On April 1st, 2019, twelve of our undergraduate scholars received awards or honorable mentions by the Twentieth Annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest (NPSREC) organized by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR). This year, 1,366 essays were submitted by students from 61 different universities. The contest features three categories: heritage, non-heritage Slavic speaker, and non-Slavic. The winners are as follows:
Gold Medal (Category A, Level 2)
Oliver Bruce, UCLA
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 2)
Michael Valentekovic, UCLA
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 3)
Hannah Bennet, UCLA
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 1)
Nadiya Komzyuk, UCLA
Silver Medal (Category B, Level 3)
Shushanik Basmajyan, UCLA
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 4)
Tyler Le, UCLA
Gold Medal (Category B, Level 2)
Oksana Manasserian, UCLA
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 2)
Alina Arama, UCLA
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 3)
Elen Sahakyan, UCLA
Gold Medal (Category B, Level 4)
Belmergen Aigerim, UCLA
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 1)
Margaret Koulikova, UCLA
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 2)
Nick Burchuladze, UCLA
Here at the UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures we are very proud of our excellent students, as well as our exceptional staff and TAs for their instruction and support.