Elvira Berishev

Elvira stands in front of an ornate building in a Russian town square in a heavy black jacket.

Award/Details

2014 Gilman International Scholarship, Russia

Elvira enjoyed the close-knit community Fairhaven college provided, but was eager to learn in the outside world and interned in Eurasian studies for the US Department of State for the first time in 2013. The following year after covering tuition in Russia, her Gilman Award enabled her to become more deeply immersed in Russian culture through nights at the opera, ballet and other theater performances while abroad.

Major

BA, Politics and Culture in the U.S., 2015
BA, Russia Relations, 2015

Minor

Russian
Eurasian Studies

What are they up to now

Upon returning, Elvira worked for the US Department of State for a year before working for the humanitarian organization USAID, where her experience in Ukraine served her in the Ukraine response management team.