“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
Hannah Horton (Korean 2019), a 2020 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is a recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award.
CLS in the Press — September 10, 2020
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
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University celebrates awards to received by its students in the 2019-2020 year.
CLS in the Press — August 24, 2020
ABC affiliate WBKO News interviews Jake Raymond (Chinese '19) about the renewal of NSEP Language Flagship funding to Western Kentucky University
CLS in the Press — August 24, 2020
Fifteen students and recent graduates of the University of Minnesota, including three CLS Program alumni, have been offered grants to study and teach abroad during the 2020-21 academic year by the Fulbright U. S. Student Program.
CLS in the Press — August 24, 2020
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
CLS Virtual Institute scholar Sahithya Gowri Vishwanath was featured alongside her language partner Cho Yeon-ui in Chonnam National University's official English-language newspaper.
CLS in the Press — August 19, 2020
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
CLS alumnus Troy Willis (Russian 2019) has been named a Winthrop Scholar, the highest academic honor bestowed by Connecticut College.
CLS in the Press — July 29, 2020
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