SRAS Announces $10,000 Scholarship

[Josh Wilson]

The SRAS Home and Abroad Program
A scholarship program for future translators, academics, and adventurers!
More information: http://www.sras.org/home_and_abroad_scholarship 


The SRAS Home and Abroad Program offers $10,000 to students who want to
build translation, writing, research, and language skills at home and
abroad. The scholarship may be applied to any SRAS program held in Irkutsk
or Vladivostok lasting a full academic year. A rigorous internship component
will be included with the program.


The Internship

Students begin their internship from home. Under the guidance of SRAS staff,
students will translate texts ranging in subject matter from business to
politics to culture. These projects will widen students' Russian
vocabularies while helping them develop a marketable skill in a much-needed
profession. Students will continue translating once in Russia and will also
take on tasks that will encourage them to get out, explore, and be active.
Students will write restaurant and cultural event reviews for the SRAS
website, as well as update our online city guide and our student university
guide. Students additionally will research and write three three-page
articles and complete one major translation project (usually a political
platform) during the course of their program. Most of the student's work
will be published online on SRAS.org and/or our partners' sites, creating a
solid professional portfolio. 


The Program

Eligible programs for this scholarship include full-year sessions of Russian
as a Second Language (RSL), The Russian Far East (RFE), and Siberian Studies
(SS). If the student selects RFE or SS, the internship listed for the second
semester will be with SRAS but will include additional tasks related to
Siberia or the Russian Far East.


Program Dates

Applications Due: May 13, 2010!
Internship from Home Begins: June 1
Program Abroad Begins: September 5


Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

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