UVA IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN ... POLISH?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 15 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:

The University of Virginia is home to one of the largest Polish-language programs in the country. According to a survey by the North American Association of Teachers of Polish, UVA ranks second for Polish-language enrollment, behind the University of Illinois's Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses.

"In Chicago, and in places like Ohio, New York, even Connecticut, you have a lot of heritage speakers, so it would make sense in those places," said Dariusz Tolczyk, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at UVA. "Polish communities like that don't exist in Virginia."

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