reminder & new info: reward your best student

[Alla Smyslova]

Dear Colleagues:

The deadline for nominating an award-worthy student in your program is only FOUR
days away--March 1. Please do not miss this opportunity to recognize
your best junior and senior
students. 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.

This year, Paul E. Richardson, Publisher and Editor
of Russian Life, volunteered to donate each nominee a free
one-year Russian Life subscription
and Russian Life Wall Calendar. Aspecial form will be sent
together with the ACTR Certificate to the nominator, and
then the students themselves could decide whether to send in the form (giving
up their mailing address).


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, 2014.

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  https://membership.actr.org 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.
4. When submitting a
nomination letter, please provide a full mailing
address.

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