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:

☆	Ariella Lang Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, Academic Affairs	Contact
	Dalpat Rajpurohit Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu, MESAAS	Contact
☆	Jodi Zaffino Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Fellowship Programs, Academic Affairs	Contact
	Ji-Young Jung Lecturer in Korean, East Asian Languages and Cultures	Contact

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
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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