Notes from Nominators
2021
"Thanks for organizing this nice honor!" Benjamin Sutcliffe, Miami University
“[o]ur laureate this year is honored and thrilled. He's excited to be receiving his certificate. Thanks again for continuing to run this program. It's such a great way to reward student success and achievement.” Kristine Shmakov, Portland Community College
"Thanks so much for your message and for coordinating the ACTR Awards. It's a great way to show our appreciation for highly motivated students who put in extra effort." College of St. Scholastica, Karen Rosenflanz
"We appreciate this opportunity to recognize one of our outstanding Russian students with the ACTR Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award." Robert Channon, Purdue University
"Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity to honor our strong students!" Valentina B. Iepuri, University of Mississippi
"Thank you so much for your work on this annual endeavor. It means so much to our students and to me."
Mary Nicholas, Lehigh Universit y
"Thank you for giving me a way to reward Matthew’s diligent work!" Michael Ossorgin, Fordham University
"Thank you so much for this service! Emily Van Buskirk, Rutgers University
Thank you to ACTR for your continued efforts to recognize students’ achievements." Larry McLellan, University of California at Santa Barbara
"Thank you for this opportunity to recognize our students!" Maria Allen, University of Pennsylvania
"Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity! It is a great way to recognize our students' hard work, strivings, and talents!"
Natalya Kuznetsova, University of Utah
"It means so much to our students – and so much to us to add it to our celebrations of them at the end of the academic year." Nicole Monnier, University of Missouri
"In this most unusual teaching year, we at Binghamton are especially glad of the continuing opportunity to recommend a PSRSLA nominee."
Nancy Tittler, Binghamton College
"Our previous two student awardees have been most appreciative and humbled by this PSRSLA Achievement Award. Thank you for your continued consideration." Svetlana Grenier, Georgetown University
2020
"Many thanks for making this opportunity available to Russian students! It is a terrific way to recognize their achievements."
"I am a small-college Russian program nominator, and I want to thank you for such a great opportunity to recognize a hard-working, dedicated and very talented student!"
"Thank you for doing this, we love being able to award this every year! I appreciate what all of you do under normal circumstances, but at the present moment that goes double."
"Thank you for continuing to organize this!"
"Thank you very much for giving us this nation-wide opportunity to recognize one of the best students in our Russian program each year."
"Thank you SO much for continuing to run this wonderful program. It is such a great motivator for our students and our program. You are fabulous!"
"Thank you for all that the ACTR is doing to support the field during the COVID shutdowns."
"Thank you so much! We really appreciate the program and all you do to organize it every year. I know how much work this is."
"Thank you for this valuable service!!"
"Thank you so much. I'm sure that was a huge amount of work, but this is so meaningful to the students."
"Thank you for doing this important work, despite the circumstances."
2019
"I am a one-person program, and it means a lot to see my students get recognized by the ACTR. As I am working towards establishing a Russian studies minor, this is the best reward they could get for studying Russian at our University. Thank you so much for recognizing the best students of Russian."
"Thank you for continuing to offer this wonderful form of recognition for our students!"
"Thank you for arranging this!"
"Thank you, as always!"
"Thank you so much for doing this once again!"
"Thanks so much for this wonderful program!"
"Thank you so much for orchestrating the Laureate Award, which is always a nice thing to give out at the end of the year."
"Thank you. I appreciate so much the work of the ACTR to support our programs!"
"Thanks so much for this opportunity. I love being able to honor the strongest student in my program each year for their hard work and dedication to learning Russian. They are always thrilled to receive this award each year."
2018
"Thank you ! for making this possibility available to students of Russian!"
"Thank you very much for coordinating this award! It means so much to the students and everyone in the profession!"
"Thank you, as always, for coordinating this program. Especially for the frequent reminders, even on the last day!"
"And thanks again for running the award program, it's a great program."
"Thanks so much for organizing this wonderful award -- we so appreciate it!"
"Thanks for organizing this nice honor!" Benjamin Sutcliffe, Miami University
“[o]ur laureate this year is honored and thrilled. He's excited to be receiving his certificate. Thanks again for continuing to run this program. It's such a great way to reward student success and achievement.” Kristine Shmakov, Portland Community College
"Thanks so much for your message and for coordinating the ACTR Awards. It's a great way to show our appreciation for highly motivated students who put in extra effort." College of St. Scholastica, Karen Rosenflanz
"We appreciate this opportunity to recognize one of our outstanding Russian students with the ACTR Post-Secondary Russian Scholar Laureate Award." Robert Channon, Purdue University
"Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity to honor our strong students!" Valentina B. Iepuri, University of Mississippi
"Thank you so much for your work on this annual endeavor. It means so much to our students and to me."
Mary Nicholas, Lehigh Universit y
"Thank you for giving me a way to reward Matthew’s diligent work!" Michael Ossorgin, Fordham University
"Thank you so much for this service! Emily Van Buskirk, Rutgers University
Thank you to ACTR for your continued efforts to recognize students’ achievements." Larry McLellan, University of California at Santa Barbara
"Thank you for this opportunity to recognize our students!" Maria Allen, University of Pennsylvania
"Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity! It is a great way to recognize our students' hard work, strivings, and talents!"
Natalya Kuznetsova, University of Utah
"It means so much to our students – and so much to us to add it to our celebrations of them at the end of the academic year." Nicole Monnier, University of Missouri
"In this most unusual teaching year, we at Binghamton are especially glad of the continuing opportunity to recommend a PSRSLA nominee."
Nancy Tittler, Binghamton College
"Our previous two student awardees have been most appreciative and humbled by this PSRSLA Achievement Award. Thank you for your continued consideration." Svetlana Grenier, Georgetown University
2020
"Many thanks for making this opportunity available to Russian students! It is a terrific way to recognize their achievements."
"I am a small-college Russian program nominator, and I want to thank you for such a great opportunity to recognize a hard-working, dedicated and very talented student!"
"Thank you for doing this, we love being able to award this every year! I appreciate what all of you do under normal circumstances, but at the present moment that goes double."
"Thank you for continuing to organize this!"
"Thank you very much for giving us this nation-wide opportunity to recognize one of the best students in our Russian program each year."
"Thank you SO much for continuing to run this wonderful program. It is such a great motivator for our students and our program. You are fabulous!"
"Thank you for all that the ACTR is doing to support the field during the COVID shutdowns."
"Thank you so much! We really appreciate the program and all you do to organize it every year. I know how much work this is."
"Thank you for this valuable service!!"
"Thank you so much. I'm sure that was a huge amount of work, but this is so meaningful to the students."
"Thank you for doing this important work, despite the circumstances."
2019
"I am a one-person program, and it means a lot to see my students get recognized by the ACTR. As I am working towards establishing a Russian studies minor, this is the best reward they could get for studying Russian at our University. Thank you so much for recognizing the best students of Russian."
"Thank you for continuing to offer this wonderful form of recognition for our students!"
"Thank you for arranging this!"
"Thank you, as always!"
"Thank you so much for doing this once again!"
"Thanks so much for this wonderful program!"
"Thank you so much for orchestrating the Laureate Award, which is always a nice thing to give out at the end of the year."
"Thank you. I appreciate so much the work of the ACTR to support our programs!"
"Thanks so much for this opportunity. I love being able to honor the strongest student in my program each year for their hard work and dedication to learning Russian. They are always thrilled to receive this award each year."
2018
"Thank you ! for making this possibility available to students of Russian!"
"Thank you very much for coordinating this award! It means so much to the students and everyone in the profession!"
"Thank you, as always, for coordinating this program. Especially for the frequent reminders, even on the last day!"
"And thanks again for running the award program, it's a great program."
"Thanks so much for organizing this wonderful award -- we so appreciate it!"
