Congratulations to Graduating Russian Studies Minor and International Studies and Economics  double major Kelly Lifchez ’21, who has received a prestigious Critical Languages Scholarship to study  advanced Russian remotely this summer!

An Honors College Student and International Scholars Program participant, Kelly studied abroad at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in the summer of 2019, studied abroad in Ghana in May 2018, was an LCWA Global Ambassador, and served as the CofC Student Government Association Vice President in 2019-20, along with a long list of other accomplishments. This is the second time she has received a CLS Scholarship, having been awarded one for advanced language study in Russia for summer 2020 only to have it cancelled due to COVID. Congratulations to Kelly on all of her successes and best wishes for the future!