SRAS Online: Lessons Learned
It seems that it was not long ago that we were scrambling to transition students and instructors to online courses. Now we’re heading into...
Programs Articles
News and updates on SRAS study abroad programs: staff profiles, interviews, and reports from SRAS locations across Eurasia.
Moscow Under Quarentine: Moods and Measures
The mood in Moscow is calm. We are now entering week four of quarantine. Measures have been gradually introduced. The initial closing of universities,...
Video: The Future of Study Abroad with Renee Stillings
SRAS Founder and Program Director Renee Stillings speaks on the future of study abroad in this new video interview interview with Dr. Michael Denner,...
The Experience of a Lifetime: How Our Students Experienced the Global Health Crisis Abroad
“Do I have to go? Do I have a choice? I feel safer here.” “This is incredibly disappointing – I’ve been planning this for...
Ukraine: Discovering Something New and Very Old (SRAS Site Visit)
I have admittedly not spent enough time in Ukraine, in part because our partners at NovaMova are so efficient and responsive with students, and...
How SRAS Combines Programs & Locations
I realized during the filming of the video below that I was focused almost exclusively on our programming in the post-Soviet states, which has...
Video: Strange Things in Russia – Student Produced
SRAS Home and Abroad Scholar Tanya Tanyarattinan created this video as a capstone project during her program in St. Petersburg. The video covers her...
SRAS Supporting UCSD With Siberian Study Abroad Program
SRAS is proud to support a new program from University of California - San Diego (UCSD) that will take students to Irkutsk, Moscow, St....
SRAS Students Participate in Student Conference in Russia
Every spring, Herzen State Pedagogical University hosts a conference where international students are challenged with articulating themselves using solely the Russian language for a...
Evolution of Study Abroad in the Uncommon Destinations of Eurasia
SRAS recently celebrated our 20-year anniversary. We've also recently developed a new family of websites and a new system for managing increasing enrollments. All...
The State of Study Abroad in Russia – 2018
Our fifth annual State of Study Abroad in Russia follows a fairly quiet year in Russia. The economic changes that came in 2015 and...
Summer Study Abroad: Update on Recent Diplomatic Events
SRAS is looking forward to welcoming students to Russia for summer study abroad programs. It is certainly an interesting time politically to be studying...
Stetson University and SRAS Announce New Partnership
Beginning spring semester 2017, Stetson University will act as a new partner institution for The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS). Stetson University...
The State of Study Abroad in Russia, 2017
As I sit to write my fourth annual State of Study Abroad in Russia, it feels again like the Russia in which I sit...
The State of Study Abroad in Russia, 2016
This marks the third year that I've done a "state of study abroad" on Russia. I find it amazing that every time I've sat...
A Case Study Approach to Study Abroad
It was not so long ago that study abroad was primarily designed for language and culture immersion. Likewise, faculty-led programs were then mainly related...
Year in Review; the Year Ahead
Over 2014-2015, SRAS made two fundamental strategic decisions. The first was to expand our geographic footprint, beyond the former USSR and into Central Europe....
The State of Study Abroad in Russia and Ukraine, 2015
SRAS carefully monitors events everywhere we have students. With continued developments in Eastern Ukraine and Russia, we'd like to provide an updated report on...
