On April 15, 2014, the the Slavic Department and the Slavic Center held the traditional end-of-year Spring Tea. In addition to good food provided by the Center (and terrible weather that forced us indoors), a variety of awards were given out to undergraduate and graduate students in recognition of their excellent scholarship and/or service during the 2013-2014 academic year:

Dr. Miriam G. Schwartz Award for excellence in scholarship, given to an undergraduate majoring in Russian: Stevie Lundell, Zach Nelson, and Michael Furman

Melanie and Phillippe Radley Award, a merit-based award for undergraduates majoring in Russian: Asha Underiner and Jon Harris

Talvi Award for excellence in research, service, and/or teaching activities by a graduate student: Ana Kabakova

Frank M. Buzek Award for an undergraduate junior majoring in Russian or Slavic Studies who energizes his/her instructors' teaching and makes extraordinary contributions to the classroom environment: Noah Nguyen

Pushkin Award for excllenece in scholarship, given to an undergraduate majoring in Russian: Ian Barlow, Tom Nitz and Cooper Townshend

Uprka-Laga-Schweitzer Award, given to an undergraduate or graduate student to support intellectual activities related to Czech studies: Haley Ritzert

Congratulations also to the new Dobro Slovo Slavic Honors Society inductees: Ian Barlow, Morgan Freisthler, Jon Harris, Thomas Nitz, Ryan Perkins, and Hope Wilson

Congratulations to all of the award winners, and to everyone for another successful academic year!

Most of these awards were supported and made possible by departmental endowment funds. Click here to learn more about the endowments.