Russian Flagship students engage in cultural enrichment
Despite a pandemic, the University of Georgia’s Russian Flagship Program continues to see record high enrollment as students engage in culturally immersive experiences while learning a language considered vital to national security.
“I’m continuously amazed that students in their freshman year are adventurous enough, ambitious enough, and foresighted enough to say during their first semester, I want to sign up for four years of intensive Russian, spend a year abroad, and work towards professional-level proficiency in Russian to pursue a global career,” said Russian Flagship director Victoria Hasko, an associate professor in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s Department of Language and Literacy Education.
“We have external assessment data at this point to show that our students’ proficiency achievements are nothing short of impressive, and I think that’s also reflective of the quality of the program itself,” she added. “Our students are excited to be involved in a program that can offer so many opportunities.”