Two recent Goshen College graduates were selected for the Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship: Ariana Perez Diener '21 and Sophia Martin '20.
CLS in the Press — August 31, 2021
East Asia For All is a podcast hosted by Melissa Brzycki (Chinese 2013) and Stephanie Montgomery (Chinese 2013) focused on discussing East Asian pop cultural products and their relevance to understanding different aspects of East Asian life and culture. In this episode they interview CLS Alumna Professor Fang Yu Hu (Japanese 2010) and explore the legacy of Japanese occupation in Taiwan.
CLS in the Press — August 23, 2021
Raavi Asdar’s Critical Language Scholarship not only helped him explore his own sense of self but exposed him to other cultures, all of which play a key factor as he ponders a career abroad after graduation.
CLS in the Press — August 18, 2021
Four students were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for intensive study of Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese.
CLS in the Press — August 16, 2021
Three Middlebury Institute students, one currently enrolled and two who recently graduated, have been awarded highly competitive scholarships to advance their study of languages considered critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.
CLS in the Press — August 16, 2021
A Vanderbilt University student who is a 2019 graduate of Henry County High School, is in the midst of completing a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) summer program that has him studying his fifth different language. Jaret Rushing, a rising junior studying philosophy and classical studies at Vanderbilt, was awarded the scholarship to study Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan.
CLS in the Press — August 16, 2021
Sofia Pesantez ’24 is one of 685 college students from across the nation to receive the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Mandarin — one of 15 languages considered critical to American security and economy.
CLS in the Press — August 16, 2021
Alexandra Dionisi (Indonesian 2021) is one of nearly 700 American students to receive the U.S. Department of State's prestigious Critical Language Scholarship.
CLS in the Press — August 11, 2021
What Do We Call This? is a podcast created and produced by the CLS Alumni Society. This episode explores the experiences of Jessica (Russian 2018) and Jordan (Arabic 2019), both former Community College students involved in Global Community College Transfers (GCCT), a network that promotes and organizes opportunities for current and former community college students to engage with the world.
CLS in the Press — August 09, 2021
Susquehanna University’s Hannah Kelly-Quigley ’20 has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Chinese during the summer of 2021. Kelly-Quigley graduated from Susquehanna with a double major in neuroscience and psychology and a minor in Asian studies.
CLS in the Press — July 28, 2021
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