A Program of the American Councils Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
American Councils celebrates alumni of the programs it supports including CLS alumna Lauren Chow (Indonesian 2018).
CLS in the Press — May 21, 2021
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Elon students awarded Critical Language Scholarships by U.S. State Department
Two Elon University students have received awards through a federal scholarship program designed to further their study of foreign languages critical to U.S. diplomacy and outreach. Sarah Jane McDonald ’21 and Holly Cardoza ’23 have been named recipients of the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).
CLS in the Press — May 21, 2021
Lucille Kline ’22 Awarded Critical Languages Scholarship in Russian
Lucille Kline ’22 has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Russian through a virtual program hosted by Lobachevsky University in Nizhny Novgorod.
CLS in the Press — May 21, 2021
RIT students have prolific year for securing prestigious international fellowships and scholarships
Sarah Sabal, a second-year applied modern language and culture student concentrating in Chinese at the Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf, secured a Critical Language Scholarship and a Boren Awards Scholarship, which will allow her to spend a year intensively studying the Chinese language at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan.
CLS in the Press — May 21, 2021
6 CofC Students, Grads Selected for Prestigious Scholarships
For the first time in College of Charleston history, three students are the recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship Program (CLS), an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for Americ-2an college students.
CLS in the Press — May 21, 2021
Aarzu Maknojia
Reflecting on the ways in which her South Asian heritage intersected with her experience on the CLS Program, Aarzu Maknojia (Urdu 2018) said, “Learning Urdu in Lucknow as a heritage speaker was a challenging experience. There was a constant hum of being ‘too Indian’ to enjoy the benefits of an Amer…
Alumni Profile — May 20, 2021
Oregon Garden Challenge offers free seed packets
Halie Cousineau (Indonesian 2016), State Wide Garden Coordinator for Oregon State University discusses the Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge
CLS in the Press — May 12, 2021
Murray State University graduate of Portuguese program wins prestigious scholarship
Cameron Garcia, a graduate of the online Portuguese Language and Culture certification program in Murray State University’s department of global languages and theatre arts, has been awarded a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship to study at the University of Santa Catarina in Brazil.
CLS in the Press — May 11, 2021
A Taste of China
When her Critical Language Scholarship to China went virtual because of COVID, Maria Kisker (Chinese 2020) got a six-week sampler of the country and its language through her computer screen.
CLS in the Press — May 11, 2021
Olivia Truesdale
Olivia Truesdale is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Korean virtual institute hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. She is a senior foreign languages major at Scripps College, studying Korean and Spanish and a Political and Security Affairs Intern at the National Bureau of Asian R…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021