01.06.2006
SRAS Student Interviews Database
- Students discussing thier experiances in Russia-The following annotated database is provided to help you choose your program and location, as well as to better acquaint yourself with your options for education, educational funding, and the opportunites that study abroad can offer you now and for your future. If you would like to contact former students who have participated in a program you are considering, contact us and we will supply you with contact information from students who have volunteered to answer questions. Legend
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Tabitha Smith eating wild berries beneath one of the telescopes that she used while in Russia. The wires stretching above her head are actually part of a large radio telescope. |
* scholarships, grants and/or student employment
+ homestay experiences
# independent research (such as for a thesis) Moscow
Julia Vail - MGU, RSA + Internship (added 04.08.09)
Topics: volunteerism, journalism *Faith Seim - MGU, RSL (added 09.12.2008)
Topics: Perfomance art in Russia, Russian film, entering Russian university Kimberly O'Haver - MGU, Russian Civilization Summer (added 03.03.2007)
Topics: international politics, Turkmenistan, working in Russia, marrying a Russian Andrea Neulaendtner - MGU, RSL + Internship (added 15.05.2006)
Topics: international politics, finance, envrionment, TORFL *#Emy Wangborg - MGIMO, "Block" program (added 23.01.2006)
Topics: UN, politics, volunteerism, professors, concerts, making Russian friends *+Christine Nakahara - MGU, RSL + Direct Enrollment (added 27.04.2005)
Topics: Business, music, finding an apt in Moscow, business courses at MGU, law firms | | 
Faith Seim used an academic year abroad to prepare for and apply to Russia's premier film institute. |
#Brian Horne - MGU, Direct Enrollment, language (added 28.03.2005)
Topics: Anthropology, “avtorskaya pecnya,” funding, Russian profs, dorm life, research in Russia
*#Mark Lanning - MGU, Direct Enrollment, Visiting Scholar (added 17.02.2005)
Topics: internships, government work, politics, business, visiting scholar program, Tashkent, travel Brian Carlson - MGIMO - Direct Enrollment, MGIMO Special Program (added 25.01.2005)
Topics: international relations, journalism, Russian professors, Russian elections observation Seth Bridge - MGIMO, Direct Enrollment, MGIMO Special Program (added 25.01.2005)
Topics: law degrees, government work, Russian professors, dorm life Marshelle Machtan - MGU, RSL (added 21.12.2004)
Topics: Ukraine, Peace Corp, travel, dorm life, politics, Orange Revolution, government work St. Petersburg
*#Tabitha Smith - St. Petersburg and Pushchino, RSL (added 22.09.09)
Topics: science, space. | | 
Julia Vail interned with the Moscow Times in Russia as part of her study abroad program through SRAS. |
*Devin Connolly - RSL (added 14.11.08)
Topics: Central Asia, tourism industry, Russo-Georgian War Mike Smith - RSL+ Internship (added 23.01.06)
Topics: Software outsourcing, business in Russia, translation Mellisa Tyson - Arts Program, Hermitage (added 23.01.06)
Topics: art, architecture, jewelry, travel Kathryn Howard - Arts Program, Hermitage (added 24.01.06)
Topics: art, architecture, personal release through contact with a foreign culture Becky Bavinger - SPbGU, RSL + Internship (added 23.08.2005)
Topics: volunteerism/activism, social issues, orphanages, cultural program, politics, NGOs Morgyn Chandler - SPbGU, RSL (added 17.02.2005)
Topics: Foreign service, law degrees, dorm life, SRAS cultural package, culture shock Amy Brady - SPbGU, RSL + Internship (added 09.02.2005)
Topics: interpreting, government work, arranging your own housing +Monica Belz - SPbGU, RSL (added 09.12.2004)
Topics: travel, Russian holidays, international law Other Cities
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Devin Connolly leads tours in Central Asia with MIR Corp. |
Terah Yaroch - Irkutsk, RSL (added 22.08.2007)
Topics: Working at the UN, travel around Irkusk, NGO work
Jean-Marc Roumayat - Rostov, RSL (added 09.06.2005)
Topics: civil service, non-American students with SRAS, dorm life, cultural program Jean-Marc Roumayat - Irkutsk, RSL (added 09.02.2005)
Topics: civil service, business, cultural program #Holly McMurtry - Nizhny Novgorod, RSL (added 27.10.2004)
Topics: home stay, art history More! Personal websites and blogs: Stetson University (several students) - Moscow, Russian Studies Semester (multiple years) Paul - Moscow, Russian Studies Semester (2010) Tiffany - Moscow, RSL w/ Internship (2007) #Steven - Moscow, RSL (2006) #Ben - Yaroslavl', RSL (2005)
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