Russian Flagship Program receives renewed funding
The Russian Flagship Program secured $344,000 in National Security Education Program funding for student scholarships and $374,000 in operational funds for the 2022-23 academic year.
The program, directed by Victoria Hasko, associate professor in the College, is a collaborative initiative between the Department of Language and Literacy Education and Franklin College of Arts and Science’s Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies. The program is funded by the Language Flagship, a public/private partnership sponsored by the NSEP.
In summer 2022, the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s Immersion in the Russian Language, Culture, and Communities in the Baltics Program shifted to a domestic location in Honolulu, Hawaii due to security concerns. For summer 2023, the program intends to shift back to the Baltics in Riga, Latvia and will take place June 19-August 13, 2023.