ADSEC: former soviet union - Belarus (fwd)

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Rosa-Maria Cormanick wrote:
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> Forwarded message:
> > I have scoured the foreign credentials books and have found only a
> > listing, but no information whatsoever on Minsk State Linguistic
> > University in Minsk, Belarus.  I have a student who attended this school
> > full-time for 6 semesters, with half of each semester taken up with
> > studying - what else? - English.  The credit unit is the traditional
> > European 20 credits per term.
> >
> > Do you know anything about this school - is it of comparable quality
> > to American schools?  I suspect it is quite new...
> >
> > THANK YOU for your help on this!!!
> >
> > Paul Olsen, University Registrar
> > Willamette University,  Salem Oregon

I cannot give you a definite answer but, FYI, the names of Russian
colleges and universities have multiple possible translations.  My guess
is that the same school might be listed as Minsk Institute of Foreign
Languages, or something else. I would recommend you ask the student on
the way it can be listed.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>