Columbia University in the City of New York
Columbia University in the City of New York Campus Advisors
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:
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Ariella Lang
Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, Academic Affairs |
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Dalpat Rajpurohit
Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu, MESAAS |
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Jodi Zaffino
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Fellowship Programs, Academic Affairs |
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Ji-Young Jung
Lecturer in Korean, East Asian Languages and Cultures |
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The CLS Program provides resources to help you prepare a competitive application with or without the help of an advisor:
- Review our tips and instruction video about preparing a quality application (links to a video)
- Review our Frequently Asked Questions about applying for the the CLS Program
- Work through our Application Essays Worksheet while you prepare your application (downloads a Word document)
Previous Recipients
Year | Name | Language | Site | Institution |
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2022 | Audrey Kost | Arabic | Amman, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Ysabella Titi | Arabic | Tangier, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Anthony Costanzo | Chinese | Tainan, Taiwan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Kevin Javier Covarrubias Mercado | Chinese | Tainan, Taiwan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Nicolas Lama | Chinese | Changchun, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Tara Giangrande | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | William Yee | Indonesian | Malang, Indonesia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Gilda DelBianco | Korean | Gwangju, South Korea | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2022 | Charles Smith | Russian | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Audrey Kost | Arabic | Tangier, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Laura Fairlamb | Arabic | Ibri, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Lydia McMullen-Laird | Arabic | Amman, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Malia Dills | Chinese | Tainan, Taiwan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | William Gore | Chinese | Tainan, Taiwan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Margaret Corn | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Tara Giangrande | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Abdul Latif | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Shabbir Abbas | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Jodie Parkinson | Russian | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2021 | Daniel Petrick | Turkish | Ankara, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2020 | Krystian Ganko | Chinese | Tainan, Taiwan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2020 | Sophie Bryant | Chinese | Dalian, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2020 | Samuel Kim | Korean | Gwangju, South Korea | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2020 | Shabbir Abbas | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2020 | Ned Grady | Portuguese | Florianopolis, Brazil | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2020 | Daniel Petrick | Turkish | Bursa, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Javier Moraleda | Arabic | Meknes, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Poorvi Bellur | Arabic | Ibri, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Robert Willard | Azerbaijani | Baku, Azerbaijan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Eoin Matthews | Bangla | Kolkata, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Benjamin Guggenheim | Chinese | Xi'an, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Jonathan Formella | Chinese | Changchun, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Larry Sprouse III | Chinese | Xi'an, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Genevieve Grant | Indonesian | Malang, Indonesia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Nkima Stephenson | Portuguese | Florianopolis, Brazil | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Taylor Miller | Portuguese | Florianopolis, Brazil | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | James Nadel | Russian | Vladimir, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2019 | Katherine Malus | Russian | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Rylee Carrillo-Waggoner | Arabic | Amman, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Christopher Franklin | Chinese | Dalian, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Kurt Eckrich | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | David Silverberg | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Donald Swen | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Dorothy Janick | Russian | Tbilisi, Georgia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Jack Treval | Russian | Tbilisi, Georgia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | JoAnna Kyle | Russian | Tbilisi, Georgia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Eirene Wang | Swahili | Arusha, Tanzania | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Sheen Atwa | Swahili | Arusha, Tanzania | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2018 | Eric Deng | Turkish | Baku, Azerbaijan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Benjamin Regas | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Stephanie Chan | Chinese | Tainan, Taiwan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Matthew Winters | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Benjamin Thompson | Indonesian | Malang, Indonesia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Emma Reynolds | Indonesian | Malang, Indonesia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Nolan Bensen | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2017 | Kaatje Greenberg | Russian | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Ann Marie Hager | Arabic | Madaba, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Cody Wiles | Arabic | Meknes, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Juan Fernandez Herzberg | Arabic | Ibri, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Abigail Stickney | Chinese | Changchun, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | James Davis | Chinese | Dalian, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Alan Beard | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Emily Neil | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2016 | Justin Wiggins | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2015 | Prabhleen Kaur | Punjabi | Chandigarh, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | Chloe Walton | Arabic | Rabat, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | Kathleen Sullivan | Arabic | Rabat, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | Zachary McLeod | Korean | Wonju, South Korea | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | David Van Winkle | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | Alyssa Menz | Turkish | Bursa, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | Kara Zinger | Turkish | Ankara, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2014 | Selim Karlitekin | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Catherine Bentivoglio | Arabic | Rabat, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Margaret Powers | Arabic | Amman, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Morgan Romey | Arabic | Nizwa, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Regie-Jesus Mauricio | Arabic | Rabat, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Connie Chen | Chinese | Qingdao, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Jessica Rose | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Katherine Haller | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Matthew Lalor | Indonesian | Malang, Indonesia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Patrick Woods | Japanese | Himeji, Japan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | David Van Winkle | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Kyana Moghadam | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Andrew King | Turkish | Bursa, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Lewis West | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2013 | Rebecca Faulkner | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2012 | Kiran Alvi | Arabic | Tunis, Tunisia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2012 | Shamm Petros | Arabic | Salalah, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2012 | Wendell Marsh | Arabic | Rabat, Morocco | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2012 | Avram Dodson | Bangla | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2012 | Sarah Flatto | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2011 | Catherine Bentivoglio | Arabic | Tunis, Tunisia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2011 | Meghan Chidsey | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2011 | Ayushi Roy | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2011 | Maheen Zaman | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Leah Goodman | Arabic | Muscat, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Samuel Klug | Arabic | Alexandria, Egypt | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Claire Chamberlin | Chinese | Beijing, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Krizia Lopez | Chinese | Nanjing, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Ashley Kummerlowe | Russian | Kazan, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Eli Keene | Russian | Kazan, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Erica Drennan | Russian | Ufa, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Kevin Sun | Russian | Ufa, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Benjamin Henderson | Turkish | Bursa, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Nathaniel Schenkkan | Turkish | Ankara, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Peter Licursi | Turkish | Istanbul, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Sam Rubin | Turkish | Ankara, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2010 | Allan MacLeod | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Jessica Jeong | Arabic | Cairo, Egypt | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Justin Vlasits | Arabic | Tunis, Tunisia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Sarah Ferguson | Arabic | Cairo, Egypt | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Austin Tyler | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Deysy Ordonez-Arreola | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Michael Fu | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Samantha Ritter | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Shaila Parikh | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Jenny Kim | Korean | Suwon, South Korea | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Supreet Minhas | Punjabi | Chandigarh, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Grace Zhou | Russian | Kaliningrad, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Sierra Perez-Sparks | Russian | Tomsk, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2009 | Stephanie Russell-Kraft | Turkish | Ankara, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Amanda Guidry | Arabic | Amman, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Cristian Gonzalez-Cabrera | Arabic | Tunis, Tunisia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Doris Carrion | Arabic | Amman, Jordan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Meredith Craven | Arabic | Salalah, Oman | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Yasmin Kahan-Groves | Arabic | Cairo, Egypt | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Benjamin Weinryb Grohsgal | Bangla | Kolkata, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Evelyn Choudhury | Bangla | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Joel Bordeaux | Bangla | Kolkata, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Nicholas Frisch | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Tania O'Conor | Chinese | Suzhou, China | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Zachary Hooker | Korean | Suwon, South Korea | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Nathan Stroupe | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Anuj Kapoor | Punjabi | Chandigarh, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Sierra Perez-Sparks | Russian | Samara, Russia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Anna Wood | Turkish | Istanbul, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Tess Rankin | Turkish | Ankara, Turkey | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2008 | Colin Christopher | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Guenevere Butler | Arabic | Tunis, Tunisia | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Christiana Thanos | Bangla | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Sabrina Rahman | Bangla | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Amy Moskowitz | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Danielle Friedman | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Michelle Mayer | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Sonia Mistry | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Hannah Messkoub | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Rebecca Gould | Persian | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | benjamin weinryb grohsgal | Punjabi | Chandigarh, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2007 | Meena Jagannath | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2006 | Kalaivani Murugesan | Hindi | Jaipur, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
2006 | Anjuli Kolb | Urdu | Lucknow, India | Columbia University in the City of New York |
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