Eileen Calub is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Turkish virtual institute hosted by TÖMER Institute in Ankara, Turkey. She’s currently studying linguistics and international studies at the University of Florida, with plans to graduate in 2022 with her bachelor’s degree.
Getting to Know Eileen
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Maya Best is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Bangla virtual institute hosted by the American Institute of Indian Studies in Kolkata, India. She graduated in 2020 from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Philosophy in international and area studies, anthropology, and English writing,
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Shabbir Abbas is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Persian virtual institute hosted by Dushanbe Language Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He’s a graduate student at Columbia University focusing on Islamic legal and intellectual history. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in religion and religious s…
Abiodun Adeoye is an alumnus of the 2020 CLS Swahili virtual institute hosted by MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Arusha, Tanzania. He’s a 2020 graduate of Salisbury University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history and political science, and a 2021 Summer Fellow at the …
Abigail Hawkins is an alumna of the 2020 CLS Arabic Virtual Institute hosted by Noor Majan Arabic Institute in Muscat, Oman. She’s currently a junior at George Mason University studying global affairs and Arabic planning to graduate in 2022. She plans to use her Arabic language skills in a career i…
Drexel University students Francisco Cruz-Urbanc (BA Global Studies '24) and Afrah Howlader (BS Public Health '21, Honors) awarded Critical Language Scholarships
Political science major Isaiah Nielsen ’22 was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to South Korea. This group-based, intensive academic study abroad program prepares students with the goal of representing geographic diversity and a diversity of institutions and fields of study.
About 20 percent of Americans speak more than one language. Sofia Latif, a third-year Lehman student, speaks seven. Now, thanks to a pair of prestigious study-abroad scholarships, she’s being recognized for her linguistic skills—and is receiving some highly coveted opportunities to sharpen them.
In this episode of The HayesXChange podcast, Avonda and Mycal (Chinese 2015) talk about how they took advantage of multiple study abroad opportunities, scholarships, and national fellowships like the Boren, the Critical Language Scholarship, and the Fulbright.