Mission
Our mission as a resource center and as an academic program is:
- To meet the national need for Russian, East European and Eurasian
specialists in academic, government, and private sectors by producing
students with superior language training and an excellent foundation
in area studies, and providing them with professional mentoring, enhancement
activities, and significant opportunities for study and research abroad.
- To support students and faculty in their research and intellectual
enhancement so that they can become and remain superior teachers,
scholars, and mentors.
- To be a resource locally, regionally, and nationally, providing
outreach, support services, and information to other KU units, K-16,
media, business, government, military, and community constituencies.
KU's Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Program has been an interdisciplinary
academic program since 1959. As one of only seventeen Title VI Comprehensive
National Resource Centers for the Russian and East Central European area
supported by the U.S. Department of Education, it has been serving the
Central Plains region since 1965. For more information about the program's functions, consult
the
REES Guidelines and Operating Procedures and the most recent
strategic planning document.
