Congratulations to the UCF student Irina Pidberejna who received an award in the Heritage Learners, Level 1 category of the Fourteenth Annual American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. In this year’s contest, there were 946 essays submitted from 57 universities, colleges, and institutions across the nation. Irina Pidberejna is a student from the Intermediate Russian language class; this is the first time a student has placed in the Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest in the history of UCF. This recognition is a positive step in making the Russian Language program known at UCF.