Rising Russian Enrollments

[Marc Robinson]

We have experienced jumps the last two years.  Last year's beginning
enrollments jumped from an average of 28 to 42 last year.  This year we have
about 35 in beginning Russian (We have a student body of about 3000)

Marc Robinson, Chair,
The Department of Russian Language and Area Studies
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Amy Adams <aadams at holycross.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues ~
> The Holy Cross Public Affairs office is doing a story on our sudden
> increase in Russian enrollements at the college. Specifically, they are
> interested to know if the increase is part of a national trend (perhaps
> connected with new Obama administration, etc.). Can any of you report the
> same (perhaps unexpected) increase in your Russian courses? It would be very
> helpful to the story -- which may reach a national audience.
>
> Best, Amy Adams
>
>
> Amy Singleton Adams
> Associate Professor of Russian
> College of the Holy Cross
> Worcester, MA 01610 USA
> (508) 793-2543
> aadams at holycross.edu
>
>
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