Two University of Guam students have been awarded scholarships through a federal program designed to further their study of foreign languages critical to national security and economic prosperity.
CLS in the Press — July 16, 2021
Ammaar A. Dawood, a graduate student at St. John’s University is studying Arabic this summer after earning a highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the US Department of State.
CLS in the Press — July 15, 2021
CLS Japanese scholars watched a performance by Yakage High School students and learned about sustainable community development in Yakage Village, Japan.
CLS in the Press — July 15, 2021
An article outlining the Chonnam National University's hosting of 22 American students learning Korean as part of the CLS Program.
CLS in the Press — July 15, 2021
CLS Japanese scholars watched a special lecture on Water Environment Management by Professor Yoshitaka Nakajima in Okayama University's Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering. Students learned about different types of water quality conservation activities at Okayama University and greater Okayama Prefecture.
CLS in the Press — July 14, 2021
This school year, a record number of LSU students received national scholarships and recognitions, including three from St. Tammany Parish — Slidell resident Brianna Robertson and Covington residents Bridget Seghers and Jacob Lyons. Segers, a freshman, was awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Swahili during this summer.
CLS in the Press — July 13, 2021
Sadaf Sofia Latif, a social work major at Lehman College, has received both a Boren Award and a Critical Language scholarship. Latif is the second student to receive either award, according to Lehman, but the first to receive both.
CLS in the Press — July 13, 2021
received a scholarship from the U.S. State Department to learn Azerbaijani, a Turkic language spoken in southwestern Asia, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. If it wasn’t for the pandemic, she would have gone to Turkey to study, but is doing the sessions online instead.
CLS in the Press — July 13, 2021
Penn State graduate student Matthew Douthitt has earned a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Chinese during summer 2021.
CLS in the Press — July 13, 2021
A recent DePauw graduate who soon will be pursuing a master’s degree in geoscience is adding the Swahili language to his repertoire, thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship awarded him by the U.S. State Department.
CLS in the Press — July 07, 2021
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