Kiana Chan is an alumna of the 2015 CLS Chinese program in Beijing, China. She grew up in a suburb of San Francisco in a cohousing community where she knew all eighty of her neighbors; she is currently a junior at UCLA, where she studies geography and Chinese, works at the international center as a…
Alumni Profile — May 03, 2016
Daniel Bromberg is an alumnus of the 2015 CLS Persian program in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He is currently a Fulbright Research Fellow at Maastricht University; he will graduate this year with a Master of Science in Public Health and plans to work for a few years in global health and development before…
Alumni Profile — May 03, 2016
Amber Barrow is an alumna of the 2015 CLS Chinese program in Dalian, China. She is originally from Opelousas, Louisiana, but spent her childhood in Houston, Texas; she is currently a junior at Syracuse University, where she studies neuroscience and biology. When she’s not doing research and prepari…
Alumni Profile — May 03, 2016
What are your educational and/or professional goals? I hope to attain a graduate degree in International Affairs and pursue a career dealing with Pakistani security development and women's rights. How do you plan to use your target language in the future? I plan to continue language study thro…
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
Why did you want to study your CLS target language? When I first went to Turkey in 2007 with my family, I fell in love with the country and really was drawn to the "East meets West" culture. Then, after starting undergraduate as a Physiology major, I wanted to take some classes that were not scien…
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
Why did you want to study your CLS target language? In the summer of 2010, I taught English in a rural Chinese city in Hunan. I did not know a single word of Mandarin but the friendships that I made developed my love for the Mandarin language. What are your educational and/or professional goals? I …
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
Why did you want to study your CLS target language? My graduate work is focused geographically on Southeast Europe (Albania and the countries of the Former Yugoslavia). I chose to study Turkish language because Turkish civilization is a major historical influence in this region, and contemporary T…
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
Why did you want to study your CLS target language? As a STEM Education major, I wanted to study Indonesian because I'm interested in teaching in South-asia after I graduate. Currently, I am a Fulbright Applicant for Indonesia. I would like to use the inquiry-based teaching methodologies I've lear…
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
How did participation in the CLS Program affect your life? Participating in CLS affected my life because I improved on my Turkish language and communication skills, and I am confident that they will help me find many more opportunities. I also met a lot of great people and now have a network of fr…
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
Why did you want to study your CLS target language? After taking a plethora of science classes, I wanted to diversify my course of study by taking classes in a language that I knew almost nothing about. After a semester of studying Arabic I was given the opportunity to study abroad in Dubai and co…
Alumni Profile — April 27, 2015
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