The Dream Team

The orientation has officially concluded in DC and the group has become more or less acquainted with one another. It's exciting to meet such passionate and skilled students of the Russian language and there's a certain camaraderie in having attained the Russian skills required to get into the program. The group is geographically and academically diverse. We were provided with this rundown of the program participants:

(In alphabetical order)
1. Natasha Berenshteyn - University of California (2007). BA Political Science, European Studies.
2. Alicia Evolga - Florida State University (2005). BA International Affairs [Russian].
3. Bradley Gorski - Georgetown University (2007). BA Russian.
4. Chloe Kitzinger - Yale University (2006). BA Philosophy.
5. Andrew Lohsen - Colby College (2006). BA Russian Language and Culture.
6. Susannah Powell - Davidson College (2004). BA Political Science, French.
7. Jordan Shedlock - Hamilton College (2006). BA Russian Studies, History.
8. Evan Villemez - Bradley University (2006). BA International Studies [Russia].
9. Jonathan Weber - University of Virginia (2007). BA Economics, Russian.
10. Audrey Wood - University of Pittsburgh (2005). BA Political Science.

Their pictures follow here, with the exception of Natasha (of whom I haven't managed to get a snapshot yet) and Alicia who, sadly, due to an urgent family matter will not be joining us for the program.











Brad








Chloe













Andrew

Susannah















Jordan














Audrey



















And our fearless Resident Director (RD), Tim Dempsey who just completed the Flagship program this past year.



I think that's enough for now. Tomorrow we leave for Russia.