The Russian and Central Eurasian Studies Program program gives the Award for Excellence in The Russian and Central Eurasian Studies Program to the outstanding senior Russian and Central Eurasian Studies Major. Past recipients are listed below:

2006 Kathryn M. Volk
2005 Jennifer A. Carney
2004 Rapp S. Crook
2003 Katherine M. Hasecke
2002 M. Susan Jackson and Natasha Troicky
2001 Aaron Edsall and Rhonda Pitsch
1999 Mariya Parsons
1997 Staci Bertelli