I started at UNC Chapel Hill last fall with a few years of Russian-learning experience, and I spent my first year working hard to improve my skills through classes, Flagship tutoring, organized events, extracurricular opportunities, and friendly conversations. Over the … Read more

This past summer, I participated in the Language Workshop offered by the University of Indiana in Bloomington. At first, I was unsure as to what to expect, considering I had never met anyone at UNC that had participated in the … Read more

This summer I was awarded funding through the UNC Russian Flagship Program’s Student Professional Development to work in the Andrews Lab at Duke University with Dr. Edna Andrews. My summer project was related to improving the quality of Online Russian … Read more

This past summer, I studied abroad for 8 weeks through the School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) in Batumi, Georgia. It was my first time participating in a study abroad program, and it was certainly one of the best … Read more

My name is Yueun Kang, and I am currently studying abroad in Tbilisi, Georgia through the Critical Language Scholarship funded by the U.S. Department of State. With the guidance of professors in the UNC Russian Flagship Program, I have been … Read more

I’m willing to take a bet that very few Tarheels have ever been to Kazakhstan; home of our Russian Flagship Program’s Capstone program. This was certainly the case for me as I set off for the RLASP Summer Immersion program … Read more