Student Scholarships:

• Nataliya Udovyk, a German major, has been awarded the 2008-2009 Congress-Bundestag scholarship. German coordinator Natasa Masanovic has assisted UAA German majors in winning this scholarship for the past three years: Amy Voss for 2006-2007, Zachary Juback for 2007-2008, and now Natalia for 2008-2009
• Jathan Day, a Japanese and English double major has been awarded the 2007-2008 JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) Scholarships for his year in Hokkaido University of Education, Japan. · Linda Remaley, a Russian major, has been awarded the Spring 2008 Kibrik-Bergelson Study in Russia Scholarship for a semester of study at the Linguistics University in Nizhnij Novgorod.
• Kori Gwynn, a Russian major has been awarded the Fall 2008 Kibrik-Bergelson Study in Russia Scholarship to study for an academic year in St. Petersburg.

Student Academic Recognition:

• Christiana Lenamond, a Russian 202 student, won the 2008 Russian Olympiada at West High and will represent the United States at the International Olympiada in Moscow this summer.  She also won a gold medal in essaywriting a few weeks prior to the Olympiada. 
  
• Jean Kollantai, a Russian major, was awarded the highest honors at the 2007 UAA Student showcase for her service-learning project completed for Advanced Russian. Ms. Kollantai translated a scholarly presentation given at the international 2007 Beringia Days Conference, and her English translation is included in the published proceedings. The Shared Beringian Heritage Program is a program of the National Park Service.
• Jean Kollantai, a Russian major, has been named a 2008 Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate (PSRSLA). This is a national award based on academic achievement as well as contributions to the University and larger community demonstrating a continuing commitment to Russian language and culture. The Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate personifies a dedication and commitment to Russian that is unparalleled among his or her peers.

First Direct Exchange Students to Hokkaido, Japan

• Jathan Day, a Japanese and English double major, and Montgomery Dickson, John Laws and Robert Olexa, Japanese majors, have been selected as the very first exchange students in a new program coordinated directly between the Hokkaido University of Education and UAA.

Post-graduate Achievement

• Cameron Cartland, a Russian and International Studies double major and Economics minor graduating in May 2008, has been accepted to the ACTR Business Russian Language and Internship Program. This competitive program incorporates a specialized business language curriculum with a 10-hour per week internship in Moscow or St. Petersburg
• Chris Yonce and Adam Lear, both Japanese major, have been chosen to be 2007-2008 JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program participants. Department of Languages Teacher of the Semester · Kirsten Wood, a German adjunct, received a letter of commendation for her teaching ability from one of her students.

Department of Languages Teacher of the Semester

• Kirsten Wood, a German adjunct, received a letter of commendation for her teaching ability from one of her students.