University of Wyoming senior Katie Johnson is a recent recipient of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Award. Johnson, of Casper, will live with a host family and study Portuguese at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil June 21-Aug. 17.
CLS in the Press — June 15, 2023
Brigid Shanley is an alumna of the 2022 CLS Swahili Program hosted by MS-Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Arusha, Tanzania. Brigid is a senior at California State University, Long Beach where she majors in Linguistics and minors in Anthropology. Brigid hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Lingu…
Alumni Profile — June 06, 2023
Jessica Potter, a child psychology major and Honors scholar, is studying Swahili in the East African country from mid-June through early August.
CLS in the Press — June 05, 2023
Meet CLS alumna, expert on Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, and world traveler, Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland! Lucy is not afraid to venture outside her comfort zone. She’s participated in three fellowships abroad—the first in Odesa, Ukraine for 7 months as a researcher with the Fulbright U.S. Student Pr…
CLS Program News — May 31, 2023
Serah Njoroge, ’24, won a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. With the scholarship, she will spend eight weeks studying Swahili and learning Tanzanian culture in Tanzania during the summer of 2023.
CLS in the Press — May 30, 2023
Meet 2022 Japanese alumna and 2023 Alumni Ambassador, Janelle Mateo! Janelle’s connection to Japanese language and culture stems from her childhood growing up in Hawai’i. Being raised in a multi-cultural community and surrounded by the spirit of Aloha shaped Janelle’s interests in deepening both he…
CLS Program News — May 26, 2023
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga rising junior Emma Roy, a Brock Scholar in the Honors College majoring in secondary education: political science, has been selected for the U.S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship Chinese Program—an immersive summer opportunity for U.S. college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world.
CLS in the Press — May 23, 2023
Two West Virginia University students passionate about learning a new language and immersing themselves in cultural experiences will travel abroad this summer as recipients of the highly competitive U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship.
CLS in the Press — May 19, 2023
Unprecedented number of students advance or win top awards in single semester
CLS in the Press — May 19, 2023
Two Mississippi State undergraduates will study foreign languages virtually and abroad this summer as recipients of the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship.
CLS in the Press — May 19, 2023
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