Abigail Hawkins is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Arabic Virtual Institute hosted by Noor Majan Arabic Institute in Muscat, Oman. She’s currently a junior at George Mason University studying global affairs and Arabic planning to graduate in 2022. She plans to use her Arabic language skills in a career i…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Imani Everett is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Korean institute hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. She’s an undergraduate sociology major at Virginia Commonwealth University and will graduate in 2022. She also works as an Education Coach for ACE-IT in College at VCU, an orga…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Abiodun Adeoye is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Swahili virtual institute hosted by MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Arusha, Tanzania. He’s a 2020 graduate of Salisbury University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history and political science, and a 2021 Summer Fellow at the …
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Liz George is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Hindi virtual institute hosted by the American Institute of Indian Studies in Jaipur, India. She’s a graduate of Wayne State University, with a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in biology. She’s currently a Project Coordinator at the Michigan Cent…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Shabbir Abbas is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Persian virtual institute hosted by Dushanbe Language Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He’s a graduate student at Columbia University focusing on Islamic legal and intellectual history. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in religion and religious s…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Ramil Mercado is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Indonesian virtual institute hosted by Universitas Negeri Malang in Malang, Indonesia. He’s a recent graduate of University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in political science and Asian studies and minored in Southeast Asian studies. Getting t…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Maya Best is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Bangla virtual institute hosted by the American Institute of Indian Studies in Kolkata, India. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Philosophy in international and area studies, anthropology, and English writing, and a m…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Daniel Rothberg is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Russian virtual institute hosted by National Research Lobachevsky University in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He’s a 2020 graduate of Oberlin College with a bachelor’s degree in Russian and Eastern European studies, Russian language, and political science. …
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Eileen Calub is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Turkish virtual institute hosted by TÖMER Institute in Ankara, Turkey. She’s currently studying linguistics and international studies at the University of Florida, with plans to graduate in 2022 with her bachelor’s degree. Getting to Know Eileen I was bo…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Preston Semenuk is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Chinese virtual institute hosted by National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. He’s a current senior biology major and pilot select at the United States Air Force Academy. Getting to Know Preston I grew up in Richardson, Texas. In high school I…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
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