Awards & Recognition 2023

Graduating Majors

Russian Language & Literature

Catherine Pasternack

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Russian Studies

Caitlyn Gvon

Susannah Lahiri

Camille Lanese

Juliette Oliver

Diana Rudenky

Graduating Minors

Central & East European Studies

Maria Alexandrescu

Edna Salcin

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Russian Language

Valerie Builoff

Kristine Carrillo

Daria Macauslan

Elyse Ostroske

Kaichen Ying

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Russian Literature

Mollie Brown

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Russian Studies

Mher Arutyunyan

Yuanxi Li

Excellence in Russian, East European & Central European Studies Award

Edna Salcin

Kurtis Yan

Clara & George Vajna Award for Excellence in Hungarian Studies

American Council of Teachers of Russian Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award

Elyse Ostroske

Undergraduate Research Week Presentations

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Undergraduate Research Week poster

UCLA Russian Flagship Program

1. UCLA Russian Flagship Domestic Course of Study

2. Continuing with the Flagship Capstone year in Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Kurtis Yan

3. Certified Flagship Global Professional:

Juliette Oliver

Certified Flagship Global Professional with Distinction:

Kristine Carillo, Elyse Ostroske

4. Boren Fellowship for year-long Russian language study abroad:

Kurtis Yan

5. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Scholarships:

For year-long Russian language study at UCLA: Jasmine Wilfong

For year-long Russian language study abroad: Kurtis Yan

For summer study of Russian abroad: Amy Cabrales

6. Flagship Scholarship for summer study of Russian (Almaty, Kazakhstan):

Amy Cabrales, Geneva Flores

7. Fulbright Hays Scholarship for summer study of Russian (Almaty, Kazakhstan):

Amy Cabrales

Twenty Fourth Annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest, American Council of Teachers of Russian

Non-heritage speaker, Second year Russian, Honorable Mention: Laura Luca
Non-heritage speaker, Second year Russian, Honorable Mention: Mher Arutyunyan
Non-heritage speaker, Fourth year Russian, Bronze Medal: Caitlyn Gvon
Non-heritage speaker, Fourth year Russian, Honorable Mention: Adele Hall
Non-Russian Slavic heritage speaker, Level 2: Margarita Akopova
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 2, Silver Medal: Anastasiya Maksimenko
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 2, Bronze Medal: Lisa Tiutiunnik
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 3, Bronze Medal: Diana Rudenky

UC Undergraduate Conference on Slavic & East/Central European Studies Participants

Seven UCLA students participated in the 26^th annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies

Caitlyn Gvon
Susannah Lahiri
Catherine Pasternak
Diana Rudenky
Edna Bella Salčin
Grant Walker
Kurtis Yan