Just as UW-Madison senior Claudia Torres Giraldo was wrapping up a year of Russian-language study in Kyrgyzstan this spring to head to Kazakhstan for a Russian-language internship, she received the Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award …
Language Learning
Multilingualism and Education in Wisconsin Project Features New Interviews with Russianists From Campus and Wider Community
An exciting new project, Multilingualism and Education in Wisconsin, features over 100 podcast interviews with students, educators, and community members throughout Wisconsin, including Russianists from around the UW-Madison campus and the wider community. The collection …
Grants—New and Renewed—Bolster CREECA’s Language Learning Programs for Summer 2022
The Pushkin Summer Institute (PSI) has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation (USRF) to support its intensive, residential program for summer 2022 that will welcome its first in-person cohort since 2019. …
Reimagining the Future of Postsecondary Language Education at UW-Madison
On February 28, 75 educators and language advocates on campus gathered for the mini–symposium “Reimagining the Future of Postsecondary Language Education” to address the most pressing challenges in world language education today. Participants–including several CREECA affiliates–had …