Rebecca Bernstein participated in the 2023 CLS Russian Program hosted by the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She is currently in her first year of the Masters of Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies program at Georgetown University. Rebecca has a Bachelor of A…
Alumni Profile — October 23, 2024
Cora Woloson participated in the 2023 CLS Hindi Program hosted by the American Institute of Indian studies (AIIS) in Jaipur, India. She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with a concentration in Developing World Politics from the State University of New York at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo)…
Alumni Profile — October 23, 2024
Mehreen Shahid participated in the 2023 CLS Arabic Program hosted by the Arab American Language Institute in Meknes, Morocco. She is currently a senior at Carleton College, where she studies biology and Arabic. Mehreen plans to use her Arabic skills to communicate with immigrant marginalized commun…
Alumni Profile — October 23, 2024
Josh Phillips participated in the 2023 CLS Spark for Arabic hosted by the TAFL Center in Alexandria, Egypt and the 2024 CLS Arabic Program hosted by the Jordan Language Academy in Amman, Jordan. He is a recent graduate from Mississippi State University (MSU) where he studied Political Science,…
Alumni Profile — October 08, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the application is now open for the 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program! We welcome American undergraduate and graduate students to apply now to learn a critical language next summer on a funded language and cultural enrichment program. The CLS Program…
CLS Program News — October 04, 2024
Hunter Linton participated in the 2023 CLS Portuguese Program hosted by Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hunter is a recent graduate from Boston College, where he majored in Economics and Hispanic Studies. He plans to apply his CLS experience and Portuguese skills to a care…
Alumni Profile — September 30, 2024
Kirk Preston participated in the 2023 CLS Japanese Program hosted by Okayama University in Okayama, Japan. Kirk graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and International Studies. He currently works at Deloitte as a Risk & Financial Advis…
Alumni Profile — September 30, 2024
Maria Guadalupe (Lupita) Partida participated in the 2023 CLS Korean Program hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. Lupita is a third-year graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing master's degrees in Global Policy Studies and Information Studies. S…
Alumni Profile — September 30, 2024
Mileyka M. Rodríguez Figueroa participated in the 2023 CLS Korean Program hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. Mileyka studies Industrial Design at Universidad Ana G. Mendez in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. She stays connected with Korean culture by volunteering at K-pop conc…
Alumni Profile — September 30, 2024
Eleanor (Ellie) McCutchen participated in the 2023 CLS Chinese Program hosted by Tamkang University in New Taipei City, Taiwan 2023. Ellie is a recent graduate from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she majored in Political Science, Economics, and Sociology and minored in Ch…
Alumni Profile — September 30, 2024
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