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Lauren Sooy

“Although beginning my civil service career amidst a pandemic was a bit unusual, I’m grateful to be contributing my skills and knowledge to the U.S. government’s coronavirus response efforts.” Lauren, an alumna of the 2017 CLS Indonesian program, landed a position in early 2020 as a Stabilization …

Alumni Profile — September 21, 2020


The 2021 Summer Application is Now Available!

We are pleased to announce that the application for the 2021 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open! We welcome your students to apply now to learn a critical foreign language next summer on a fully-funded study abroad program. The application is now live and available online at:…

CLS Program News — August 27, 2020


Arabic’s Avoidable End at Sewanee

Max Saltman (Arabic '20), writes an op-ed in the Sewanee student newspaper arguing against the cancellation of the Arabic program at Sewanee and advocating for expanded teaching and learning of critical languages in higher education.

CLS in the Press — August 24, 2020


Announcing the CLS Program Fall Virtual Institutes

Following the success of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program’s Virtual Institutes this summer, we are pleased to announce that the CLS Program will offer further virtual language instruction this fall for the study of ten critical languages: Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Indonesian, Jap…

CLS Program News — August 14, 2020