Resources

Links

Benefits of Studying Abroad

• American Public: International Education is Key to Preparing Next Generation
• 700 Reasons to Study a Foreign Language
• Center for Global Education: Why Study Abroad?
• Living with a Host Family: The Benefits
• Public Policy Benefits of Study Abroad
• Senate Resolution 308 ‘Year of Study Abroad’.

Financial Aid

• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
• Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships, US Department of Education
• National Security Education Program (undergraduate students)
• National Security Education Program (graduate students)
• Rotary International, Ambassadorial Scholarships

Health & Safety

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Traveler’s Health
• Culture Shock – Easing Adjustment
• Mobility International (traveling with a disability)
• Responsible Study Abroad: Good Practices for Health & Safety (NAFSA)
• Russian Embassy in Washington, DC
• Tips for Women Travelling Alone
• U.S. Department of State: Travel Tips
• U.S. Department of State: Travel Warnings

Travel Resources

• Absentee Voting
• Currency Converter
• Passport Services and Information
• Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (visa applications available here)
• Time Zones
• U.S. Embassies and Consulates

Russian Resources

• American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
• American Association for the Teaching of Slavic and East European Languages
• Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
• Rambler (Russian search engine)
• RussNet
• Russian Newspapers and News sites
• Russian Language Mentor
• On-Line works of Fyodor Dostoevsky
• On-Line works of Lev Tolstoy
• Victor Kamkin Bookstore

Other American Councils Programs

• American Councils for International Education
• Flagship Programs

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