Summer Fellowships for Russian teachers and graduate students to study at MGU

[Graham Hettlinger]

Fellowships for Russian teachers and graduate students to study at Moscow State University for six weeks this summer

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is currently accepting applications for the 2001 Summer Russian Language Teachers Program. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the program provides full funding for in-service and future Russian language teachers to study Russian language, literature, culture, and pedagogy at Moscow State University for six weeks. 

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who currently teach Russian at the grade school, high school or university level, or graduate students who intend a career in the teaching field.

Awards include international round-trip travel from Washington, DC to Moscow, Russia; pre-departure orientation; housing with Russian host-families; a $100 per week living stipend; ten hours of graduate level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College; and Russian visas.

A full-time resident director oversees the academic program; assists participants in academic, administrative, and personal matters; and serves a liaison with Moscow State faculty and administrators. 

Approximate Program Dates: June 18 to July 30, 2001

Application Deadline: February 15, 2001

For more information and applications, contact:

Graham Hettlinger
2001 Summer Russian Language Teachers Program
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-7522
hettlinger at actr.org

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