Russian Flagship Program

Flagship Student Work

A core idea behind the Russian Flagship Program is for students to use their language skills in projects that engage and benefit the larger Russian-speaking community. The links below will take you to the creative projects that our students have worked on in relation to their courses. We are grateful to all the students who have given us their permission to host their projects on our site. Молодцы!

Специальная Телефонная Линия по Безопасности Дорожного Движения

Flagshipper, Sophia Kogan, shares with the Russian-speaking population how they can report transportation and roadway issues to the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

Written and produced by Afisha Advertising and Slavic Family Media. (https://slavicfamily.org)

Flagshipper, Sam Tubbs, presents a final presentation on Kazakhstan.

Russian Flagship Fall Assembly 2021

On Monday, December 6, students from two advanced classes in the Russian Flagship Program shared their final course work in the form of poster presentations.

These assemblies give students, tutors, and faculty a chance to see what their classmates are working on and interact across level of instruction.

Flagship student blog project cover photo

Senior Capstone Project 2021

"Песня остаётся с человеком: музыкальный кэпстоун-проект 2021" / "The song stays with person: musical capstone project 2021"

Contributing authors: Zoe Landi Fontana, Katie Ryder, Hannah Shipman, and Namu (Yves) Wienecke.

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Group w Oregon Drivers Manual in Russian

Flagship students & faculty in the Community

Dr. Anna Alsufieva (Russian Flagship Program, World Languages) and three alumni of the Russian Flagship Program Colton Hennick, David Shiryayev, and Ashley Moe recently completed a translation of the State of Oregon Driver's Manual into Russian.
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/674768

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International Internships

Huell White '16 interviewing Lithuanian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Vytautas Naudujas (2016)

 

Huell White '16 interviewing German Banker, Ulf Wokurka, in Kazakhstan (2016) 

Student final class project

Final Project 2019

Flagshippers complete a final project for RUS 421.

Designed by: Jessica Rhee
Оформление: Джессика Ри

Edited by: Professor Nila Friedberg
Редактор: Нила Фридберг

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Student final class project

Flagshippers connect with Portland's Russian immersion program

Flagshippers wrote, illustrated and published two children's books in Russian and presented them to the children in Portland's Russian immersion Program.

Богатство великана = The Giant's Wealth
Город на холме = City on the Hill: Tales and Legends of Nizhny Novgorod

Both are available on Amazon.
 

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Student final class project

American Encyclopedia Project 2017

RUS 413 students produce an encyclopedia of American culture.

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Final Project: Soviet Film

This short film, inspired by Bulgakov's play Ivan Vasil'evich, was the final project of RUS 421: Soviet Film in Winter 2015.

 

Student final class project

Capstone Project: Chase's Blog

Flagshipper Chase Riegel 2018 reflects on the Overseas Flagship Program in Kazakhstan with short essays about transportation, personal space, religion, food and much more.

 

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Student final class project

Capstone Project 2016: Almaty, KZ and Portland, OR

Students provide texts about the history and culture of Kazakhstan including certain everyday situations from life in Almaty.

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Capstone Project: Environment

Flagship students present their research on the current state of environmental health.

Study Abroad Blogs

Each year a cohort of Flagship students travel abroad through programs hosted by American Councils for International Education. During these two academic years, students lived in homestays in St. Petersburg and studied at St. Petersburg State University.

As a part of the study abroad curriculum, students complete a capstone project in Russian and share it as a blog with students completing the domestic portion of the Flagship program.

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2011-2012 Blog about ROF Student Group 2011-2012
2012-2013 Blog about ROF Student Group 2012-2013
Student final class project

Flagshippers produce an open access e-book:

Through Dream and Time: A Fantasy

Text in Russian by Margaret Kvach, Todd Long, Shelby Macy, and Evan Schott. Illustrated by Shelby Macy.

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Independent Study Abroad Blogs

While studying abroad, students have the opportunity to document their days by journaling in English and sharing their adventures with students at beginning levels of Russian in the Flagship Domestic program.

These journals give a peek into their daily routine. They describe the people they meet and the places they visit. The journals also show how they are navigating language or cultural barriers and provide invaluable insights into both the challenges and rewards of studying abroad.

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Independent Study Project: Laila

Join our Flagshipper, Laila Collman '20, in a set of yoga-style exercises for relaxation. In the video, Laila explains why she did this recording and guides us through each position.

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Funded by The Language Flagship, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, PSU’s Russian Flagship Program (RFP) is committed to preparing students for exciting careers that use critical language and culture skills in a globalized world.
 

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