While students learn communicative skills in the curricular 
program, it is in the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian's extensive co-curricular program that they hone those skills and develop fluency. The clubs, films, lectures, concerts, and other activities of the co-curricular program afford students a wide range of situations in which to engage in spontaneous interactions with each other and with native speakers.
Activities vary from year to year (see listings at right), but a typcial year will include at least:
Visits by renowned artists, filmmakers, authors, or other public figures;
Concerts by visiting artists (often with student participation);
Programs arranged by artists in residence, folk ensemble Zolotoi Plios;
Silent movies with live accompaniment; 
A poetry and music evening;
A student choral performance;
A student theatrical performance;
A student conference;
Film series;
Intramural sports (volleyball, soccer);
Field days;
Tea salons;
Literary & political clubs;
Internet clubs (blogging, podcasting...);
Roundtables on living, working, and studying in Russia;
Student newspapers;
Student radio broadcasts;
Student film;
Charades, Karaoke, parties, and other informal activities.
Page last updated: 2007 09 18