A Program of the Making History, Learning Languages
Senior Rebecca King becomes first University of Delaware student to receive Critical Language Scholarship and Boren Award.
CLS in the Press — November 15, 2019
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Macalester’s Portuguese program seeks its own language house
In 2019, Macalester Portuguese minor Gloria Odoemelam was awarded the highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship to study Portuguese in Brazil. Now Portuguese professor Ernesto Ortiz-Díaz is looking to build on his program's successes.
CLS in the Press — November 11, 2019
The Power of Sport as Public Diplomacy
Former Olympian and CLS Alumna Siobhan Heekin-Canedy (Russian 2016) writes about the importance of sports diplomacy in the context of the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
CLS in the Press — November 06, 2019
OU Student Earns Scholarship, Studies Arabic in Morocco
Ghazi Ghazi spent eight weeks studying Arabic in Morocco as part of the U.S. State Department's Critical Language Scholarship Program.
CLS in the Press — November 06, 2019
International relations major studies Arabic in Morocco
Ghazi Ghazi spent eight weeks in Morocco as part of the U.S. State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship program
CLS in the Press — November 04, 2019
Marymount alumna sent abroad by State Department to study Hindi
Marymount University alumna Stephanie Downing spent the summer studying Hindi in Jaipur, India, as an awardee of the 2019 U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program.
CLS in the Press — October 25, 2019
KU nominates 6 scholars for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell awards
The University of Kansas has endorsed applications from five students and a recent graduate applying for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
CLS in the Press — October 15, 2019
Critical Language winner goes from U-Hall to Jordan
Finish finals early. Move out of U-Hall. Go to Jordan. This was Clare VanSpeybroeck’s pre-summer checklist last June after winning the Critical Language Scholarship, CLS, a summer-intensive program targeting critical languages — non-Western European languages with critical demand, but limited access. With the scholarship, she travelled to Amman, Jordan for eight weeks, where she studied Arabic.
CLS in the Press — October 15, 2019
November deadline approaching for Critical Language Scholarship
This past summer, Penn State sophomore Jocelyn Krieger studied Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan, through the CLS program.
CLS in the Press — October 11, 2019
WKU students recognized a record 84 times in national scholarship competitions in 2018-19
Nine WKU students were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for intensive language study in China, Japan, Morocco, and Taiwan, and an additional six students were selected as alternates.
CLS in the Press — September 25, 2019