Pushkin Summer Institute

We congratulate the 2024 PSI cohort🥳🥳

They are finally back home and preparing for another school year. In the meantime, we hope these memories help our new Alumni reminisce about their time in UW-Madison.

The students’ Russian improvement throughout the summer has led them to continue giving an earful of language exchange around their friends and relatives. And we love hearing those stories.👏👏

PSI extends the celebration to the birthdays we didn’t get to celebrate and our congratulations to the many milestones ahead in this Russian language journey. 🎊

Graduates, our last week happened so quickly- have any of the snacks purchased in the Russian store survived to see this week? 😂

From the water park to the Bakke pool, we hope the summer allows for more trill- pool days and paddle boarding included- for us all. 🎢☀️

Don’t forget to reach out. Specially, with questions regarding UW applications or other PSI news.

#Покапока #Ура #пушкин

Join the amusement!🎢 As we take our last ride here in Madison. Week 4 was fun and rewarding.

Our students have grown tremendously in class, and their perseverance to make the best out of any gloomy day has been remarkable. Weather advisories and broken elevators are no match for our cohort. Their creativeness and ability to adapt and entertain their peers continues to bless our community.

We concluded the week by visiting Mt. Olympus in Wisconsin Dells, the water park and rides overwhelmed the emotions that carried through the weekend. For some, saying goodbye to their Russian peer tutors was emotionally moving. However, PSI students appreciated getting to know their tutors throughout the summer and enjoyed sharing a bit of their life experiences in high school, Madison, or abroad. We are thankful for these connections, and we hope for them to continue their Russian learning with their, now, Russian friends. 🪆

During the week, students had a couple of cultural and academic workshops, for example: a college admissions presentation, a studying abroad/Flagship presentation, and an evening of Russian folk songs with our program director, Anya. We arranged these opportunities for students to have a better understanding college applications and the possibilities awarded for their language achievements.

Students submitted their last writing assignment based on their last Pushkin lecture. We are thankful for the teachings of Professor Bethea, and we encourage the students to continue reading and analyzing the limitless works of Alexander Pushkin after the program.

Week five is almost over and the students are excited to go back home and share their wisdom with their families and friends. Can’t wait to see some of you all for graduation. 🥳

We would love to thank for sharing their amazing space with our educational community and allowing us to hold a culinary workshop for the PSI pre-college students last Monday 🍽️ We are especially grateful to the partners Jon, Armando and Juan (.biz) and the culinary staff member James () for giving us this opportunity👩🏻‍🍳It was a very memorable experience for all of us!

Out kids learned how to make Russian crepes (blini) 🥞 and tried them for the first time. Everyone enjoyed the hospitality and generosity of the hosts.

We are looking forward to coming back and savoring the amazing vegetarian dishes offers!