01.06.2006
SRAS Student Interviews Database
- Students discussing thier own experiances -The following annotated database is provided to help you choose your program and location, as well as to better acquaint yourself with your options for education and educational funding.  Please note that the interviews have been sorted by city. Those interviews marked with a "*" indicate those which discuss scholarships, grants and/or employment opportunities for while you are in Russia as a student. Those marked with a "+" indicate those which discuss homestay experiences. Those marked with a "#" contain discussions about performing independent research (such as for a thesis) inside Russia. Other topics of interest are indicated below each listing.
If you would like to contact former students who have participated in a program you are considering, contact us and we will supply you with contact information from students who have volunteered to answer questions. Moscow
Kimberly O'Haver - MGU, Russian Civilization Summer (added 03.03.2007)
Topics: international politics, Turkmenistan, working in Russia, marrying a Russian Andrea Neulaendtner - MGU, RSL + Internship (added 15.05.2006)
Topics: international politics, finance, envrionment, TORFL *#Emy Wangborg - MGIMO, "Block" program (added 23.01.2006)
Topics: UN, politics, volunteerism, professors, concerts, making Russian friends *+Christine Nakahara - MGU, RSL + Direct Enrollment (added 27.04.2005)
Topics: Business, music, finding an apt in Moscow, business courses at MGU, law firms #Brian Horne - MGU, Direct Enrollment, language (added 28.03.2005)
Topics: Anthropology, “avtorskaya pecnya,” funding, Russian profs, dorm life, research in Russia *#Mark Lanning - MGU, Direct Enrollment, Visiting Scholar (added 17.02.2005)
Topics: internships, government work, politics, business, visiting scholar program, Tashkent, travel Brian Carlson - MGIMO - Direct Enrollment, MGIMO Special Program (added 25.01.2005)
Topics: international relations, journalism, Russian professors, Russian elections observation Seth Bridge - MGIMO, Direct Enrollment, MGIMO Special Program (added 25.01.2005)
Topics: law degrees, government work, Russian professors, dorm life Marshelle Machtan - MGU, RSL (added 21.12.2004)
Topics: Ukraine, Peace Corp, travel, dorm life, politics, Orange Revolution, government work St. Petersburg
Mike Smith - RSL+ Internship (added 23.01.06)
Topics: Software outsourcing, business in Russia, translation Mellisa Tyson - Arts Program, Hermitage (added 23.01.06)
Topics: art, architecture, jewelry, travel Kathryn Howard - Arts Program, Hermitage (added 24.01.06)
Topics: art, architecture, personal release through contact with a foreign culture Becky Bavinger - SPbGU, RSL + Internship (added 23.08.2005)
Topics: volunteerism/activism, social issues, orphanages, cultural program, politics, NGOs Morgyn Chandler - SPbGU, RSL (added 17.02.2005)
Topics: Foreign service, law degrees, dorm life, SRAS cultural package, culture shock Amy Brady - SPbGU, RSL + Internship (added 09.02.2005)
Topics: interpreting, government work, arranging your own housing +Monica Belz - SPbGU, RSL (added 09.12.2004)
Topics: travel, Russian holidays, international law Other Cities
Terah Yaroch - Irkutsk, RSL (added 22.08.2007)
Topics: Working at the UN, travel around Irkusk, NGO work Jean-Marc Roumayat - Rostov, RSL (added 09.06.2005)
Topics: civil service, non-American students with SRAS, dorm life, cultural program Jean-Marc Roumayat - Irkutsk, RSL (added 09.02.2005)
Topics: civil service, business, cultural program #Holly McMurtry - Nizhny Novgorod, RSL (added 27.10.2004)
Topics: home stay, art history More! Personal websites and blogs: Stetson University (several students) - Moscow, Russian Studies Semester (2007) Tiffany - Moscow, RSL w/ Internship (2007) #Steven - Moscow, RSL (2006) #Ben Grossman - Yaroslavl', RSL (2005)
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