Four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer. Shireen Aydogan, Xavier Davenport, Karel Pene and Sylvia Techmanski received full scholarships to spend 8-10 weeks abroad studying one of 13 critical languages.
CLS in the Press — April 15, 2024
Five Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer.
CLS in the Press — April 15, 2024
SALISBURY — While some college students and recent graduates may be looking forward to resting and relaxing this summer, Salisbury University alumnus Sean DeRepentigny and junior Lian Peach are gearing up for linguistic adventures.
CLS in the Press — April 05, 2024
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON- Bard College senior Melonie Bisset ’24, a film and electronic arts major, has won a highly selective Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for the 2024 summer session.
CLS in the Press — April 05, 2024
DeRepentigny, from Delmar, DE, will spend two months this summer in Indonesia, immersing himself in the Indonesian language as a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). Peach, a political science major from York, PA, will take online classes in Mandarin Chinese from instructors in China as SU’s inaugural CLS Spark winner.
CLS in the Press — April 04, 2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham students Wajiha Mekki and Sarah Wilson are among the 500 students out of 5,000 applicants who have been selected for the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Critical Language Scholarship Program. This summer, they will participate in CLS Spark.
CLS in the Press — April 03, 2024
Morris, of Richmond, Virginia, will use this scholarship to study Indonesian in the city of Malang in East Java, Indonesia this summer.
CLS in the Press — April 02, 2024
Bard College senior Melonie Bisset ’24, a film and electronic arts major, has won a highly selective Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for the 2024 summer session. CLS, a program of the US Department of State, provides recipients with overseas placements that include intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.
CLS in the Press — April 01, 2024
Four students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been awarded the Critical Language Scholarship by the U.S. Department of State. The students will use their scholarships to study Mandarin Chinese, Arabic and Russian overseas.
CLS in the Press — April 01, 2024
enn State alumna Heather Novak earned a Critical Language Scholarship, providing her the opportunity to further develop her Mandarin language skills while living abroad. Novak, of Northampton, Pennsylvania, graduated from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and a minor in Chinese, and a master’s degree in teaching English as a second language from the College of the Liberal Arts.
CLS in the Press — March 29, 2024
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