Critical Language Scholarship Program

Concordia Student Earns Scholarship

Amy Tran, a senior at Concordia College, received the prestigious Critical Languages Scholarship.

Posted Mar 24, 2015

State-funded program offers students unique opportunity to travel abroad

Students who find themselves unable to participate in Los Rios’ study abroad program may have an opportunity to study in another country through a program that is lesser known among community colleges.

Posted Mar 24, 2015

Matthew Palmer ’16, Evelyn Torsher ’17 Awarded Critical Language Scholarships

Matthew Palmer ’16 and Evelyn Torsher ’17 have been awarded the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). Palmer will study Chinese in China and Torsher will study Arabic in Jordan, Oman or Morocco.

Posted Mar 23, 2015

Sikholars: Graduate Student Conference

By Ilene Gillispie (Chandigarh, India ’12 and ’13) and Soyna Kapoor (Chandigarh, India ’13)We (Ilene Gillispie and Soyna Kapoor) received a CLS Alumni Development Fund award to attend the annual “Sikholars: Graduate Student Conference” at Stanford University in February.The conference was an opportunity for Punjab and Sikh studies scholars to come together for discussion and collaboration, and is ...

Posted Jul 11, 2014

Translating Comics for Health Education

By Jason Parad (Wonju, Korea ’13)As a participant in the 2013 CLS Program in South Korea, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Jongwook Kim, one of the most esteemed physicians in Wonju City.Dr. Kim was also my CLS host father, and during our time together, I learned about his vision for improving health in Korea. Dr. Kim aspired to design a series of comics that would educate the public about the s...

Posted Jul 11, 2014

Reading Louis Cha's "The Eagle Shooting Heroes"

By Benjamin Reitz (Qingdao, China ’13)My first point of contact with Chinese culture was watching Bruce Lee use kung fu to crush the evil man with the metal claw in the Hong Kong/Hollywood mixer Enter the Dragon. I instantly became a big fan of Bruce Lee's movies and soon branched out to Jackie Chan movies, Steven Chow's kung fu comedies, Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, and the old-sc...

Posted Jul 11, 2014

Project Pengyou: Inaugural Leadership Summit

By Mack Lorden (Qingdao, China ’13)Studying abroad in China changed my life.My first time outside of the U.S., I went to a country with a culture so very different from my own that I had no idea what to expect. However, upon landing halfway around the world for OSU’s Summer Intensive Qingdao Program, it didn’t take long before I felt right at home.The people were incredibly welcoming and hospitabl...

Posted Jul 11, 2014