The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies is delighted to announce that four of our returning students have earned the newly-established CSEEES Excellence Award, created this year to support students in the absence of federal Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships. To receive the award, students must earn a semester GPA of 3.9 and have a cumulative GPA of 3.9 or higher. Those enrolled in undergraduate courses in the relevant semester must not receive a grade lower than an A- in any of them. These students maintain the highest academic standards in their foreign language and area studies coursework. Please join us in commending their accomplishment!

Elena Burger has completed her first year of the MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies with a 4.0 GPA. She studies Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Turkish, and Albanian, and her academic interests are in the Balkans and former Ottoman Europe.

Owen McNeely is a rising second-year in the MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies. His academic focus is on Romania and Moldova and he has received a Title VIII Fellowship to study intensive Romanian in Moldova with American Councils this summer. In autumn semester, he will add Russian language study to his portfolio.

Tomas Scott is focusing on the politics and international relations of Central Asia during his MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies. He is learning Russian, and aspires to be a diplomat.

Parker Tysinger is studying Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish while pursuing her MA in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies. Her research is on children’s experiences during the Holocaust.

Donors wishing to contribute to this initiative can donate online at: Give to Ohio State: Slavic Center Development or by mailing a check made out to "The Ohio State University" to:

The Ohio State University Foundation 
P.O. Box 736096 
Chicago, IL 60673-6096

and noting: "Fund 313858, Slavic Center Development" in the memo line.