Winners of ACTR's 2004 Russian Essay Contest

[Patricia L. Zody]

Dear Colleagues,

Congratulations to the winners of the Fifth Annual ACTR National
Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest, which was held in February 2004.  In
this contest, there were 307 essays submitted from 35 universities and
colleges. Best, Pat Zody

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Category 1, Level 1 (Non-Heritage Learners)

First Place
Katarzyna Kozanechka, Columbia University
Megan McClain, University of Notre Dame
Emily Schwartz, Columbia University

Second Place
Deon Burchett, University of Maryland
Joseph S. Calascione, New York University
Hannah Pollin, Columbia University

Third Place
Petra Dankova, University of Notre Dame
Rebecca Hess, Ohio State University
Emily Laskin, Columbia University
Katherine Mueller, Connecticut College

Category 1, Level 2 (Non-Heritage Learners)

First Place
Paul Sonne, Columbia University

Second Place
Risa Chubinsky, Columbia University
David Kamin, Carleton College
Ewa Nitze, Ohio State University
Richard West, Grinnell College

Third Place
Angela Fleury, Swarthmore College
Timothy Michael Gallagher, Williams College
Marina Ivanova, Connecticut College
Ana Keilson, Columbia University

Category 1, Level 3 (Non-Heritage Learners)

First Place
Alexandra Grashkina, Williams College
Philip Song, Harvard University

Second Place
Paul Bernhard, Case Western Reserve University
Rachel Glassberg, Pomona College
Hillary Lux, Carleton College

Third Place
Jennifer Gardner, Yale University
Gary Gregoricka, Yale University
Robert Jellinek, Harvard University
Teresa Kuruc, Ohio State University

Category 1, Level 4 (Non-Heritage Learners)

First Place
Neil S. Gipson, Indiana University
Luke Stratton, Dickinson College

Second Place
Michael Bohm, Columbia University
David Donnelly, Carleton College

Third Place
Bradley Miller, University of Northern Iowa
Alison Glass, University of Notre Dame
William Ransone, Dickinson College
Siobhan Reardon, Indiana University
Amy Zerebnick, Indiana University

Category 2, Level 1 (Heritage Learners)

First Place
Maria Taroutina, Yale University

Second Place
Elizabeth Lubnina, Ohio State University
Nadya Strizhevskaya, Barnard College/Columbia University

Third Place
Ivan Dremov, Yale University
Nikita Fonarev, Columbia University

Category 2, Level 2 (Heritage Learners)

First Place
Jane Charney, Indiana University

Second Place
Olga Yevtukhova, Columbia University

Third Place
Dmitriy Aronov, Columbia University
Yelena Bolotina, Iowa State University
Masha Matter, Columbia University

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