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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:


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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