A Program of the 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
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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
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
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
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
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
Ramil Mercado
Ramil Mercado is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Indonesian virtual institute hosted by Universitas Negeri Malang in Malang, Indonesia. He’s a recent graduate of University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in political science and Asian studies and minored in Southeast Asian studies. Getting t…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Liz George
Liz George is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Hindi virtual institute hosted by the American Institute of Indian Studies in Jaipur, India. She’s a graduate of Wayne State University, with a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in biology. She’s currently a Project Coordinator at the Michigan Cent…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Imani Everett
Imani Everett is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Korean institute hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. She’s an undergraduate sociology major at Virginia Commonwealth University and will graduate in 2022. She also works as an Education Coach for ACE-IT in College at VCU, an orga…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021
Julie Emory
Julie Emory is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Japanese virtual institute hosted by Okayama University in Okayama, Japan. She is a second year master’s student in international studies at the University of Washington, Seattle and has a bachelor’s degree in history and national security studies from Coast…
Alumni Profile — May 10, 2021