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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:

☆ Blair McElroy
Senior International Officer and Director of Study Abroad, Office of Global Engagement 		Contact
☆ Elijah Bratsch-Prince
Study Abroad Office, Study Abroad Advisor 		Contact
Henrietta Yang
Associate Professor of Chinese and Co-Director of the Chinese Flagship Program, Dept. of Modern Languages and Croft Institute of International Studies 		Contact
Jasmine Karlowski
Study Abroad Advisor, Study Abroad / Global Engagement 		Contact
Tamara Karakozova
Instructor of Russian, Department of Modern Languages 		Contact
Valentina Iepuri
Assistant Professor of Russian, Modern Languages 		Contact
Vivian Ibrahim
Interim Director of National Scholarship Advisement 		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 Zynub Al-Sherri Arabic Tangier, Morocco University of Mississippi
2021 Faith Deering Korean Busan, Korea University of Mississippi
2019 Juan Riojas Arabic Amman, Jordan University of Mississippi
2019 Matthew Travers Swahili Arusha, Tanzania University of Mississippi
2018 Emily Wang Arabic Amman, Jordan University of Mississippi
2018 Isabel Spafford Arabic Ibri, Oman University of Mississippi
2018 Olivia George Korean Gwangju, South Korea University of Mississippi
2018 Paul Hunt Urdu Lucknow, India University of Mississippi
2017 William Young Arabic Meknes, Morocco University of Mississippi
2017 Meredith Brown Chinese Dalian, China University of Mississippi
2017 Trent Small-Towns Chinese Xi'an, China University of Mississippi
2017 Tyler Caple Chinese Changchun, China University of Mississippi
2017 Mary Holland Russian Nizhny Novgorod, Russia University of Mississippi
2016 Nathaniel Williams Arabic Tangier, Morocco University of Mississippi
2016 James DeMarshall Chinese Xi'an, China University of Mississippi
2016 Leigh Sumner Chinese Tainan, Taiwan University of Mississippi
2015 Brandon Lynam Chinese Xi'an, China University of Mississippi
2015 Meredith Cuilik Chinese Dalian, China University of Mississippi
2015 Sarah Sparks Japanese Hikone, Japan University of Mississippi
2014 Abigail Szabo Chinese Suzhou, China University of Mississippi
2014 Steven Mockler Chinese Guangzhou, China University of Mississippi
2014 Susannah Slimp Chinese Hangzhou, China University of Mississippi
2013 Liana Tai Chinese Chengdu, China University of Mississippi
2013 Steven Mockler Chinese Suzhou, China University of Mississippi
2013 Taylor Malcolm Chinese Chengdu, China University of Mississippi
2012 Gideon Moorhead Arabic Amman, Jordan University of Mississippi
2012 Orion Wilcox Arabic Rabat, Morocco University of Mississippi
2012 James Cutchin Chinese Beijing, China University of Mississippi
2012 William Bumpas Chinese Xi'an, China University of Mississippi
2012 Christopher Finseth Russian Kazan, Russia University of Mississippi
2012 Wesley Chesteen Turkish Bursa, Turkey University of Mississippi
2011 Maggie Day Arabic Muscat, Oman University of Mississippi
2011 Timothy Ray Russian Kazan, Russia University of Mississippi
2010 Maggie Day Arabic Cairo, Egypt University of Mississippi
2010 Daniel Akin Chinese Beijing, China University of Mississippi
2010 Evan Extine Chinese Nanjing, China University of Mississippi
2010 Jessica Dickson Chinese Beijing, China University of Mississippi
2008 Megan Rogers Chinese Suzhou, China University of Mississippi
2008 Susan Lawrence Korean Suwon, South Korea University of Mississippi

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