From engaging with Russian students to studying Russian politics, economics and culture, students and alumni experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity through Wittenberg's Russian Area Studies program. An extension of Medvedkov and Hudson's team-taught course Moscow: Local Politics and Urban Planning, this year's trip also engaged the campus and allowed the community to tag along as a result of Wittenberg's continued investment in technology. Throughout the trip, students managed to keep friends, family and fellow students informed through an online blog created especially for the experience.