Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the CLS program provides immersive language learning opportunities for students to learn languages essential to America's engagement with the world.
CLS in the Press — April 11, 2025
Learning a new language opens a world of possibilities. Kate Courmier is about to take advantage of them.
CLS in the Press — April 09, 2025
Nina Appicello ’26 recently became the first student from the College of William and Mary to be awarded the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship for Persian/Farsi.
CLS in the Press — April 08, 2025
It was just last January that Eckerd College senior Guadalupe Obayi relished meeting a Moroccan grandmother and her family for a cooking class during a Winter Term study abroad program. In June, she’ll head back as a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship.
CLS in the Press — April 08, 2025
Mount St. Mary's senior R. Ford Rubel will spend the summer of 2025 fully immersed in studying Japanese in Okayama, Japan.
CLS in the Press — April 08, 2025
Programs like CLS are designed to help students like Heeley find their chosen path. Sponsored by the State Department, the program supports more than 500 students annually with fully funded language and cultural immersion in countries deemed critical to U.S. interests.
CLS in the Press — April 07, 2025
High Point University senior Mac Mollins was awarded the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Turkish at Ankara University in Ankara, Turkey.
CLS in the Press — April 03, 2025
Five Washington and Lee University students have received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for the summer of 2025. The CLS Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is a fully-funded summer overseas language and cultural immersion program for American college students.
CLS in the Press — April 03, 2025
Alex Wagner, a first-year global studies major at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has received a Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in Nizwa, Oman, this summer.
CLS in the Press — April 03, 2025
On April 2, MTSU’s Middle East Center welcomed Robert S. Ford, the former U.S. ambassador to Syria. He spoke to students in the Business and Aerospace building about what pursuing a career in foreign relations entails.
CLS in the Press — April 02, 2025
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