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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
Josh Phillips is a undergraduate student at Mississippi State University majoring in Economics, Political Science and Government. Josh participated in 2023 CLS Spark Arabic hosted by the Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) Center of the University of Alexandria in Egypt. Josh hop…
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