enrollments

[Rebecca Barnes Weitzenhoffer]

I just looked at the page Benjamin Rifkin wrote about, and I think it's a
good idea.  The only problem is, how do we get students to look at it?

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, we also have been
having low enrollments in all levels of Russian.  I'm currently
working on organizing a "Russian
Day", which will be held in two weeks (registration for fall semester is
now going on).  What I'm planning on doing is having other Russian
graduate students help out by bringing "Russian paraphanalia"; we'll have
a video of Russian rock videos for entertainment; I'll teach the alphabet
and some fun sayings ("Would you like to see my stamp collection?", "How
much does that cow cost", etc.);
and we'll hand out information on our department's course offerings.  We
may have some Russian food as well.

Do any other colleges out there do anything similar?  If so, I'd
appreciate your suggestions.

Thanks!
Rebecca Weitzenhoffer