Reminder: reward your BEST STUDENT

[Alla Smyslova]

Dear Colleagues:

This is just a reminder that the deadline for nominating an award-worthy student
in your program is only six days away--March 1.

Please consider nominating the top student in your program for the annual ACTR
Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award.  This is a free
program offered to US Russian Departments and Programs.  Organized under
the auspices of ACTR (the American Council of Teachers of Russian), the PSRSLA
seeks to provide national recognition for our star junior and senior students--those students who best embody an
enthusiasm for and love of things Russian.  ACTR provides this program as
a service to the profession.  We encourage you to take advantage of this
opportunity to publicly recognize your top junior or senior student.   It's easy!  It's free!
 
For your convenience, the guidelines are below.


If you have any question, please contact me at as2157 at columbia.edu 
Thank you in advance for your nominations!
Dr. Alla A. Smyslova, Chair
ACTR Post-Secondary Russian Scholar
Laureate Award Program
Senior Lecturer, Columbia University                                                                        Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures                                                                   1130
Amsterdam Avenue, Hamilton Hall 708, MC 2839                                                    New York, NY 10027
THE GUIDELINES:

1. Deadline for nominations is March
1, 2013.

2. Nominations are accepted in electronic
format only, via e-mail to me at as2157 at columbia.edu  
3. Nomination letters
can be in the body of the e-mail or sent as an attachment. Nomination letters
should include the following information:

--Full name of student as it should appear on the Gramota. Nominees should be juniors or seniors.Only one student can be nominated from each
institution. While larger Russian programs frequently have more than one
outstanding student, in order to preserve the integrity of the award, no more
than one student at a given
institution can be nominated to receive the PSRSLA.


--Description of why this student most deserves this award, i.e. how the
student promotes the study of Russian and models the behavior of a committed
Russian student. The student need not have the top GPA, nor be a Russian major,
but should demonstrate an active dedication--in course work, outside
activities, attitude--to the study of Russian language and culture.

--Name and contact information of the nominator who must be a member of ACTR*.
Since the nomination should reflect the consensus of the program or department,
your letter should be submitted over the signature of the program chair,
director, or DUS.

[*If
you are not a member of ACTR and would like to join, log on to the ACTR
Membership web site  http://www.americancouncils.org/actrMembership.php. With your membership
you receive the ACTR Newsletter as well as a subscription to the Russian
Language Journal--a peer-reviewed publication that explores all aspects of the
Russian language and welcomes submissions.]

3. Award certificates will be mailed to nominators during March so that they
arrive prior to any departmental award ceremonies.

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