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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>This message is for non-student members at US institutions with Russian study/internship abroad programs only.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may know, the US State Department issued a <a href="https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/russia-travel-advisory.html">
travel advisory</a> for Russia with the Level 3 warning in January 2018. This advisory has led to a lot of confusion and reassessment of Russian study/internship abroad programs at US universities and colleges. The situation is most unfortunate since we need
more people-to-people exchanges at tense political times like this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We at ASEEES are trying to assess the impact of the travel advisory on the US study/internship programs to Russia. If your institution has such a program, please complete, or have the program coordinator complete, this short survey:
<b><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TQSS5GL">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TQSS5GL</a></b> If you have more than one program to Russia, please enter one program per response.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do note that while the federally-funded Gilman Undergraduate Scholarship for study abroad is by mandate not allowed to send students to areas with travel warnings of Level 3 or 4, this mandate does not apply to all federally funded
programs. We have been keeping a close eye on the relevant programs and expect most of them to move forward as planned.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We thank you for your assistance with the survey.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lynda Park<br>
Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1 (412) 648-9911 (main), +1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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