What do snakes, public health and the Arabic language have in common? Ask CLS Arabic scholar Chloe Vasquez! Chloe is participating in CLS virtually from San Jose, Costa Rica while creating a documentary on snake bites and Costa Rica’s health response. When Chloe’s mom was bitten by a pit viper in O…
CLS Program News — August 01, 2022
Meet Brenda Tooley! As CLS Advisor at Grand Valley State University and Associate Director of the Center for Undergraduate Scholar Engagement, Brenda inspires students to go after fellowship and scholarship opportunities that will set them up for academic and professional success. She is a strong b…
CLS Program News — July 11, 2022
Francesca Bagala is an alumna of the CLS Russian Program hosted virtually by Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod. Francesca graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Studies with a concentration on Europe and a minor in Italian studies. Francesca is curren…
Alumni Profile — July 08, 2022
Mushfequr Rahman is an alumnus of the 2021 Urdu Program hosted virtually by American Institute of Indian Studies in Lucknow, India. Mushfequr received a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies specializing in Latin American and Iberian Studies and Bachelor of Science in Health & Society from Sout…
Alumni Profile — July 08, 2022
Jayden Thomas is an alumnus of the 2021 CLS Japanese Program hosted virtually by Okayama University in Okayama, Japan and the 2019 CLS Japanese Program hosted in-person at Okayama University. Jayden received his Bachelors of Art in International Affairs and Political Science from Western Kentucky U…
Alumni Profile — July 08, 2022
Evalyn Knowles is an alumna of the CLS Portuguese Program hosted virtually by University of the South of Santa Catarina (UNISUL) in Florianopolis, Brazil. Evalyn Knowles is a third-year Sociology student at the University of Loyola in New Orleans. Evalyn is currently studying abroad at the Universi…
Alumni Profile — June 27, 2022
Lauren Sobran is an alumna of the CLS Persian Program hosted virtually by Dushanbe Language Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Lauren is committed to lifelong language learning an interest first sparked by French which has expanded to include Chinese and her CLS target language, Persian. Lauren is maj…
Alumni Profile — June 27, 2022
Vanessa Rodgers-Wright is an alumna of the CLS Korean Program hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. Vanessa is a senior at the University of Central Arkansas double majoring in Political Science and International Studies and minoring in TESOL and Asian Studies. Vanessa’s in…
Alumni Profile — June 27, 2022
Heather Sweetser (Arabic 2007), an Arabic instructor at the University of New Mexico, was selected as the 2022 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year..
CLS in the Press — June 24, 2022
Today is Juneteenth. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Independence Day, is the oldest and most popular annual celebration of the emancipation of enslaved people. On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger, a Union general, informed the people of Galveston, Texas that they were free …
CLS Program News — June 19, 2022
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