This blog post is long overdue and our apologizes to Vera Dordick, the ATA’s newest board member since this past summer, 2012. Dordick is the Principle at Tangible-Development, a public relations and business development firm serving the needs of the…
This marks the second time that the ATA is offering a region-wide Russian studies contest for high school students that are sophomores, juniors or seniors in a Capital Region. The Russian Olympiad is a three-part competition held during the month…
CDPHP recently gave a $500. donation to the ATA “Sponsor a Student” campaign to benefit the Albany-Tula Alliance Education programs in 2013. Their sponsorship will help us: -Plan and implement our Biennial Russian Studies Olympiad this Spring and send the…
The Administration of the City of Tula congratulates you and in your name – all members of the Albany-Tula Alliance for Christmas and the coming New Year 2013! While appreciating your contribution to the development of friendly relations between the…
Report on Visit to Tula November 11 – 18, 2012 Gerald R. Shaye At the invitation of Prof. Yuriy Chadaev, the head of the Innovative Business Incubator at TSU, I traveled to Tula arriving on November 12, 2012. Prof. Chadaev…
Winners of the Tula Essay Contest, Rose and Haewon visited School #3 in Tula, Russia and made friends with dozens of students that took us our for pizza and coffee after the period ended. Watch Part 2 of our trip…
The ATA said goodbye last night to one of our hardest working and most dedicated board members – Ms. Mary Emerson. Emerson joined the sister-city alliance in 2005 and immediately volunteered to help organize responsibilities in the Education and Culture…
Photos are now being posted at our Facebook and Flickr sites of all the activities that kept our Open World friends busy this past week. This is a photo taken after a tour of Albany High School where students from…
Finally – Part 1 of a trip made to Russia with the Albany-Tula Alliance is complete. Just to refresh your memory, Guilderland High School Senior, Haewon Hwang and Ichabod Crane High School Senior, Rose Schneider along with 3 ATA members…
The Sage Colleges have agreed to participate in our 2012 Open World Program by hosting a group of delegates and scholars from Tula on Wednesday, October 24, in Bush Auditorium. School of Management Dean Dan Robeson (who serves on the…