate student double majoring in geography and Russian, will study third-year Russian in Moscow, Russia;
• Mitchell Patterson, an undergraduate student double majoring in international studies and Russian, will study fourth-year Russian in Moscow, Russia;
• Joe Sullivan, an undergraduate student double majoring in international studies and Russian, will study third-year Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan;
• Mackenzie Weiler, a graduate student in political science, will be studying fourth-year Russian in Astana, Kazakhstan; and
• William Zadeskey, an undergraduate student double majoring in international studies and Russian, will be studying fourth-year Russian in Saint Petersburg, Russia