U Pittsburgh Project GO Fellowship for 3yrs of Russian: PLEASE ANNOUNCE!

[Dawn Seckler]

Dear All,

Please bring this unique and pioneering opportunity for 3 years of Russian
language training to the attention of your ROTC students.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian and East European Studies
and Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures are pleased to announce
a new and innovative Project GO fellowship opportunity for the intensive
study of Russian.  Project GO (Global Officers) is a nationwide program
sponsored by the Defense Language and National Security Education Office
(DLNSEO).

The University of Pittsburgh invites Army, Navy/Marine, and Air Force ROTC
students to apply for these uniquely rewarding fellowships offered only by
the University of Pittsburgh that provide funding for the equivalent of *3
academic years of language study*.  Students will complete a series of 3
sequential course levels beginning in Summer 2013, which include
significant study abroad opportunities in Moscow and Samara, Russia.

 Fellowships are open to ROTC students from any US college or university.
Fellowship recipients will receive:

•      Full tuition scholarship for a Beginning-level intensive Russian
course offered by the University of Pittsburgh’s Summer Language Institute
in Summer 2013. Students may elect to participate in the 8-week
Pittsburgh-based program or the 5+5 Pitt/Moscow (i.e., 5 weeks in
Pittsburgh, 5 weeks in Moscow) program.  More information about the Summer
Language Institute may be found at www.slavic.pitt.edu/sli/

•      Admission to a specially tailored, two-semester hybrid Intermediate
(i.e., 2nd-year) Russian course sequence in Academic Year 2013-14 through
Pitt’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, which is designed to
serve ROTC students enrolled at any US university. These hybrid courses
employ instruction in the traditional classroom (for Pittsburgh-area ROTC
students), via videoconferencing (for ROTC students in the Birmingham,
Alabama area), or through an online course monitored by University of
Pittsburgh faculty (for ROTC students at other US colleges and
universities). Project GO fellows will receive a one-year subscription to
Carnegie Speech Company’s web-based SpeakRussian program to supplement
their academic year coursework with interactive, personalized training in
speaking, listening and reading skills. More information about the
intermediate hybrid course sequence may be found at
www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/projectgo_academic.html

•      Full tuition scholarship for an Advanced-level (i.e., 3rd-year),
8-week intensive Russian course in Samara, Russia in Summer 2014.

•      Stipends to offset living and travel expenses during the Summer 2013
and Summer 2014 programs.

 In order to maintain funding eligibility through the final 8-week course
in Samara, Project GO fellows must maintain grades of “B” or higher in
their Summer 2013 and Academic Year 2013-14 language courses. For more
information regarding these fellowships, please see
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/projectgo_fellowships.html

Student selection for the University of Pittsburgh’s Project GO fellowships
is highly competitive and will occur only once annually.  Applications to
begin the program in Summer 2013 are due March 15, 2013.  To be considered,
students must:

•     Apply BOTH to the University of Pittsburgh Summer Language Institute (
www.slavic.pitt.edu/sli/application/instructions.php) and to Pitt Project
GO (www.slavic.pitt.edu/sli/financial-housing/fellowships-aid.php).

•     Be an undergraduate ROTC student at any US college or university,
other than one of the five service academies.

•     Be available to participate in intensive courses during both this and
next summer.

For more information, please see the Project GO website (
www.rotcprojectgo.org/), the University of Pittsburgh Project GO program
descriptions (www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/projectgo.html), or address questions
to gbpeirce at pitt.edu.



Dawn Seckler, PhD

Program Manager

Center for Russian and East European Studies

University of Pittsbrugh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Das200 at pitt.edu

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