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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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