Journalism Practicum in Saratov (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

FYI

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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 14:49:17 EST
From: Andrei the Shkvorov <andrei+ at ic.tunis.tver.su>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Journalism Practicum in Saratov

The International Institute of Russian Language and Culture in Tver
announces the opening of enrollment for its:

        FIRST ANNUAL SPRING JOURNALISM, POLITICAL
        SCIENCE, AND SOCIETAL STUDIES PRACTICUM

                May 27 - June 23, 1996
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The Institute for International Communication and the International
Institute of Russian Language and Culture, under the auspices of the
Tver InterContact Group, an independent educational and consulting
organization, announce the opening of enrollment for our first Spring
Journalism Practicum. The Practicum will run during the three weeks
preceding, and one week following, the Russian Presidential Election in
June 1996.

Building on our past year's successful Summer and Winter Language
Schools, and on the 1996 Spring Legal Russian Program, the
Practicum will have two objectives:

* to give students and professionals orientational support and translation
  and consulting assistance in their reporting and research endeavors in
  Russia, and

* to provide them with the practical Russian language skills
  essential to their work.

Moreover, Tver offers the perfect vantage point from which to observe
the Presidential Election as it progresses in the provinces. Anyone can
see what goes on in the metropoli of St. Petersburg and Moscow, but
only in the provinces can you see how the other 90% of Russia's
citizens live -- how they view the candidates and the electoral process,
the troubles they face in everyday life, and in general the economic,
political, and social reality lived by nine out of every ten Russians.

We invite students, professors, teachers, business people and tourists of
any age and trade, who are  attracted to the active exploration of a
national Culture, Language, and People, rather than dreary sightseeing
tours trapped behind a tour bus window, caught in the vise of a
package tour schedule.

The Practicum begins on May 27 and continues through June 23.
Participation will be limited to 50 students. Participants may enroll
under either of two programs, one tailored to students and providing
an internship placement with a Russian newspaper, and the second
designed to support professional research:

Student Internship Program (4 weeks) -- from May 27 to June 23.
Professional Program (3 weeks) -- from June 2 to June 23.

Both programs include weekend tours within Tver to local artists'
workshops, area monasteries,  churches, and museums, and special
research and recreational excursions to nearby cities such as Torzhok,
Rzhev, Ostashkov, Staritsa, and Moscow.

For more information, please contact:

Richard Smith
International Programs Director
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture
P.O. Box 0565
Central Post Office
Tver 170000, Russia

Email:  richard at ic.redline.ru
Phone: +7.0822.425419, .425439
Fax:     +7.501.9021765 or +7.0822.426210