Are you interested in sharing your experience while supporting and promoting the CLS Program? The application to become a 2024 CLS Alumni Ambassador is now open! Apply here by 11:59 pm EST on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Who are CLS Alumni Ambassadors? CLS Alumni Ambassadors take leadership roles …
CLS Program News — December 26, 2023
Studying Turkish in Ankara, Turkey, last summer confirmed for Hastings College junior Betsy Miller that travel and a career in international policy are in her future.
CLS in the Press — December 22, 2023
A account by CLS Spark Scholar Anna Kozan This article was written by 2023 CLS Spark Russian scholar and CLS Digital Ambassador Anna Kozan. Anna participated in CLS Spark hosted virtually by American Councils for International Education in Chişinău, Moldova. Think back to a time when you …
CLS Program News — December 21, 2023
We are pleased to invite alumni of the 2023 CLS Program to submit your photos from this summer to the 2023 CLS photo contest! Winning photos will be featured on special-edition CLS postcards. Photo Contest Submission Form Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, December …
CLS Program News — December 01, 2023
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
A perspective on the 2023 CLS Japanese Program told by CLS Digital Ambassador, Kirk Preston. March 9, 2023, I remember where I was when I got the email. I was out giving a tour of Rose-Hulman’s campus to a prospective student, unaware of the good news that had just arrived. It wasn’t un…
CLS Program News — November 17, 2023
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
We are pleased to announce that the application is now open for the 2024 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and virtual initiative, CLS Spark! We welcome American undergraduate and graduate students to apply now to learn a critical language next summer on a funded language and cultura…
CLS Program News — October 03, 2023
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
Since middle school, Thai Nguyen has been captivated by Russian history. Ask the average person to name a significant moment in Russian history and you’ll likely be met with blank stares; Ask Thai and he’ll give you his top three. In order to take his Russian history knowledge to the next-level, Th…
CLS Program News — September 20, 2023
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