2020 National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest (NPSREC) Winners

This contest, established in 1999 by American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), has become a signature Russian language contest for post-secondary students around the country. Students taking Russian in accredited colleges and universities are invited to participate in the annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest.

This year, sixteen UCLA students in the Russian program at UCLA have won awards in the annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR):

Non-heritage speakers, Second year Russian, Honorable Mention:
Claire Crossman, Anya Ireson-Janke, Rowan Towle

Non-heritage speakers, Third year Russian, Silver Medal
Martin Adamian

Non-heritage speakers, Third year Russian, Honorable Mention
Cody Giddings

Non-heritage speakers, Fourth year Russian, Bronze Medal
Sofiya Ghazaryan

Non-heritage speakers, Fourth year Russian, Honorable Mention 
Alexa Black

Non-Russian Slavic heritage speakers, Level 1, Bronze Medal
Elen Karapetyan

Non-Russian Slavic heritage speakers, Level 2, Honorable Mention
Alina Arama

Non-Russian Slavic heritage speakers, Level 4, Silver Medal
Aigerim Belmergen

Non-Russian Slavic heritage speakers, Level 4, Honorable Mention
Aigerim Toleukhanova

Heritage Russian speakers, Level 1, Gold Medal
Sergey Komzyuk

Heritage Russian speakers, Level 1, Honorable Mention
Vladyslav Manzhyliy, Kamilya Rassohina, Daniel Blindman

Heritage Russian speakers, Level 2, Bronze Medal
Polina Vorobyeva

For a link to past award recipients, follow this link.