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PSU Flagshippers Overseas Newsletter

Russian Overseas Flagship resumed the academic year study abroad program at KazNu in Almaty, Kazakhstan in August 2022.

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2022-2023 Russian Overseas Flagship Students Announced

Three PSU students: Jacob Babb (left, Russian), Alexandra Stewart (center, Russian), and Sam Tubbs (right, Russian & International and Global Studies) have been selected for the Russian Overseas Flagship Program for the 2022-2023 academic year. 

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Flagshipper earns Honorable mention

Flagshipper, Sophia Kogan, earns Honorable Mention in C3 in the National Post-Secondary Russian Essay contest 2022.

Category-Level C3 are students with pre-college Russian such as heritage speakers and students from the FSU who regularly speak Russian with their families and/or in the community.

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Flagship and the Portland-Khabarovsk Sister City Association

As a part of the Portland-Khabarovsk Sister City Association annual “Bridge to Russia” event on November 6, 2021, the leadership of the sister city organization asked the Flagship Program to prepare an 8-10 minute presentation about the Russian program at PSU. Director Bill Comer and Zoe Landi Fontana, a recent Flagship At Large alumna, produced video recordings.

Comer’s included an overview of the Russian Flagship at PSU. Landi Fontana briefly described her PSU Capstone project in which she interviewed Russian musicians and artists who have settled in the Portland area.

This event attracted audiences from both Portland/southwest Washington and from our sister city Khabarovsk, RU.

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PSU Flagshippers Overseas Newsletter

In addition to Zoom-based classrooms, this year’s cohort is working remotely with their overseas language partners as a part of their virtual overseas study abroad experience.

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Flagship Students to Study Abroad in 2021

2021-22 Russian Overseas Flagship Students Announced

Three PSU rising seniors Sasha Gorda (left, Russian & International and Global Studies), Hallie Rathfelder (center, Russian & Political Science), and Alexandra Stewart (right, Russian) have been selected for the Russian Overseas Flagship Program for the 2021-22 academic year.

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Coding an equitable future

Katy Swordfisk | June 4th 2021

  When Yves Wienecke visited the Pacific Northwest for the first time, he knew he wanted to move from New Mexico to attend college surrounded by the trees and fresh air offered by the region. Inspired somewhat by Portlandia — and Portland State’s strong language and computer science programs — he landed on Portland.  “I was really lucky from a young age, I just had that calling toward computer science,” Wieneckesays. “Since middle school I already...
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Russian Flagship Instructor awarded

Annually, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognizes exceptional teaching and leadership with the student-nominated John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Awards. In spring of 2021, Russian instructor Daria Dmitrievna Aleeva was awarded for her outstanding commitment to successful language learning.

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PSU Flashippers Present Professional Internships

Despite the obstacles created by Zoom-based classrooms and numerous time zones, this year’s cohort achieved great results and made strong Almaty connections while completing a professional internship as a part of their virtual overseas study abroad experience.

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PSU Russian Flagship Program Included in Exemplary Guide

PSU Russian Flagship Program has been included in the Guide to Exemplary Programs and Practices in U.S. Language Education which is a database created by an initiative of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to promote innovative language learning efforts.

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