Russian study in Vladivostok

[Emily Saunders]

Hello,

Based on the description at the AMBergh Education website, my guess is  
that they have an agreement with the Russian School at DVGU (FENU) -  
the primary liberal arts university in Vladi-k.  Here is their direct  
website:  http://russianschool.wl.dvgu.ru/index.php  Whether you go  
through a U.S. based organization or contact them directly, I'm  
guessing the end experience is the same.  The main thing is if the  
student needs academic credit and which institution he/she'd be getting  
it through.

I participated in an exchange program there through the now more or  
less defunct ACC program out of Middlebury back in the early '90's.  I  
imagine that a lot has changed since then, however there were two  
aspects of the Russian School program that I noted then and which may  
be the same now.

1.  Accommodations were (are?) on the 3rd floor of DVGU dormitory #4,  
which is the best student dorm in town.  However, if things are as they  
were, you'll not likely be mingling with Russian students on this floor  
as it was/is? separated from the rest of the dorm by a steel door and  
guarded by a stern dezhurnaya.  Most of the students in the program  
then were Japanese and Korean, so likely those are the students you'd  
be socializing with after class.  (Through ACC our group of students  
managed to get placed with regular Russian students on other floors).

2.  The program of study was/is? worked out for lower levels quite  
well, but was not sufficient for me at that time (I'd just come off of  
5 years of college Russian).  I  ended up skipping the Russian School  
classes and instead attended seminars and lectures at the Fil and  
Istfak's of the regular university.  ACC offered this option then.  I  
do not know if other programs affiliated with the Russian School will  
now.

That being said, the school is quite conveniently located (assuming it  
is still downstairs and next door to Ob No 4), and this is saying  
something in Vladi-k where things are quite strung out and if you get  
stuck out at 2-aya Rechka, it can be quite a trek to get downtown.   
Also if your student is interested in studying east of the Urals, I  
would say that Vladivostok is a better location than, say,  
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.  Though Irkutsk is also a nice town.

If your student has any questions about Vladi-k, I'd be happy to answer  
them.  I was a student there back in the early 90's but have visited  
friends there as recent as 2005.

Regards,

Emily Saunders

On Oct 18, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Tatiana Osipovich wrote:

> Keith,
> Lewis & Clark College just approved an exchange program with the Far  
> Eastern
> National University (FENU) in Vladivostok. Last May  I traveled there  
> to evaluate their Russian School and to discuss our possible  
> collaboration. I found the Russian School at FENU to be excellent. You  
> can read more about their Russian program at:
> http://rs.wl.dvgu.ru/
> I can send more information about the school and the university to  
> your student if you tell me his e-mail address.
>
> Tatiana Osipovich
>
>
>
> --On Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:43 PM -0400 Keith Langston  
> <langston at UGA.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have a student who is interested in doing a study abroad program in
>> Vladivostok. He found one that is offered by AMBergh Education, and I
>> was wondering if any of you had experience with this company, or if
>> you knew of any other programs you could recommend.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> ***************************************************
>> Keith Langston
>> Associate Professor of Russian and Linguistics
>> Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages
>> University of Georgia
>> 201 Joseph E. Brown Hall
>> Athens, GA 30602
>> 706.542.2448, fax 706.583.0349
>>
>>
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