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NPSREC Past Topics and Winners 

2017 

Topic: An Important Person in My Life / Важный человек в моей жизни.

Winners
Gold Medal (Category A, Level 1)
Lauren Kimpel, Temple University
Brandon Brown, Portland State University
                       
Silver Medal (Category A, Level 1)
David Partridge, Temple University
Alexander Schlegel, Temple University
                       
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 1)
Sebastian Reyes, Harvard University
Rylan Smolik, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ayeon Lee, Northeastern University
Xan John Holt, Columbia University
 
Honorable Mention (Category A, Level 1)
Amanda Harrison, Yale University
Maria McLaughlin, Harvard University
Erik Dant, Portland State University
Jospeh Hasbrouck, Harvard University
Max Graham, Yale University
Wienecke Yves, Portland State University
Ling-Wei Kung, Columbia University
Simon Mairson, Georgetown University
Daniel Palmer, Harvard University
Theo Serlin, Harvard University
Dwight Sims, Portland Community College
Vinitha Ganesan, Carnegie Mellon University
Colby Lewis, Lawrence University
Sarah Lloyd-Slifkin, Smith College
Kristina Buffham, University of Montana
Javier Sayle, University of Arizona
Sarah Otterman, Pomona College
Matthew Vigue, Embry-Riddle Aeronatical University
Jessica Saeli, University of Notre Dame
 
Gold Medal (Category A, Level 2)
Michael Huelsman, Portland Community College
                       
Silver Medal (Category A, Level 2)
Ian Fisher, Haverford College
Jaya Puglise, Columbia University
                       
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 2)
Stephanie Tignor Borgani, Columbia University
Amanda Durfee, Dartmouth College
Clare Louise Jamieson, Columbia University
Martina Pagliari, New York University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category A, Level 2)
Meghan San Gregory, Bowling Green State University
Benjamin Goehring, University of Rochester
Alexandra Fay, Barnard College
Maggie Boudreau, University of Chicago
James  Yeakel, Purdue University
Zachary Fithian, Lawrence University
Alex Warburton, Harvard University
Siobhán Seigne, University of Rochester
Sarah Matthews, Brigham Young University
Georgia Essig, Barnard College
Margot Miller, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Jessica Maguet, Brigham Young University
Jacob Waldinger, University of Missouri
Jeffery Alexander Lopez, Barnard College
Allyssa Austin, Dartmouth College
Natalya Carpenter, Bucknell University
Rachel Adams, University of North Texas
Miriam Shulz, Columbia University
                       
Gold Medal (Category A, Level 3)                   
Lincoln Karchner Brigham Young University
                       
Silver Medal (Category A, Level 3)
Garrett Bergeson, Brigham Young University
Devin Fuller, Brigham Young University
                    
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 3)
Brian Wright, Defense Language Institute
Robert Ian Abbott, Columbia University
Grady Vaughan, Rhodes College
Miranda Garbaciak, Indiana University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category A, Level 3)
Henry Meger, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jae Yeon Yoo, Bowdoin College
Jensen Jonathan, Bucknell University
Kendall Werneiwski, University of Wisconsin at Madison
John Knaphus, Brigham Young University
Adam Woodward, Brigham Young University
Jeewon Chang, Defense Language Institute
Alienor Oudin, Harvard University
Ronald Barnhart, Defense Language Institute
Waverly Wentworth, Harvard University
Melanie Torres, Brigham Young University
Alladin Khaydarov, University of Maryland
Andrew Layden, Columbia University
Pablo Lindsay, University of Pittsburgh
Natasha Kadlec, University of Pennsylvania
Quinci Martin, Defense Language Institute
Aaron Jaramillo, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Min Kim, Harvard University
Nicholas Michael Viggiano, University of Maryland
Justin Rich, Brigham Young University
Miriam Shultz, Columbia University
                       
Gold Medal (Category A, Level 4)       
Gabriella Hoffman, Portland State University
                       
Silver Medal (Category A, Level 4)
Hunter Behrens, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Augustus  Gilchrist, Bowdoin College
           
Bronze Medal (Category A, Level 4)
Melvin M. Thomas, Georgetown University
Isabelle Desisto, Harvard University
Lucie Runia, Harvard University
Hope Ovcharenko, Portland State University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category A, Level 4)
Emma Santelmann, Harvard University
Samuel Debolt, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Chase Riegel, Portland State University
Kyle Tomaszewski, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Yadgar Raswll, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Miranda Lupion, University of Pennsylvania
Stefan Lehnardt, Brigham Young University
Danya Levy, Yale University
Chris Wilson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clara Friedman, Indiana University
Jacob Fryer, United States Military Academy
Rianna Jansen, Georgetown University
Rachel Gannon, Georgetown University
Zachary Smith,University of Rochester
Alexander Deshuk, Harvard University
Katherine Baughman, Georgetown University
Austin Jung, University of Chicago
Alexandra Steiner, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Emily Welch, University of Kentucky
Allison Stroyan, Dickinson College
 
Gold Medal (Category B, Level 1)                   
Kristina Pavlovic, New York University
                       
Silver Medal (Category B, Level 1)
Jacqueline Kopaygorodsky, Franklin & Marshall College
                       
Bronze Medal (Category B, Level 1)
Stevan Petrovic, Harvard University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 1)
Veronika Turek, Boston College
Tomasz Bazant, University of Rochester
Gold Medal (Category B, Level 2)                  
Matus Petrovsky, Dartmouth College
                       
Silver Medal (Category B, Level 2)
Anja Malesevic, Barnard College
                       
Bronze Medal (Category B, Level 2)
Aleksandra Milcheva, Harvard University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 2)
Elena Ganacheva, University of British Columbia
Nejra Gradan, Lewis & Clark College
Bogdana Bartkiv, Rutgers University
                       
Gold Medal (Category B, Level 3)      
Monika Bujak, Columbia University
                       
Silver Medal (Category B, Level 3)
Angelina Koliy, Purdue University
                       
Bronze Medal (Category B, Level 3)
Lesya Yarema, Georgetown University
 
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 3)
Max Kuhelj Bugaric, Harvard University
Maria  Folvarska, University of Illinois at Chicago
Luka Pejanovic, Dartmouth College
                      
Gold Medal (Category B, Level 4)                  
Iryna O. Varshchuk, University of Maryland
 
Silver Medal (Category B, Level 4)     
Stefan Curcic, United States Air Force Academy
 
Bronze Medal (Category B, Level 4)   
Olha Brezden, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
Honorable Mention (Category B, Level 4)      
                       
Gold Medal (Category C, Level 1)                   
Natalia Zaliznyak, Yale University
                       
Silver Medal (Category C, Level 1)
Ekaterina Anoufrieva, UCLA
Lev Roshal, University of Rochester
                       
Bronze Medal (Category C, Level 1)
Daniel Michael   Ovetsky, University of Maryland
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin, Harvard University
Ekaterina Clark, UCLA
Kusnnora Satybaldiyeva, UCLA
 
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 1)
Isabel Slavinsky, Harvard University
Mario Arutyunian, Columbia University
Ksenia Rodrigues, Stetson University
Leor Hofman, Columbia University
Yehudith Dashevsky, University of Pennsylvania
Nikita Dulin, University of Chicago
Elizabeth Ray, Columbia University
Nikolai Eklund, University of Chicago
Anya Lisa Konstantinovsky, Columbia University
Daria Taubin, Amherst College
Nellie Anna Spektor, Columbia University
Karina Petrunova, University of Chicago
Svetlana Kalinina, UCLA
Allison Rebecca Talker, Columbia University
Kirill John Buskirk, Columbia University
Jeannette Fields, UCLA
Daniel Debner, Yale University
Nikita  Kvasniov, Yale University
Saveliy Yusufov, Columbia University
                       
Silver Medal (Category C, Level 2)
Nicole Bugrim, UCLA
Maria Jarostchuk, Dartmouth College
Jessica Nebrat, Harvard University
                       
Bronze Medal (Category C, Level 2)
Rachel Kandyba, Rutgers University
Rachel Valentina Sommers, Columbia University
Maxine Pokras, UCLA
Andrey Rublyov, Columbia University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 2)
Alexandra Shpitalnik, Harvard University
Alexander Di Perna, University of Rochester
Liliya Bondarenko, Rutgers University
Thibodeau Anastassia, Bucknell University
Marina Shimarova, Rutgers University
Katherine Gershfeld, Boston College
Elisabeth Nina Wayne, University of Maryland
Claudia Payor, Drew University
                       
Gold Medal (Category C, Level 3)                   
Alfiya Akhmed, University of Maryland
Timothy Messen, Dartmouth College
                       
Silver Medal (Category C, Level 3)
Veronica Marie Yevsukov, University of Maryland
                       
Bronze Medal (Category C, Level 3)
Valeriya Timoshenko, Rutgers University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 3)
Greta Fritz, Lawrence University
Sophie Lis, Brandeis University
David Lysenko, Georgetown University
 
Gold Medal (Category C, Level 4)       
Ksenia Ryzhova, Dartmouth College
                       
Silver Medal (Category C, Level 4)
Dmitriy Sklyar, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Khurshed Madaminov, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
                       
Bronze Medal (Category C, Level 4)
Christopher Hodgman, University of Rochester
Eugenijus Kulesovas, Defense Language Institute, CE, DTRA
Mar Nikiforova, Rutgers University
                       
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 4)
Eli Bay, Columbia University
Filipp Krasovsky, UCLA
 
Gold Medal (Category C, Level 5)       
Mariia Kononova, University of North Texas
Maria  Shaposhnikova, Brandeis University
                       
Silver Medal (Category C, Level 5)
Veronika Arkhipova, University of Mississippi
Aliya Mukhametzhanova, University of North Texas
                       
Bronze Medal (Category C, Level 5)
Diana Artashesyan, UCLA
Yan Shneyderman, Brandeis University
Iana Kazantseva, UCLA
                     
Honorable Mention (Category C, Level 5)
Olga Viter, UCLA
Alexandra Yashina, UCLA
Usman Suerkulov, Ohio University
Anna Halstead, Georgetown University
Eva Deisa Stetson, University

    
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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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