A new study abroad program at Hunter College has brought together students from Ukraine and Russia with one thing in common: They’ve all fled the war. “It feels like an island of stability,” says Georgii Lifshits, who fled Russia in February.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A new study abroad program at Hunter College has brought together students from Ukraine and Russia with one thing in common: They’ve all fled the war.
All the students shared an overwhelming anxiety about their friends and families back home – and an appreciation of the opportunity at Hunter. The university is assisting each student with tuition and financial aid so they can continue studies disrupted by the conflict. Along the way, Lifshits scrubbed all traces of anti-Putin, pro-democracy activism from his phone, laptop, and social media for fear of being detained.“It feels like an island of stability,” said Lifshits, a biology major who is studying neuroscience. “ the first time, in a few months, there was some certainty in my life. It just was kind of a miracle that such a program even exists.”
Olha, 21, a student from Kyiv who, like others, didn’t want to give her last name because of security concerns, was already studying abroad at a large public university in Ohio when the war broke out. She said her classmates were talking about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial while she was spending all day checking in on the latest news from the war, worried about her family.Olha said she’d visited Veselka, the Ukrainian restaurant in the East Village. But she wasn’t in a hurry to visit any Russian eateries. “To be honest, I try to avoid the Russian community here,” she said.
Anton said his experience in the war had already shaped his medical school ambitions. He’d wanted to be an oncologist, fighting cancer to “make the life of the patient more meaningful and to extend it.”“When you see civilians just dying… not from any health problems, just because like some political conflicts… re-evaluate your choices,” Anton said.“I'm walking from my job at 3 a.m. to Manhattan. So I have, like, every possible New York thing already happened to me,” Anton said.
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