PRIZE/AWARD: ACTR Professional Development Grant in Honor of Olga E. Kagan

DEADLINE: April 1, 2024 Dear Colleagues, We'd like to encourage you to apply and/or to invite adjunct instructors among your contacts to apply for the ACTR Professional Development Grant in Honor of Olga E. Kagan, which has a deadline of April 1, 2024. This year it will offer support to post-secondary adjunct instructorsof the Russian language who are employed at less than 100% at any one institution (a total of 100% is possible if from multiple institutions). Eligible reimbursable expenses include travel to professional and academic conferences, conference registration fees, pedagogical workshops, and other professional development and/or training activities which focus on language pedagogy. Please see the website (https://www.actr.org/olga-kagan-professional-development-fund.html) for the application, which must be submitted online. The deadline is April 1 and the results will be announced by May 1. Feel free to write if you have any questions about eligible activities or the application process. We look forward to receiving your and/or your colleagues’ applications. ACTR Post-secondary Awards Committee Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, Olga Klimova, Susan Kresin (chair), Kaylin Land, Benjamin Rifkin