Opportunities

Internship and Scholarship Opportunities

The American Councils that administer a variety of cultural exchange, study abroad, and research programs on behalf of both public and private organizations. See some of their links: http://www.americancouncils. org/programList. php

Study Abroad Resources on the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships web site: http://www.iie.org/ programs/gilman/ resources.html

Internship opportunities related to Russian Studies at the AATSEEL website:
http://www.aatseel.org/internships.htm

Also good is the School of Russian & Asian Studies scholarship web site at:
http://www.sras. org/news2.phtml?m=842

Other useful web sites:

IREX: The US-Russia Volunteer Initiative (USRVI):
http://www.irex. org/programs/usrvi/

http://www.studyabroadfunding. org/Russia/

Critical Language Summer Scholarship (Russian and other languages)

The US government wants you to study critical foreign languages (Russian is one of them) this summer, and it will pay for your trip to and academic study at the country of the language you decide to study. The program offers Russian at several proficiency levels in several Russian cities:

1. Intermediate and Advanced Russian in Nizhny Novgorod

2. Intermediate and Advanced Russian in Samara

3. Intermediate and Advanced Russian in Astrakhan

4. Advanced Russian in Tomsk, Russia

Eligibility:

1. All applicants must be U.S. citizens

2. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate or graduate level.

You can read about the Scholarship Programs and application process at:

Summer Schools Scholarships

The Middlebury College summer Language Schools are pleased to announce the Kathryn Davis Fellowships: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages. These fellowships, endowed by Kathryn Davis, fund the cost of tuition, room, board, and a travel stipend for individuals to study Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese or Russian at the Middlebury Language Schools for the summer of 2009. Middlebury will be awarding 100 fellowships for the summer of 2009, and we encourage working professionals, as well as current graduate and undergraduate students, to apply:

For complete fellowship information and an application please visit:
http://www.middlebury. edu/academics/ls/ fellowships_scholarships/ kwd.htm

Summer Intensive Language Studies at Beloit:
http://www.summerlanguages. com

Intensive summer school at the University of Pittsburgh:
http://sli.slavic. pitt.edu/

The Intensive Summer Language Program at the University of Washington (Seattle): http://depts.washington. edu/slavweb/

Indiana University Summer School in Russian: http://www.indiana. edu/~iuslavic/swseel/

Monterey Institute for International Studies: http://language. miis.edu/

Job Opportunities in Russia:

"The Moscow Times" Job Information List: http://www.careercenter. ru/

"The St. Petersburg Times" (services links): http://www.sptimes. ru/

Volunteer Opportunities in the Portland Metropolitan Area:

Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, IRCO, Portland, Oregon, USA 97220 Phone: (503) 234-1541 FAX: (503) 234-1259
http://www.irco. org/

Russian Oregon Social Services (ROSS) - a program of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon:
http://www.emoregon. org/ross.php