A Southeastern Oklahoma State University Honors Program student is the recipient of a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State.
Alejandra Sanchez is an alumna of the 2022 CLS Swahili Program hosted by MS-Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Arusha, Tanzania. Alejandra is a third-year master’s student at Texas State University and a social studies teacher at Austin Peace Academy in Austin, Texas. After finishing he…
Douglas Andreasen is an alumnus of the 2022 CLS Indonesian Program hosted by Universitas Negeri Malang in Malang, Indonesia. Douglas is a final semester senior majoring in History at California State University Sacramento. Douglas is a huge history buff and hopes to teach history at the university …
Derek Sherrange is an alumnus of the 2022 CLS Hindi Program hosted by American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) in Jaipur, India. He is a senior at St. Lawrence University and a double major in global studies and combined international economic-multilanguage. Derek hopes to use his Hindi language…
Josie Krieger is a two-time alumna of the CLS Turkish Program having participated in CLS Turkish in 2019 hosted by Azerbaijani University of Languages in Baku, Azerbaijan and again in 2022 hosted by TÖMER Institute in Ankara, Turkey. Josie graduated from Pennsylvania State University with degrees i…
Loren Macon is an alumna of the CLS Korean Program hosted by Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea. She recently graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a B.A. in Anthropology with a double minor in Studio Art and Korean Studies. She currently works at her alma mater as a …
Mayisha Haque is a two-time alumna of the CLS Korean Program having participated in CLS Korean in 2021 hosted by Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea and again in 2022, hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. Mayisha is a senior at Wayne State University double-maj…