Thursday, May 8, 2008

New Russian Studies website

Welcome to the new Russian Studies website!

To create this new site, we studied the most interesting academic websites we could find and selected features to include that would be useful to current and prospective students, their parents, and the larger Macalester community.

Here are some of the changes and new features:

  • Lots of detail about what we do in our program
  • A better selection of study abroad programs
  • More resources, including scholarships for language studies
  • More web links than you can shake a stick at
  • A Russian-English dictionary
  • Contact information for the department and faculty
  • A brochure that prospective students can download
  • A photo album with many pictures from recent Russian House activities
  • Dozens of examples of Russian artwork scattered throughout

We are also developing new content:

  • Russian miscellany
  • Crash course in Russian
  • A glossary of literary terms
  • A collection of excerpts from our favorite texts
  • Interactive exhibits

If you have any comments, suggestions, or ideas for new content, please let us know!