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To Russia with Skype

February 23, 2011

Newburgh, NY -

Students and a professor at Volgograd State University, Volgograd, Russia, conversed via Skype with Dr. Olga Lomakina  a visiting Fulbright scholar from Volgograd, and Mount Saint Mary College students. 

Students discussed youth lifestyles including education, the role of family, technology and media. Dr. Ludmilla Smirnova, a Mount professor of education, facilitated the hour-long discussion.

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