Summer program in Kaliningrad, Russia: deadline approaching

[Evgeny Dengub]

Dear colleagues,If you have students who are interested in studying in Russia this summer, they can still apply to the  6-week Language and Culture Program in Kaliningrad, Russia, this summer. 
The application deadline is March 1st.The program is carefully designed and implemented by people with lots of experience, enthusiasm and passion. We have a great local coordinator on site and Mount Holyoke College faculty member will travel with the group and stay in Kaliningrad for a week. It's not expensive: for $5,500 you get airfare from JFK to Kaliningrad and back, tuition, lodging, excursions, two nights in Moscow and much more!Students will solidify what they learned in their Russian courses and will have lots of further practice in Russian. 
Local Russian families will host gatherings, dinners and outings for program participants, so weekends may be occupied with swimming at the beach, sharing a home cooked Russian meal with family and enjoying one of the many cultural and art festivals held during the Kaliningrad summer.
The Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University has extensive experience hosting international visitors and will arrange a cultural program several afternoons a week and on Saturdays designed specifically for group participants. This program will include excursions to places of interest in and around the city, including theaters, museums, nature preserves, and historical monuments.
Program participants will have the opportunity to be placed in a supervised internship experience to gain additional language practice in a professional setting.  Depending on their abilities and interests, the participants may work two or three times a week at selected social service, cultural and professional organizations to engage in specific activities or projects such as:Facilitation of sports or recreational activities for youth camp participantsDesigning and creating a webpage, brochure, newsletter or poster in Russian and EnglishOnline research, data analysis and presentationReception of visitors and providing information or other hospitality servicesDevelopment of a media campaign or organizational communicationsInternship sites could include: World Ocean Museum, Kaliningrad Zoo, Baltartek International Youth Camp, Kaliningrad Tourist Agency or others, such as libraries, sport clubs or international tourist hotels.
We welcome applications from your students, alumni, or others who have successfully completed at least one year of Russian language instruction or its equivalent. Participants will be evaluated and placed in course sections according to language level and receive an official transcript from the University. Please also do not hesitate to let me know if you have any comments or questions.  You or your students can also write to extension at mtholyoke.edu for questions about the application process. 
Thank you
Evgeny Dengub
Mount Holyoke College 		 	   		  
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