New Russian Life initiative

[Cosentini, Mary Anne]

Dear Paul,
Forgive me for getting back to you only now regarding your most generous
offer. Our college (Connecticut College) subscribes to Russian Life and I
know for a fact that our students enjoy your magazine.  I was very happy to
have been able to distribute the magazines that you sent me back in October
to my students.  They were very pleased.
I would very much like to participate in your initiative.  As of today, I
will only be teaching one course next year,  Russian 101.  This year we have
what is for our college a large group: 10 students. I do not know whether
the people teaching Russian 202 would want to encorporate Russian Life into
their classroom work; in second year we try to start the students reading
texts in Russian (and they have access to the magazine in the library).
Could I possibly contact you in September and let you know how many students
are enrolled?
I would use Russian Life as a "carrot" and we would discuss one article per
month.  I already encorporate culture into my classes (art, music, folklore,
fairytales) and I would adapt my culture curriculum according to the
material in your magazine.
Again, forgive me for not getting back to you sooner.  I think that your
offer is very generous and I'm sure that it will be very effective.
Sincerely,
Mary Anne Cosentini

> ----------
> From:         Paul Richardson
> Reply To:     Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> Sent:         Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:38 AM
> To:   SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject:      [SEELANGS] New Russian Life initiative
>
> Dear SEELANGERS:
>
> In our continuing effort to promote the study of Russian in US schools and
> universities, Russian Life has initiated a new program, announced in the
> current (Jan/Feb) issue of Russian Life.
>
> Our Educational Patrons program will allow readers and supporters of
> Russian
> Life to become direct supporters of Russian language classes throughout
> the
> US. Donors will make an annual contribution and Russian Life will supply
> 25
> copies of the magazine to a requestor school for an entire year.
>
> [Many SEELANGERS responded to our offer of overprinted magazines last fall
> and are thus already on our database of requestor schools. If you did not
> participate in that effort, please feel free to contact us about becoming
> a
> requestor school.]
>
> Schools may also "become their own patrons" and have classes receive
> Russian
> Life for a full year at this new, special classroom rate. (Sorry, due to
> high shipping costs, this rate is available only to schools in the
> Continental US.)
>
> For more information, visit:
>
> http://www.russian-life.com/educpatr.cfm
>
> Meanwhile, on a related note, if you have not yet gotten your copy of the
> Russian Life 2003 Wall Calendar (bilingual months and days), it's not too
> late. We still have copies of the calendar left. The calendar, in addition
> to featuring photos from around St. Petersburg (this year's theme),
> includes
> all Russian, American and Canadian holidays, plus over 100 interesting
> historical anniversaries. The calendar is still just $12 plus s&h. You can
> buy it online at:
>
> http://www.russian-life.com/store/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=4914
>
> Paul Richardson
> Publisher
> Russian Life magazine
> www.russian-life.com
>
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