A Program of the Illinois students awarded Boren Scholarships
CLS alumni Melanie Rohla and Matthew Schultz have been awarded full scholarships to participate in the African Flagship Languages Initiative.
CLS in the Press — June 12, 2020
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CAORC Announces Fellowship Recipients
Two CLS alumni, Mitchell Bacci (Turkish 2015) and Elizabeth Cecil (Hindi 2013), have been awarded 2020 CAORC Fellowships
CLS in the Press — June 10, 2020
5 UK Students, Alums Awarded Fulbrights, Including 1 in Debate
CLS Chinese alumna Shelley Zhou is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant, which she will use to expand her graduate research on the history of illustrated children’s stories in China.
CLS in the Press — June 10, 2020
Rhys Leahy
Rhys Leahy’s journey with Russian and Persian languages started when she participated in the NSLI for Youth Russian Program in high school for a year. While engaging fully in the culture, she became proficient in the language. The program site, Kazan, Russia is a historically Turkic and Muslim regi…
Alumni Profile — June 08, 2020
Students win prestigious national scholarships for language
Dashiell Hunter ’22, was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Arabic.
CLS in the Press — June 02, 2020
Ezra Baker
“Language learning will always be a part of my life. I am so grateful for the doors that the CLS Program has opened for me .”Ezra Baker studied Economics and French at Ohio State University, and wanted to broaden his horizons to learn a more challenging and less commonly taught language. When he he…
Alumni Profile — June 01, 2020
Announcing the CLS Virtual Institutes for Summer 2020
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is pleased to announce CLS Virtual Institutes in six critical languages in summer 2020 for a limited number of participants. CLS Virtual Institutes will provide remote language instruction and cultural learning in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Pers…
CLS Program News — May 29, 2020
How the Critical Language Scholarship has prepared me for the global workforce
CLS Chinese alumnus Ryan Mills reflects on the value of his time in Dalian on the CLS Program.
CLS in the Press — May 26, 2020
UK International Center Announces Global Impact Award Winners
CLS advisor Patricia Whitlow wins University of Kentucky's Global Impact Award for Distinguished Staff Achievement in Campus Internationalization.
CLS in the Press — May 26, 2020
Emily Cramer
“I cannot overstate the value of the CLS Program. It changed my life and what I have been able to do as a student and as a professional. I’m so excited for the waves that the CLS Program will continue to make in my life and the way CLS will continue to change the lives of American scholar…
Alumni Profile — May 25, 2020