Class of 2020, Russian major, Dobro Slovo member. UIUC’s Russian major prepared me for what was to come in my studies and in my professional career in innumerable ways. Having only taken the first...

Class of 2011, Russian major, Dobro Slovo Member; currently a Tajikistan Desk Officer, U.S. Department of State. "For me, the language component of the Russian major was key. Studying Russian at...

Class of 2011, double major in Russian and Rhetoric; currently a reporter for Stars and Stripes. "I started out at Illinois as a Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies...