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Application open for NSLI-Y PSI Abroad in Latvia!
The application for the summer 2023 NSLI-Y PSI Abroad in Daugavpils, Latvia is now open. Students of Russian from partner schools of the PSI are eligible to apply. There’s a two-part application process. UW-Madison application, …
NSLI-Y Russian Summer With A Twist
A NSLI-Y Interactive piece by Abby Herring, an alumna of the Russian Summer 2020 and 2021 virtual programs. https://nsliy-interactive.org/2021/09/07/nsli-y-russian-summer-with-a-twist
Moscow, Mushrooms, & Mars: The research of one #ExchangeAlumni could change the future of space travel
Graham Shunk, a high school senior from North Carolina and exchange alumnus of the National Security Languages Initiative for Youth (NLSI-Y) program, is currently a finalist for NASA’s Grow Beyond Earth competition and has designed one …
NSLI-Y students maintain motivation to advance Russian proficiency in the digital classroom, imagine Russian as part of a career
As North Carolina high school student Graham Shunk was wrapping up a virtual Russian course in August 2020, a journalist from the Russian-language television channel NTV-America reached out to invite him to give an interview–in …
Pushkin Summer Institute Alumna Featured in Press Release on Peace Corps Volunteers
Peace Corps volunteer Elisia Cintron is an alumna of the Pushkin Summer Institute and also served as a PSI resident counselor. This press release features Elisia and her volunteer experience in North Macedonia in celebration …
My Second Family in Latvia
Halle, from Baltimore, took part in the PSI Abroad NSLI-Y program in summer 2018 and contributed this story about her host family to NSLI-Y Interactive. My Second Family in Latvia
Pushkin Scholars at UW-Madison
In fall 2017, UW-Madison welcomed its first cohort of “Pushkin Scholars.” This program, open to alumni of the STARTALK Pushkin Summer Institute, a summer intensive pre-college program, provides priority consideration for financial support for students …