I don’t know much/anything about the strength of the Russian minor at Bama. However, I would think that a person pursuing a Russian minor would do a semester abroad in Russia.
Apologies, @mtmarmom, if I came across as snippy, but rather than cutting and pasting an entire article (which is a violation of CC’s Terms of Service), you might have just stated that you believe UA to have a great honors college and shared the link to the article.
It’s also worth noting that Ronald Nelson was accepted into UA’s elite University Fellows Experience (UFE) program, something, to my knowledge, that doesn’t apply to the OP.