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Daniel Rothberg

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

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

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


Max Courval

Max Courval is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Portuguese virtual institute hosted by University of the South of Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, Brazil. He graduated in May 2020 from Arizona State University, where he majored in geography with minors in Spanish and urban planning as well as earning…

Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021


Clara Sherwood

Clara Sherwood is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Arabic virtual institute hosted by Arab American Lanugage Institute in Meknes, Morocco. She’s a junior at Washington & Jefferson College majoring in Spanish, international relations, and a thematic major titled Music & Conflict Resolution. Getting to Kno…

Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021


Tima Dasouki

Tima Dasouki is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Turkish virtual institute hosted by TÖMER Institute in Bursa, Turkey. She’s a current undergraduate student at Boston University, where she studies international relations and Middle East North African Studies in the Pardee School of Global Studies. She is …

Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021


Patrick Thompson

Patrick Thompson is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Chinese virtual institute hosted by Dalian Institute of Technology in Dalian, China. He is currently a junior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he studies electrical engineering. Getting to Know Patrick I’ve spent most of my life in…

Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021


Nielsen Awarded Critical Language Scholarship

Political science major Isaiah Nielsen ’22 was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to South Korea. This group-based, intensive academic study abroad program prepares students with the goal of representing geographic diversity and a diversity of institutions and fields of study.

CLS in the Press — May 03, 2021