We are happy to inform you that the 2026 NEWL exam dates are now available on this website.

Additionally, the NEWL Practice Exam is now offered year-round in both short and full-length formats (depending on the language).

Access the practice exam here.

If your school plans to participate in the 2026 NEWL exam cycle, please join us for an upcoming informational webinar. If your school no longer teaches Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, or Russian, or if you would prefer not to receive future communications, please let me know by replying to this email, and I will update our contact list accordingly.

The 2026 registration and webinar links will be made available early next year. Please check the NEWL website periodically for updates.

You’re encouraged to self-nominate or nominate colleagues for the ACTR Board of Directors in Stream 2 of the nominations process, which has a deadline of January 1. 

This stream requires endorsement by five members of ACTR (not necessarily on the Board). Information about the process, directions for submission, and a timeline are available on the ACTR Nominations Page. The ACTR candidacy prompts are available here.

For the 2026 election, the Nominations Committee especially, but in no way exclusively, encourages those with an interest in serving or learning how to serve in the following areas of current board need:

• Pre-college program outreach and support (National Russian Essay Contest, Olympiada, Russian Language Scholar Laureate Award)

• Newsletter (especially copy editing, formatting and technology skills)

• Fundraising

• Social media, publicity, and web services

Questions? Please email the Nomination Committee chair, Susan Kresin, at BoardACTR@gmail.com, no later than December 20. 

We look forward to receiving your nominations.