Twelve Western Kentucky University students have been selected this spring as Semi-Finalists for the 2022 Critical Language Scholarship Program.
CLS in the Press — February 25, 2022
Meet Heather Sweetser— CLS Program Advisor, 2007 Arabic alumna and overall rockstar. Heather advises for CLS at University of New Mexico where she has taught Arabic for over seven years. Heather’s Arabic language journey began in 1998 when she enlisted as a linguist in the U.S. Army. An unsatisfact…
CLS Program News — January 25, 2022
WKU graduate and CLS Program alumna Keightley Dudgeon (Arabic 2018) was named a 2021 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellow. She is one of 45 fellows selected nationwide and only the second WKU student to earn this honor.
CLS in the Press — January 19, 2022
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CLS in the Press — January 14, 2022
Meet 2016 CLS Swahili Scholar and Refresh participant, Liz Adema! Liz participated in the CLS Swahili program in Arusha, Tanzania six years ago and in the time since her motivation to learn Swahili has become even stronger. Liz’s husband is Kenyan and…
CLS Program News — January 14, 2022
Audrey Petersen has worked as a nurse for over a decade and currently serves as a French Linguist for the Florida National Guard. She is a 2010 and 2011 alumna of the CLS Bangla program in Dhaka, Bangladesh and recently participated in CLS Refresh at the American Institute of Indian Studies. I…
CLS Program News — January 03, 2022
Sarah Sabal is a 2021 alumna of the CLS Chinese virtual program hosted by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan. This past summer, Sarah brought a unique perspective to her cohort as a student with a disability and as a heritage learner of Chinese. Sarah grew up in an orphanage i…
CLS Program News — December 13, 2021
Abdul Sanderson is an alumnus of the 2021 CLS Russian virtual institute hosted by American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Adopted from Ethiopia at the age of seven and raised in a multi-cultural family, Abdul has had a curiosity for languages and cultures since birth. …
CLS Program News — November 30, 2021
Ohio University graduate student Andrew Howard has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Refresh award to study Urdu with the American Institute of India Studies.
CLS in the Press — November 30, 2021
What does computer science and Russian language have in common? A whole lot—just ask Samuel Hotop, CLS Refresh participant (KORA Russian Language Center) and 2009 CLS Russian alumnus. Since participating in CLS in 2009 in Kazan, Russia, Samuel has created a career that merges his passion for t…
CLS Program News — November 26, 2021
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