Congratulations to the Award-Winning Russian Majors and Minors

Aaron Lener and Anna Meehan, winners of the Douglas Shaheen Excellence in Russian Award, 2025.

Iona Volynets – University Scholar, 2024; Marshall Scholar, 2024; Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Outstanding Student in LLL Award, 2024; Critical Languages Scholarship in Russian (Tbilisi, Georgia), 2023; Truman Scholarship, 2023; Obama-Chesky Scholarship, 2022.

Mary Margaret (Maggie) Matthews – Douglas Shaheen Excellence in Russian Award, 2023.

Justin Mitchell – Phi Beta Kappa, 2021; Remembrance Scholar, 2021, Boren Scholar (Kazakhstan), 2023.

Stanley Smudin – Outstanding Graduating Russian Major, Spring 2022; Fulbright-Hays Award, Study in Latvia, summer 2022.
Bronwyn Galloway – Phi Beta Kappa, 2021; Outstanding Graduating Russian Major, Spring 2021.
Cadence Christian – Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Award winner, Spring 2021.
Justin Mitchell – Phi Beta Kappa, 2021, Remembrance Scholar, 2021.
Joshua Margrey – Phi Beta Kappa, 2021.
Molly Bolan – Fulbright Teaching Award (Russia), 2019; Critical Language Scholarship (Russian), 2018.
Bronwyn Galloway – Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Grant, 2019.
Nathan Shearn – Syracuse University Scholar, 2019; Fulbright-Hays Award, Study in Siberia, 2019.
Casey Woodall – Fulbright-Hays Award, Study in Siberia, 2019.
Jade M. Rhoads – Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, 2018; Critical Language Scholarship (Russian), 2018; Udall Scholarship, 2017.
Celia Volkwein – Outstanding Graduating Russian major, 2017;
Farrell Greenwald Brenner – Syracuse University Scholar, 2017; Fulbright Scholar Award, semi-finalist (Poland), 2017.