NPSREC 2020 Award Recipients

2020

Award Recipients
We are pleased to announce the award recipients of the annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest.  In this year’s contest, there were 1261 essays submitted from 56 universities, colleges, and institutions across the nation. Three judges read each essay and independently ranked them.
Topic: “Who or what changed your life? / Кто или что изменил(о) вашу жизнь?»
Category A Level 1
 
Karolina Partyga, Columbia University-Gold
Meghana Bharadwaj, Smith College-Gold
Jasmine Ding, Vanderbilt University-Gold
Isaac Parlin, Columbia University-Gold
Alexander Lee, Harvard University-Gold
Erin Magill, Brandeis University-Silver
Susie Williams, Bucknell University-Silver
Brendon Kinney, Temple University-Silver
Jennifer Price Price , Boston University -Silver
Natasha Gaither, Yale University-Silver
Annling Wang, Columbia University-Bronze
Jonathan Forrester, Temple University-Bronze
Katrina Fuller, Columbia University-Bronze
Emily Nelson, Columbia University-Bronze
Emma Pope McCright, Mount Holyoke College-Bronze
Ezequiel Finkielman Bramati, Purdue University-HM
Rebecca Burns, Mount Holyoke College-HM
Celeste Johnson Johnson, Boston University -HM
Indira Ramgolam, Columbia University-HM
Eric Jiefei, Columbia University-HM
Brian Choi, Yale University-HM
Madeleine Medina, University of Wisconsin-Madison-HM
Jace Jordan, Brigham Young University-HM
Liam McNett, Bowdoin College-HM
Julia Houser, Harvard University-HM
Kate Yeager, Yale University-HM
Claire Chang, Pomona College-HM
Savannah Eklund, Columbia University-HM
Jaida Cowan, Columbia University-HM
Andrew James Honold, Harvard University-HM
Cade Williams, Harvard University-HM
Bella Phillips, Pomona College-HM
Fanjing Kong, Vanderbilt University-HM
Cole Reish, Bucknell University-HM
Kathleen Gorman, Columbia University-HM
Mason Smith, Columbia University-HM
Nolan Bledsoe, Vanderbilt University-HM
Anna Rumpz, University of Arkansas-HM
Rebecca Dial, Mount Holyoke College-HM
Kendall Owens, University of Pennsylvania-HM
Jack Sullivan, Yale University-HM
Kyrolos Georgey, USAFA-HM
Katelyn  McPaul, Columbia University-HM
Alexander Kleitz, USAFA-HM
Doga Unlu, Yale University-HM
 
Category A Level 2
Stanley Kanevsky, DLIFLC-Gold
Nadia Matin, Vanderbilt University-Gold
Shannon Wersh, DLIFLC-Gold
Daniel Aguda, DLIFLC-Gold
Benjamin Struve, DLIFLC-Gold
Eric  Chang, Brandeis University-Silver
Lucia Gordon, Harvard University-Silver
Michael Yadron, DLIFLC-Silver
Gac Filipaj, Columbia University-Silver
Mikhail Valyer, DLIFLC-Silver
Elise Chi Man Liu, University of Rochester-Bronze
Bradley Salvato, DLIFLC - UEL - Basic Course-Bronze
Jiashi Yang, Columbia University-Bronze
Paul Michalak, DLIFLC - UEL - Basic Course-Bronze
Isaiah Kaplan, Temple University-Bronze
Yihong Zhang, University of Rochester-HM
William Hickein, DLIFLC - UEL - Basic Course-HM
Griffin Holt, Brigham Young University-HM
Kolya Selmer Bough, Harvard University-HM
Kasey Senatore, Smith College-HM
Vladyslav Yakobchuk, DLIFLC-HM
Rasnaam Singh, Portland Community College-HM
Muning Wang, Pomona College-HM
Claire Crossman, UCLA-HM
Anya Ireson-Janke, UCLA-HM
Amelia Fay, Columbia University-HM
Theresa Haunold, University of Chicago-HM
Brooke Horsley, UC Santa Barbara-HM
Abigail Anderson, University of Notre Dame-HM
Claire Beezley, Georgetown University-HM
Hannah Humphrey, DLIFLC - UEL - Basic Course-HM
Ethan Beaty, Vanderbilt University-HM
Afra Ashraf, Columbia University-HM
Audrey  Unverferth, University of Chicago-HM
Joseph McDonough, Harvard University-HM
Elizabeth Kolb, University of Notre Dame-HM
Rowan Towle, UCLA-HM
Atacan Demir, New York University-HM
Elisabeth Incardona, University of Chicago-HM
Ian Reinke, Dartmouth College-HM
George Mason, DLIFLC-HM
Patrick Domenech, West Point - United States Military Academy-HM
Finley Roles, William & Mary-HM
 
Category A Level 3
Evan Thieme, Brigham Young University-Gold
Martha Hamilton McCafferty, University of Mississippi-Gold
Colby Peterson, Brigham Young University-Gold
Nathan McGhie, Brigham Young University-Gold
Anna Carlson, Brigham Young University-Gold
Nathaniel Hibbert, Harvard University-Silver
Samuel Griffiths, Brigham Young University-Silver
Lily Gregson, Brigham Young University-Silver
Luke Stoerger, University of Wisconsin-Madison-Silver
Martin Adamian, UCLA-Silver
Elizabeth Bybee, Brigham Young University-Bronze
Caden Carter, Brigham Young University-Bronze
Dalin Stone, Brigham Young University-Bronze
Isaac Kendell, Brigham Young University-Bronze
Nora Cyra, Mount Holyoke College-Bronze
Paul Glenn, University of Pittsburgh-HM
Jared Beckstrand, Brigham Young University-HM
Christina Harward, Columbia University-HM
Brennon Henderson, Brigham Young University-HM
Matthew Kuzel, DLIFLC-HM
Levon Shmavonyan, Georgetown University-HM
Chela Aufderheide, William & Mary-HM
Helen Poe, Georgetown University-HM
Cody Giddings, UCLA-HM
Jessica Jensen Mitchell, Harvard University-HM
JOHN SANDERS, Rutgers University-HM
Elien  Yang, Columbia University-HM
Nathaniel  Decker, Indiana University-HM
Trevor Oldham, Brigham Young University-HM
Emma  Patterson, Indiana University-HM
Andrea Palmer, Brigham Young University-HM
Truman Perry, Brigham Young University-HM
Ryan Hardy, Pomona College-HM
Vita  Frohlich, Indiana University-HM
Category A Level 4
Cambry Slight, Brigham Young University-Gold
David  Jun Lee, Georgetown University-Gold
Charlie Robinson, University of Utah-Gold
Emily Herring, Harvard University-Gold
Rebecca Ann Deitsch, Harvard University-Gold
Augustus Gilchrist, Bowdoin College-Silver
Jack Lawlor, Harvard University-Silver
Carter John Martindale, Harvard University-Silver
Larissa Golovanev, Brigham Young University-Silver
Anthony Stoner, University of Notre Dame-Silver
Nicholas Conlon, Georgetown University-Bronze
Ghazaryan Sofiya, UCLA-Bronze
Tom Fairholm, Brigham Young University-Bronze
Kaden Rawson, University of Utah-Bronze
Alejandro Perez-Reyes, Georgetown University-Bronze
Grady  Vaughan, Columbia-HM
Ceila Metzger, William & Mary-HM
Megan Burnham, Indiana University-HM
Carly  Zilge, University of Montana-HM
Jodi Parkinson, Columbia University-HM
Galen Quiros, West Point - United States Military Academy-HM
Sabrina Hernandez-Lampron, Georgetown University-HM
Sophia Freuden, Harvard University-HM
Black Alexa, UCLA-HM
Jessie Saeli, University of Notre Dame-HM
Rachael Neidinger, Harvard University-HM
Jacob Samit, West Point - United States Military Academy-HM
Connor Hardy, University of Pennsylvania-HM
Catherine  Tyson, William & Mary-HM
Jennifer Bassett, Brigham Young University-HM
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Category B Level 1
Iryna Mykhaylivna Zyma, New York University-Gold
Andrew Zanazanian, UC Santa Barbara-Silver
Elen, UCLA-Bronze
Emily Terian, University of Chicago-HM
Daniil Tourashev, USAFA-HM
 
Category B Level 2
Ilona Letran, DLIFLC-Gold
Oksana Ivaniv, DLIFLC-Silver
Mirwais Ahmad Shah, DLIFLC-Bronze
Alina Arama, UCLA-HM
BRANDON KALIKA, Rutgers University-HM
 
Category B Level 3
Aziz Tashpulat, DLIFLC-Gold
Oksana  Honcharyk, Temple University-Silver
Thomas Poszonyi, Arizona State University-Bronze
Jan Nowak, University of Pennsylvania-HM
Orest Mahlay, Georgetown University-HM
 
Category B Level 4
Katarina Nesic , Dartmouth College-Gold
Aigerim Belmergen, UCLA-Silver
Asset Alibekov, DLIFLC-Bronze
Aigerim Toleukhanova, UCLA-HM
Hryhorii Drohanov, University of Rochester-HM
 
Category C Level 1
Anna  Temchenko , Columbia University-Gold
Maximilian  Ozerov, Columbia University-Gold
Sergey Komzyuk, UCLA-Gold
Anthony  Ozerov , Columbia University-Gold
Sophia Model, Portland State University-Gold
Janna-Julia  Crooijmans , Columbia University-Silver
Tim  Moukhametzianov , Columbia University-Silver
Zachary Boroda, Brandeis University-Silver
Fedor  Yurov, Purdue University-Silver
Regina  Wagner, Columbia University-Silver
David  Berkovich, Columbia University-Bronze
Leeza Barstein, Brandeis University-Bronze
Gregory  Fedorov, Columbia University-Bronze
Sarah  Dubnik, Columbia University-Bronze
Dennis Aronov, New York University-Bronze
Vladyslav Manzhyliy, UCLA-HM
Svetlana  Danilin, Portland State Umoversity-HM
Jessica  Kuleshov , Columbia University-HM
Alina Jones, Vanderbilt University-HM
Kamilya Rassohina, UCLA-HM
Erica Levin, University of New Haven-HM
Eva Machlis, University of Arizona-HM
Daniel Blindman, UCLA-HM
Anna Moskaleva, Carnegie Mellon University -HM
 
Category C Level 2
Maria  Guseva, Purdue University-Gold
Ruth Rosenblum, Brandeis University-Gold
Elizabeth  Pankova, Georgetown University-Silver
Maryia Oreshko, Carnegie Mellon University -Silver
Polina Vorobyeva, UCLA-Bronze
Ariadna Demkov, University of North Texas-Bronze
Olga Boukhvalova, USAFA-HM
Jacob Baltaytis, Bowdoin College-HM
Katya  Frangulova, Vanderbilt University-HM
Larry Guindine, University of Chicago-HM
 
Category C Level 3
Boris Ardemasov, Bowdoin College-Gold
Kristina Zaslavskaya, New York University-Silver
Georgiy Alexander Kent, Harvard University-Bronze
Serhiy Dubenko, DLIFLC-HM
Diana Sahibnazarova, University of Kentucky-HM
 
Category C Level 4
Filipp Bochkov, DLIFLC-Gold
Olga Kuderyavets, DLIFLC-Silver
Alexey Iakovenko, DLIFLC-Bronze
Kamilla Azbel, Rutgers University-HM
Maria Bulanova, Vanderbilt University-HM
Teachers with questions about the essay contest should contact:

Jennifer Bown, PhD
Department of German and Russian
Brigham Young University
3095 JFSB
Provo, Utah 84602
801-422-3207
jennifer_bown@byu.edu