Foreign Language Academy Students,

Check-in for the 2009 Foreign Language Academy will take place at Stopher Hall (see enclosed map) on Sunday, June 21st. (Enter campus via Janik Drive, off of Summit.) Arabic and Chinese students should check-in between 1:30-2:30PM. Hindi, Japanese, and Russian students should check-in between 2:30-3:30PM. Following check-in, students will go in groups to the KSU ID office to get their ID cards. The opening ceremony will take place from 5-7PM in the ballroom on the third floor of the KSU Student Center.

After unloading at Stopher Hall, parents and students are advised to move their cars to the Visitor Parking lot on Summit Street, which is very near the Student Center, located on Rizman Plaza.

Let me also take this opportunity to clear up information regarding weekend stays at the Academy. Students will stay over the first and third weekends (June 27-28; July 11-12), but will go home over the July 4 weekend. Students may leave after class on Thursday, July 2. All facilities on the KSU campus will be closed on July 3-5. Students are expected back at the Academy by 8PM on Sunday, July 5.

Students will have access to laundry machines but will have to purchase a card from the Tri-Towers desk. Cards are $5.00 and students must have exact change. A load of laundry is $1.60 and the dryer is $1.80.

Welcome to our Academy, and we look forward to meeting you all in person on June 21!


Dr. Brian J. Baer
Associate Professor of Russian and Translation Studies
Director, Regents Foreign Language Academy

June 21, 2009 through July 18, 2009

Kent State University in collaboration with Cleveland State University, Oberlin College, the University of Akron and the Summit County Educational Service Center (SCESC) announces the 2009 Ohio Board of Regents Foreign Language Academy. The 2009 Academy focuses on new learners of the critical languages Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese and Russian. The 2009 Academy builds on the foundation of the successful 2007 and 2008 Regents Foreign Language Academies at Kent State University.

The Academy begins with a four-week residential summer language immersion experience at Kent State University that focuses on Ohio high school students who will be juniors and seniors during the 2009-2010 academic year. The Academy offers the opportunity to study Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Russian for four semester hours of college credit. Students who complete the summer academy will continue to earn four additional credits through several mini-immersion Saturday sessions during the 2009-2010 school year. These eight credit hours are intended to satisfy high school language requirements and will count toward fulfilling college language requirements at Ohio institutions of higher education. Students who are admitted to the academy are expected to enroll for both the summer and fall sessions.

There are 9 Saturday sessions for 2009-10: Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 23, Feb. 20, Mar 20, Apr 17, May 15. All sessions will be held at the Kent Campus.

Both the summer academy and follow up academic year sessions are at no cost to students and their families. The Academy will provide for tuition, room, board, admission fees and textbooks. The program provides incentives in addition to the opportunity to earn college and high school language credits: a summer stipend (earn while learning) and the use of a laptop for the 11-month period of the Academy.

The summer academy requires five day a week residence for four weeks in a language house at Kent State University where students will have daily classes followed by evening immersion experiences where they will be exposed to Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Russian film, games, music, cuisine and conversation. Speakers, including professionals who use foreign languages in their careers, are scheduled to make presentations during some evening sessions. The academic year session will include 9 Saturday commitments for the entire day, and some travel to other Academy sites in Akron, Oberlin and Cleveland may be required of some students, dependent on language.

Download Application Forms Now! Applications Due By April 15, 2009

Dear 2009 FLA Applicants:

Please find below the list of those who were accepted into the 2009 Regents Foreign Language Academy. Some applicants were accepted in their second or third choice of language, so please look for your name in all the language groups. Below the list of accepted students is our waiting list.

If your summer plans have changed or you are not interested in studying the language you have been selected to study, please contact Lorna Herdina (lherdina@kent.edu) to withdraw yourself from the program. Your spot can then be offered to someone from our waiting list. Please let us know as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation!


Students

Arabic Bialik, Logan; Black, Nuri; Clarke, Lorianna; Farmer, Hannah; Haffar, Muith; Hendrus, Chelsea; Hooten, Alexandria; Horvath, Lenae; Soto, Jailyn; Varn, Olivia; Webb, Rachel
Chinese Adams, Andrea; Barnhart, Allison; Bunge, Jon; Clair, Gregory; Derflinger, Bethany; Farmer, Celeste; Kehl, Tricia; Moore, Omari;Tchen, Eric; Wasik, Alexandra
Hindi Bechtel, Shiloh; Collard, Jacob; Colvin, Grant; DuBois, Bailey; Galliger, Zachary; Macasek, Max; Mitchell, Abigail; Sugoski, Stephanie; Sutherland, Harper; Winters, Noah
Japanese Baird, Rachel; Day, Susan; Denholm, Margaret; Dye-Lopez, Alicia; Emrich, Zach; Holden, Pauline; Lally, Marisa; Leclerc, Avery; Patchin, Wendy; Rahmani, Haymed; Schmitt, Jonathan; Stovall, Paisley
Russian Barker, Jessica; Bauman, Colin; Berger, Stephanie; Fechter, Kenneth; Freund, Christina; Hoellerbauer, Simon; Jackson, Ta-Tiana; Olson, Eric; Romero, Austin; Skiba, Andre; Somerlot,Jacob; Sweeney, Melissa;
Waiting List Brack, Brian (CHIN/RUSS); Brown, Vanessa (JAPN); Jackson, HeavinLee (RUSS); Mankin,Hilary (JAPN/CHIN)

The National Foreign Language Center (http://www.nflc.org/) has awarded a second STARTALK grant to Kent State University in support of the Ohio Board of Regents Summer Foreign Language Academy. STARTALK is one of the projects of the National Security Language Initiative, a multi-agency effort to expand foreign language education in under-taught critical languages by funding new and existing programs throughout students' learning careers, kindergarten through university; and to provide incentives and rewards for foreign language learning and use in the work force. The 2009 STARTALK grant to Kent State University is to enhance the Regents Foreign Language Academy's offerings in Arabic, Chinese and Hindi. A previous STARTALK grant was awarded to support the 2008 Foreign Language Academy.
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