The RES Program relies mostly on its alumni and on Career Services to arrange internships for current students. During the past academic year, RES students received offers of local internships at the Kennan Institute of Advanced Russian Studies, the International Research and Exchanges Board, the World Bank, the Chechnya Justice Initiative and Population Services International. During the summer, many students make their own arrangements for internships or travel. Some students take language immersion trips to the post-Soviet states. Each summer the RES Program helps cover the cost of at least two in-country internships for RES concentrators. Other Opportunities Whenever possible, the RES Program helps students gain experience that supplements their formal course of study. RES concentrators were selected to serve as election observers during Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution,” and the RES Program helped them finance the trip. Other students served as OSCE observers during the parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan and the presidential election in Belarus. Whenever students have an idea or request that can deepen their understanding of the region, the RES Program seeks to be of assistance.
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