Financial Aid available for Graduate Study at OSU

[Angela Brintlinger]

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures at 
The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, which offers the M.A. and Ph.D. 
degrees with specialization in Russian Literature or Slavic Linguistics, 
announces the availability of financial support for qualified new graduate 
students in the 2009-2010 academic year.

With a faculty of twelve, including specialists in Slavic literatures, Film and 
Cultural Studies, Slavic and Balkan linguistics, and Second Language 
Acquisition, the Department is one of the largest and most successful in the 
field. The more than thirty graduate students come from all over the country 
and the world. They work closely with faculty in the Department and across 
the University in pursuit of academic excellence. Opportunities to complete 
advanced research and present and publish work in symposia and other fora 
and to teach a variety of courses in the disciplines of the Department 
enhance our Department’s graduate student experience.

OSU and our Department offer Graduate Associateships, University 
Fellowships, Foreign Language and Area Studies Title VI Fellowships, and other 
financial aid.  GA and UF awards are open to students from all countries. Both 
incoming and continuing graduate students are eligible for up to five years of 
financial support.  Well-prepared Graduate Teaching Associates regularly 
teach courses in the Russian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, and Serbo-Croatian 
languages, Russian literature, Russian film, and Russian culture on the 
undergraduate level, and occasionally teach other courses, such as Polish or 
Czech or Balkan Slavic literature and film for undergraduates, and the 
Bulgarian and Ukrainian languages.  All new GTAs take a two-week training 
seminar before classes begin and receive further teacher training and 
education throughout the school year. A Departmental atmosphere of mutual 
respect and assistance between faculty and graduate students contributes to 
the teaching success of our GTAs.  The mentoring and training our GTAs 
receive have contributed strongly to an excellent record of postgraduate 
placement in academic jobs for our Ph.D.s.

The OSU Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures 
is part of a major University-wide program in Slavic and East European 
Studies, with faculty in many fields, including Geography, History, History of 
Art, International Studies, Law, Linguistics, Music, Political Science, Sociology, 
Theater, and Yiddish Language and Literature. The program is supported by a 
very strong research library, with over 1,000,000 titles in Slavic and East 
European Studies, as well as the world's largest repository of medieval Slavic 
texts on microfilm.  The cost of living in Columbus is moderate, and the city is 
easily accessible from almost anywhere in the USA and abroad.

The application deadline for international students who wish to be considered 
for University Fellowships is November 30, 2008, and for GTA consideration it 
is January 15, 2009.  The deadline for domestic students is Jan. 15 for all 
awards.  Applications for admission received after January 15 may be 
considered if spaces are available. Electronic applications are required; go to 
http//www.gradapply.osu.edu.

For additional information on applying, see http//www.gradsch.ohio-
state.edu.  Note that international applicants must take and pass the TOEFL 
exam before they can be admitted to the Graduate School.  GRE exams are 
required from all applicants. The department also requires a sample of 
academic writing.

For more information on the Department, our academic programs, faculty, 
current students, application procedures and deadlines, go to our web site, 
http//www.slavic.osu.edu.  The Graduate Student Handbook (on that web 
site) contains detailed information.

In case of questions write to:

Angela Brintlinger
Graduate Studies Committee Chair 
Associate Professor of Slavic
The Ohio State University, Columbus
1775 College Rd., Room 400
Columbus OH 43210-1340
e-mail: brintlinger.3 at osu.edu
Tel. 614-292-6733

or to:

Ms. Karen Nielsen
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Dept. of Slavic & EE L&L
The Ohio State University, Columbus
1775 College Rd., Room 400
Columbus OH 43210-1340
e-mail: nielsen.57 at osu.edu

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