The CLS Program is happy to announce the addition of Swahili as a language
offered by the CLS Program in 2016. The CLS Swahili Program will accept
students at the Beginning, Advanced Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced
levels.Swahili, often referred to as Kiswahili, is the national language …
Wyatt Gordon (Malang, Indonesia 2010) made history in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia in August of this year by becoming the first American to make
it to the finals of the International Malay Language Speech Championship in the
competition’s nine years. In front of the Prime Minister of Malaysia and
mil…
Attention, CLS alumni! With the 10th anniversary of the CLS program coming up, we are pleased to announce an anniversary alumni photo contest. This contest is open to all CLS program alumni so that we can capture the program in photographs from its inception in 2006.
Submissions will be accepted f…
The 2015 CLS Alumni Development Fund application is now available and we invite you all to apply. For the first time ever, the ADF is open to all CLS alumni. Former ADF recipients are welcome to apply, though preference will be given to alumni who have not received an ADF grant before.
The ADF pro…
In an article for Mobility
International’s AWAY journal
on students with disabilities studying abroad, CLS alumna Esha Mehta (2012)
shared her experience studying Hindi in Jaipur, Rajasthan for eight weeks.
After disclosing her blindness to CLS staff after her acceptance of the
scholarship, th…
Why did you want to study your CLS target language?
I am deeply fascinated with the Urdu language. I find it diverse, challenging and beautiful.
What are your educational and/or professional goals?
I hope to attain a graduate degree in International Affairs and pursue a career dealing with Pa…
Why did you want to study your CLS target language?
When I first went to Turkey in 2007 with my family, I fell in love with the country and really was drawn to the "East meets West" culture. Then, after starting undergraduate as a Physiology major, I wanted to take some classes that were not scien…
Why did you want to study your CLS target language?
In the summer of 2010, I taught English in a rural Chinese city in Hunan. I did not know a single word of Mandarin but the friendships that I made developed my love for the Mandarin language.
What are your educational and/or professional goals?
I …
Why did you want to study your CLS target language?
My graduate work is focused geographically on Southeast Europe (Albania and the countries of the Former Yugoslavia). I chose to study Turkish language because Turkish civilization is a major historical influence in this region, and contemporary Tu…