Northern Virginia Community College

Northern Virginia Community College 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:

☆	Leeza Fernand Program Director, Community College Initiative (CCI) Program and Associate Director, International Education & Sponsored Programs	Contact
	Sana Hilmi Assistant Professor of Arabic , Language, Literature, and Social Sciences	Contact
	Serife Turkol Program Coordinator, American Culture and Language Institute- ESL	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	Catherine Thong	Chinese	New Taipei City, Taiwan	Northern Virginia Community College
2020	Temujin Bullock	Russian	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Northern Virginia Community College
2019	Jacob Polzin	Chinese	Suzhou, China	Northern Virginia Community College
2018	Demi Nguyen	Russian	Tbilisi, Georgia	Northern Virginia Community College
2016	Maksimilian Kochev	Arabic	Madaba, Jordan	Northern Virginia Community College
2016	Vincent Escobar	Arabic	Tangier, Morocco	Northern Virginia Community College
2016	Paige Giarmona	Bangla	Kolkata, India	Northern Virginia Community College
2015	Isir Said	Arabic	Tangier, Morocco	Northern Virginia Community College
2015	Ruth Maul	Arabic	Madaba, Jordan	Northern Virginia Community College
2015	Sofiya Asedrem	Arabic	Ibri, Oman	Northern Virginia Community College
2015	Daniel Tipton	Chinese	Xi'an, China	Northern Virginia Community College
2015	Sofia Tipton	Korean	Gwangju, South Korea	Northern Virginia Community College
2014	Christopher Winter	Chinese	Suzhou, China	Northern Virginia Community College
2013	Grace Meng	Japanese	Himeji, Japan	Northern Virginia Community College
2012	Meredith Fletcher	Japanese	Kyoto, Japan	Northern Virginia Community College

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