2017 National Russian Essay Competition (NPSREC)
Congratulations to our students and teachers! We received 20 total awards (up from 16 last year) including 1 Silver Medal, 6 Bronze Medals, and 13 Honorable Mentions.
With 7 medalists and 20 total awards, Harvard continues its rivalry with Columbia University (8 medalists, 21 total awards — we’ve been neck and neck and switching places the past few years) for the highest number of medalists of all participating universities and highest number of overall recognitions including the Honorable Mentions. Following Columbia and Harvard were UCLA (7 medalists, 12 total awards), the Defense Language Institute (6 medalists, 13 total awards), Dartmouth College (5 medalists, 7 total awards), University of Maryland (4 medalists, 7 total awards), and Brigham Young University (3 medalists, 10 total awards).
The full announcement from ACTR is attached. That message describes the competition and levels and lists all of the winners from participating universities (53 award-winning universities, 195 total awards). Overall, there were 67 participating universities and 1,326 student competitors.
National Post Secondary Russian Essay Competition 2017 (NPSREC)
Topic: Please write a short essay based on the following topic: “An Important Person in My Life / Важный человек в моей жизни.”
Harvard Winners 2017
Silver Medalist (Category C, Level 2)
Jessica Nebrat, Harvard University (Advanced Russian 114)
Bronze Medalists
Sebastian Reyes, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 1) (RUSS Aa-Ab)
Isabelle Desisto, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 4) (Advanced Russian 112)
Lucie Runia, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 4) (Advanced Russian 112)
Stefan Petrovic, Harvard University, (Category B, Level 1) (RUSS Aa-Ab)
Aleksandra Milcheva, Harvard University, (Category B, Level 2) (RUSS Bab)
Jonathan Perez-Reyzin, Harvard University, (Category C, Level 1) (Advanced Russian 114)
Honorable Mention Recipients
Maria McLaughlin, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 1) (RUSS Aa-Ab)
Joseph Hasbrouck, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 1) (RUSS Ata-Atb)
Daniel Palmer, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 1) (RUSS Aa-Ab)
Theo Serlin, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 1) (RUSS Ata-Atb)
Alex Warburton, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 2) (RUSS Bab)
Alienor Oudin, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 3) (RUSS 101-103)
Waverly Wentworth, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 3) (RUSS 101-103)
Min Kim, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 3) (RUSS 101-103)
Emma Santelmann, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 4) (Advanced Russian 114)
Alexander Deshuk, Harvard University, (Category A, Level 4) (Advanced Russian 114)
Max Kuhelj Bugaric, Harvard University, (Category B, Level 3) (RUSS 101-103)
Isabel Slavinsky, Harvard University, (Category C, Level 1) (Advanced Russian 114)
Alexandra Shpitalnik, Harvard University, (Category C, Level 2) (Advanced Russian 114)