Awards & Recognition 2024
Graduating Majors
Central & East European Languages & Cultures
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Russian Language & Literature
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Russian Studies
Tyler Armstrong
Kelly Nguyen
Kurtis Yan
Graduating Minors
Central & East European Studies
Luka Bradvica
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Russian Language
Daniela Dayen
Zachary Richardson
Ural Sahin
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Russian Literature
Marc Lubman
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Russian Studies
Jason Mosher
David Roud
Excellence in Russian, East European & Central European Studies Award
Amy Cabrales
Clara & George Vajna Award for Excellence in Hungarian Studies
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Ilona and István Garai Award for Excellence in Hungarian Studies
Charles Bucquet
Lucas Laszlo
Mika Millan
Momo Shinogi
Zoe Gillatt
American Council of Teachers of Russian Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award
Amy Cabrales
Undergraduate Research Week Presentations
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Undergraduate Research Week poster
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UCLA Russian Flagship Program
Continuing with the Flagship Capstone year in Almaty, Kazakhstan:
2024-2025: Amy Cabrales, Geneva Flores
Certified Flagship Global Professional: TBD
Certified Flagship Global Professional with Distinction: TBD
Boren Fellowship for year-long Russian language study abroad:
2023-2024: Kurtis Yan
2024-2025: Amy Cabrales, Geneva Flores
FLAS scholarships
For year-long Russian language study at UCLA: TBD
For year-long Russian language study abroad: TBD
For summer study of Russian abroad: Emma Chuidian, Nina Dinan, Luke Fry, Lauren Kirkwood, Ella Kitt, Paul Zhang
Flagship Scholarship for summer study of Russian: (Almaty, Kazakhstan):
Nina Dinan, Emma Chuidian, Luke Fry, Lauren Kirkwood, Ella Kitt, Paul Zhang
Fulbright Hays Scholarship for summer study of Russian (Almaty, Kazakhstan): Lauren Kirkwood
Twenty Fifth Annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest, American Council of Teachers of Russian
Non-heritage speaker, Third year Russian, Gold Medal: Nina Dinan
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 3, Gold Medal: Nika Gladkov
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 3, Honorable Mention: Tiran Sargsyan
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 4, Bronze Medal: Gayane Khachatryan
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 6, Bronze Medal: Siuzanna Shaanian
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 6, Honorable Mention: Lisa Tiutiunnik
Heritage Russian speaker, Level 6, Honorable Mention: Ilona Nechai
UC Undergraduate Conference on Slavic & East/Central European Studies Participants
Nine UCLA students participated in the 27th annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies
Tyler Armstrong: “‘You Sent for Me, Comrade Leader?’: How Marvel’s Black Widow Characterizes Russian Identity as Inferior to American Identity”
Amy Cabrales: “Motivations and Identity Relationships with the Russian Language Among UCLA Heritage Speakers of Russian”
Doris Butkovic: “The Inheritance of Memory: Generational Trauma in Post-Yugoslav Communities”
Kenan Cackovic: “Environmental Implications of Political Mismanagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
Paloma Gasparov: “The Brain Drain Paradigm on Bulgarian Youth”
Cheyenne Hawkins: “Parallel Histories: A Comparative Analysis of Crimean Tatar Persecution under Stalin and Putin”
Aliyah McCoy: “Remnants of War: The Mass Emigration of Bosnian Youth”
Kelly Nguyen: “A Utopian Mirage: The Disconnect Between Theoretical Ideals and Practical Realities of Socialism in Andrei Platonov’s Chevengur”
Zachary Richardson: “Doctor Zhivago, Alexander Blok’s The Twelve, and Boris Pasternak’s Philosophy of a Great Artist”