2002 Middlebury Russian School Awards

[Benjamin Rifkin]

The Middlebury Russian School presents awards to students at each
level of instruction who achieve the greatest progress in each
language skill area (listening, reading, speaking, writing, grammar)
and one award at each level for the best overall performance.  These
awards are based on results on entrance and exit tests administered
that summer.  In addition, awards are given to the most active
participants in the cocurricular (cultural) program and to the
student in the graduate (6-week) program for the most outstanding
work in all his or her courses.  These last two awards are selected
by a committee of Russian School faculty.

On behalf of the Middlebury Russian School faculty and staff, I
congratulate the students who won these awards and the teachers at
their home institutions who helped prepare them for success.

You can read more about the summer 2002 session at the Middlebury
Russian School at
<http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian/activities/index.html>.

- Ben Rifkin

Middlebury  Russian School Prizes for 2002

Level 1 (very little or no prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills: William Tuthill, SUNY-Albany
Listening Comprehension: Iverson Long, Johns-Hopkins
Reading Comprehension: Rachael Rapp, American U.
Writing Skills: Zachary Gerson, Stanford U.
Grammar: Andrew Burke, Union College
Overall:  Liza Pickering, Unaffiliated

Level 2 (equivalent to one semester prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills:  Lauren Vernon, Agnes Scott College
Listening Comprehension:  Peter Robinson, Vassar College
Reading Comprehension: Scott Myers, New York U.
Writing Skills:  Jeremy Burrow, Dartmouth College
Grammar:  Sean Mangieri, Emory U.
Overall:  Individual Wishes to Remain Anonymous

Level 3 (equivalent to 2 semesters prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills:  Julie Glasser, Stanford; and Sarah Lowman, Vassar
Listening Comprehension:  Lydia Busse, U. of Oklahoma; and Donna
D'Aleo, Mercyhurst College
Reading Comprehension:  Jonathan McKernan, U. of Tennesse; and Joseph
Windrem, Harvard U.
Writing Skills:  Deborah Jones, Middlebury College
Grammar:  Wan Ting Lee, Illinois Wesleyan U.; and Nathan Rasmussen,
U. of Wisconsin-Madison
Overall:  Emily Smith, UC-Berkeley / McGill U.

Level 4 (equivalent to 3 semesters prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills: David Donnelly, Carleton College
Listening Comprehension:  Jenifer Parks, UNC-Chapel Hill; and Emily
Pertoso, George Washington University
Reading Comprehension: Gregory Yardley, Stanford U.
Writing Skills: Karen Anderson, U. Wisconsin-Madison
Grammar:  Brianna Avenia-Tapper, Bard College
Overall:  Lyle MacMillan, U. of Kansas; and Leah Smith, St. Olaf's College

Level 5 (equivalent to 4 semesters prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills: Kathryn Sosnak, Columbia University; and Pey-Yi Chu, Stanford U.
Reading Comprehension: Adam Wolf, UC-Davis; and Aaron Beitman,
Haverford College
Writing Skills:  Jared Bayer, Wesleyan U. / American U.; and Elliot
Holt, unaffiliated
Grammar:  Sarah Rorimer, Bates College; and Stacey Manley, U. of Chicago
Overall:  Julia Hon, U. Wisconsin-Madison

Level 6 (equivalent to 5 semesters prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills:  Martin Kley, U. of Pittsburgh; and Elisabeth Pilcher,
Columbia University
Listening Comprehension: Mike Baumann, U. of Wisconsin-Madison
Reading Comprehension:  Sara Gombert, U. of Rochester; and Brandon
Schneider, Georgetown U.
Writing Skills:  James Loeffler, Columbia U.
Grammar:  Danielle Stech-Homsy, Bard College
Overall: Michael Adams, Drew U.

Level 7 (equivalent to 6 semesters prior Russian-language instruction)
Oral Skills: James Tonn, U. of Pittsburgh
Listening Comprehension:  Matthew Zoglmann, unaffiliated
Reading Comprehension:  Hunter Smith, Middlebury College; and Hubert
Janicki, Middlebury College
Writing Skills:  Ethan Alexander-Davey, Amherst College
Grammar:  Daniel Shea, Middlebury College
Overall: Katharine Holt, Harvard U.

Graduate Level
Language Progress:  Ben Jens, U. of Wisconsin-Madison; and Kate
Pickering, Columbia U.
Outstanding Performance: Kathleen Scollins, U. of Wisconsin-Madison

Cultural Program Award
Adam Dubinsky, Brown U.; and Chrissy Klemens, U. of Wisconsin-Madison

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Benjamin Rifkin

Professor of Slavic Languages, Slavic Dept., UW-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI  53706 USA
voice: 608/262-1623; fax: 608/265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic/rifkin/

Director of the Russian School
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT  05753
voice:  802/443-5533; fax: 802/443-5394
http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian/

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