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Year-end review: A look at the VCU students and alums who earned prestigious domestic and international scholarships in 2023 through the National Scholarship Office

Eleven individuals from VCU were named recipients for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program; five were selected for the Critical Language Scholarship; one for the Goldwater Scholarship; seven for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program; seven for the Gilman Scholarship; and one for the Public Policy and International Affairs Program Junior Summer Institute.

CLS in the Press — November 29, 2023

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Two Institute Students Win Competitive Critical Language Scholarships

This year, students from the Institute’s MPA in Social Change and Translation and Localization Management programs received scholarships. Both are excited to enrich their understanding of other cultures.

CLS in the Press — October 13, 2023

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Critical Language Scholarship Sends Pomona College Recipients to Morocco, South Korea and India

This summer, Lilly Bar ’23, Benjamin Cheng ’24 and Arivumani Srivastava ’26 made vast language gains as participants in the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program.

CLS in the Press — September 26, 2023

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Q&A: Winner of the 2023 Critical Language Scholarship speaks to its value

This year’s Critical Language Scholar finalist is Saba Rehman, a third-year political science and Arabic language and culture student with a certificate in legal studies. Rehman studied Arabic in Morocco this past summer.

CLS in the Press — September 07, 2023

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SE sophomore Chelsea Maxwell experiences Brazil as Critical Language Scholarship recipient

As the 2023 spring semester wrapped up on the Durant campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Chelsea Maxwell was exploring new challenges and opportunities as she looked ahead to her second year as a Southeastern student.

CLS in the Press — September 06, 2023

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Luther College graduate Audrey Fashimpaur completes competitive Critical Language Scholarship Program

Luther College announces that Audrey Fashimpaur, class of 2023, completed the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Spark program – a competitive and intensive 8-week online course where Fashimpaur was immersed in Chinese language and culture to learn Mandarin.

CLS in the Press — September 01, 2023

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Two students awarded Critical Language Scholarships, three named alternates

Two Middlebury students who were awarded Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) and will spend part of their summer overseas intensively studying languages in preparation for related careers.

CLS in the Press — August 01, 2023

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Undergrads, alumnus take part in U.S. State Department programs

Boston College undergraduates Isaiah Brown ’24 and Hunter Linton ’25 and 2023 graduate Agustin Tornabene are spending part of the summer broadening their international perspectives through prestigious fellowships from the United States Department of State.

CLS in the Press — July 28, 2023

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Della Tsivor: Connecting language, food and medicine in Korea

The rising Brown junior and aspiring doctor is in Busan for the summer to take intensive Korean language courses — and to investigate the surprising similarities between traditional medicine in Korea and her home country of Ghana.

CLS in the Press — July 27, 2023

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UIC graduate student awarded State Department Critical Language Scholarship

University of Illinois Chicago graduate student was granted a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study intensive Russian in Tbilisi, Georgia, this summer. Kendal McGinnis, UIC graduate student.

CLS in the Press — July 19, 2023

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