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Germanic and Slavic alum Marleena Tamminen awarded prestigious fellowship to Germany

Marleena Tamminen,  First Honor spring 2022 graduate with a dual degree in German and Economics, is one of 75 Americans selected to study and work in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals program – now in its 39th year.

The University of Georgia’s 2022 Boren Scholars include, front row, Sydney Buchanan and Natalie Navarrete and, back row, Moriah Thomas, Leah Whitmoyer and Neely McCommons. Not pictured are Robert Fox, Lauren Harvey and Dana Newman. (Photo by Stephanie Schupska)

Six Russian Flagship Students Awarded Boren Scholarship

The University of Georgia’s Morehead Honors College announced a record-breaking number of Boren Scholars, including six undergraduate students from the  Russian Flagship Program in the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studie

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Dr. Alex Spektor honored by Nabokovian Society with First Book Award

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Volunteers harvest donated produce for the Athens non-profit Concrete Jungle, which addressed food insecurity.

German alum making a difference with local food insecurity

UGA Germanic & Slavic Studies alum Jenny Gallucci (2020) is putting her degrees in German and Geography and a certificate in Environmental Sustainability to work in a complementary way in an Athens non-profit addressing food insecurity.

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