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NPSREC Past Topics and Winners 

2013

Topic: Compare yourself to who you were four years ago. What has changed? What has stayed the same?/ Сравните себя, каким вы были четыре года назад и каким вы стали теперь.  Что изменилось? Что осталось неизменным?    

Winners
First Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Jovan Damjanovic, Amherst College
Naoki Tokoro, Swarthmore College

Second Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Grace Mitchell, University of Chicago
Christian Millian, Harvard University
Michelle Schulte, Kenyon College

Third Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Max Lawton, Columbia University
Jason Kancylarz, Rutgers University
Sarah Mills, Lewis & Clark College

Honorable Mention (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Joshua O'Brien, University of Notre Dame
Tanner Strickland, Harvard University
Averi Crockett, Brigham Young University
Michael Beam, Pomona College
Alexander Jiang, Columbia University
Brian Chung, Boston College
Adam Marjai, Kenyon College
Lillian Jamison-Cash, Swarthmore College
Emily Nason, Kenyon College
Liam Leonard-Solis, Kenyon College
Andrew Krogman, Portland State University
Elisa Ronzheimer, Yale University
Kevin Otradovec, University of Chicago
Dylan Gilbert, Middlebury
Michaela Vebrova, Colgate University
Dylan Ogden, Kenyon College
Abigail Holtzman, Swarthmore College
Patrick Johnson, Harvard University
Simon  Szybist, Kenyon College
Mackenzie Stricklin, Dickinson College
Ahmed Sarhan, Yale University
Benjamin Fallon, Colgate University
Sloan Davis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paula Meltser, Colgate University
Raul Aguilar, Rutgers University
Alexandra Vreeman, Pomona College
Michelle Mayro, Columbia University

First Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Nathan Evans, Defense Language Institute
Alexander Turpin, University of Rochester

Second Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Dakota  Whistler, University of Montana-Missoula
Mariana Irby, Bryn Mawr College
Sara Crawford, Sewanee-The University of the South

Third Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Linda Kleinfeld, Sewanee-The University of the South
Jillian Wuorenma, Mount Holyoke College

Honorable Mention (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 2)
James Browning, Carleton College
Eve Zuckerman, University of Chicago
Jacqueline Lender, Harvard University
Peter Nilsson, Swarthmore College
Ellen Parker, Brandeis University
Sydney Treuer, Yale University
Kaylin Land, Carleton College
Eric Cioffi, Miami University
Joe Babue, Brandeis University
Siobhan Harrity, Williams College
Pravin Barton, Swarthmore College
Lillian  Langford, Harvard University
Katherine Palomares, Lewis & Clark College
Lirsen  Myrtaj, College of William and Mary
Lucas Padovani, Brandeis University
Johann Amberger, Kenyon College
Suzanne Freeman, Columbia University
Lilian Dube, University of Chicago
Justin Davis, University of Montana-Missoula
Sean Keeley, Boston College
Caroline Lyell, University of Mississippi
Michael Flanagan, University of Pennsylvania
Cyrus Newlin, Swarthmore College

First Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 3)
David Smythe, Tufts University

Second Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Jordan Callister, Brigham Young University
Jonathan Mahoney, Brigham Young University
Moe Nakayama, University of Chicago

Third Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Garrett McClintock, Brigham Young University
Emily Ziffer, Tufts University

Honorable Mention (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Liqi Dong, Yale University
Joyce Lim, Princeton University
Ashley  Moe, Portland State University
Koji Takagi, Brigham Young University
Lars Spjut, Brigham Young University
Tianyuan Zhang, Bryn Mawr College
Rachel Woods, Middlebury
Christopher Sarter-Soto, Portland State University
Sophie Mankins, Bryn Mawr College
John Nunes, Brandeis University
Ana Frigo, Lewis & Clark College
First Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 4)
Ed Hicks, Harvard University
Aliya Candeloro, University of Maryland, College Park

Second Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 4)
Eleanor Nurmi l, University of Chicago
Claire Atwood, Harvard University
Daniele Leonetti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Third Place (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 4)
Adam Gardner, Brigham Young University
Kurt Van Wagenen, Brigham Young University

Honorable Mention (Non-Heritage Learners, Level 4)
Marta Burova, Harvard University
Erin Hutchinson, Harvard University
Sarah Lass, Kenyon College
Todd Long, Portland State University
Kei Sato, Harvard University
Beau Birdsall, Yale University
First Place (Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Helen Sdvizhkov, University of Chicago
Maria Stoianova, Georgetown University

Second Place (Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Tatiana Denisova, Pomona College
Margret Kvach, Portland State University
Anna Volski, Rutgers University

Third Place (Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Inna Pinkhasova, University of California, Los Angeles
Elena Volokho, University of Maryland, College Park

Honorable Mention (Heritage Learners, Level 1)
Yelena Muratova, University of California, Los Angeles
Dmitry Ramirez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Irina Pidberejna, University of Central Florida

First Place (Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Ecaterina Toutok, University of Rochester
Serhiy Plaksin, Temple University

Second Place (Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Ivan Ivashchenko, United States Military Academy
Anna Tropnikova, University of Chicago
Timur Brodskiy, University of Mississippi

Third Place (Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Ruslan Lobov, Defense Language Institute
Alexander Savchuk, University of Maryland, College Park

Honorable Mention (Heritage Learners, Level 2)
Kristina Clinton, Purdue University
Janelle Santiago, University of Maryland, College Park
Anita Pechenenko, Yale University

First Place (Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Georgy Shatskiy, University of California, Los Angeles
Arpi Grigoryan, University of Mississippi

Second Place (Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Katerina Solomanjuk, Lewis & Clark College
Vasiliy Nam, College of Charleston
Tatyana Avilova, Harvard University

Third Place (Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Tatiana Galushkina, University of California, Los Angeles
Kenan Seyidov, University of Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention (Heritage Learners, Level 3)
Andrei Tcacenco, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sara Miller, University of California, Los Angeles
Setsen Altan-Ochir, Cornell College
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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

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