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You are not required to go through any office on your campus in order to apply to the CLS Program. However, we recommend you make use of resources available on your campus to strengthen your application.

Resources on your campus may include an academic advisor, the Scholarships Office, Fellowships Office, Merit Awards Office, Study Abroad Office, Honors Program, Career Office or International Programs Office. A campus writing center may also provide helpful feedback on your essays.

The following individuals on your campus are knowledgable about the CLS Program and can provide advice on the application process for you, and support through the process:

	Adrienne Stephenson Director, Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards	Contact
☆	Jesse Wieland Fellowship Advisor, Office of National Fellowships	Contact
☆	Bonnie Garcia-Gloeckner Office of National Fellowships, Assistant Director	Contact
	D. Craig Filar Director, Office of National Fellowships	Contact
☆	Keith McCall Assistant Director, Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards	Contact
☆	Zafer Lababidi Assistant Teaching Professor of Arabic and Assistant Director and Advisor of the Middle East Studies Program, Modern Languages and Linguistics	Contact
	Zhiying Qian Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics	Contact

The CLS Program provides resources to help you prepare a competitive application with or without the help of an advisor.

Previous Recipients

Year	Name	Language	Site	Institution
2022	Maelyn Zitzke	Arabic	Meknes, Morocco	Florida State University
2022	Meagan McLaughlin	Arabic	Amman, Jordan	Florida State University
2021	Meagan McLaughlin	Arabic	Ibri, Oman	Florida State University
2021	Nicholas Hearing	Chinese	Changchun, China	Florida State University
2021	Suzan Elzawahry	Turkish	Ankara, Turkey	Florida State University
2019	Lauren Thornberg	Chinese	Xi'an, China	Florida State University
2019	Grace Montgomery	Portuguese	Florianopolis, Brazil	Florida State University
2018	Akice Agwa	Arabic	Ibri, Oman	Florida State University
2018	William Crawford	Arabic	Amman, Jordan	Florida State University
2018	Tatum Shannon	Chinese	Dalian, China	Florida State University
2018	Matthew Hebron	Russian	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Florida State University
2016	Sarah Dodamead	Bangla	Kolkata, India	Florida State University
2016	Darrell Kilpatrick	Chinese	Dalian, China	Florida State University
2016	Natalie Jones	Japanese	Hikone, Japan	Florida State University
2016	Remi Wyszynski	Japanese	Hikone, Japan	Florida State University
2016	Daren McCurdy	Korean	Gwangju, South Korea	Florida State University
2016	Paige Dabney	Turkish	Baku, Azerbaijan	Florida State University
2016	Andre Fludd	Urdu	Lucknow, India	Florida State University
2015	Edward Neuse	Arabic	Amman, Jordan	Florida State University
2014	Ian Reed	Bangla	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Florida State University
2013	John Houston	Arabic	Rabat, Morocco	Florida State University
2012	Jonathan Dupree	Arabic	Rabat, Morocco	Florida State University
2011	Katherine Layton	Arabic	Fes, Morocco	Florida State University
2011	Denise Correll	Chinese	Xi'an, China	Florida State University
2011	Elizabeth Clendinning	Indonesian	Malang, Indonesia	Florida State University
2011	Ellen Truchon	Korean	Jeonju, South Korea	Florida State University
2011	Cornelius Canton II	Urdu	Lucknow, India	Florida State University
2010	Anne Lippitt	Arabic	Amman, Jordan	Florida State University
2010	Cornelius Canton	Arabic	Muscat, Oman	Florida State University
2009	Eric Stenberg	Arabic	Tangier, Morocco	Florida State University
2009	Christopher Gunn	Turkish	Alanya, Turkey	Florida State University
2008	Aleksey Sanchez	Russian	Astrakhan, Russia	Florida State University

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