Vera Andrushkiw, a lecturer in German and Slavic studies at Wayne State University, will serve as director and language coordinator of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute. This is her third summer appointment at the institute. In addition to the director's duties, Andrushkiw will teach a course in advanced Ukrainian for business.

The institute provides two months of accredited university instruction in Ukrainian studies and is a collaboration of the Harvard Summer School and the Ukrainian Research Institute.