Darlene Janice Nieves Cruz is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Korean program in Busan, South Korea. She’s currently a senior at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, studying Modern Languages and Economics. She’s also the Business Development Program and Resilience Hubs Program Intern at Mercy Corps Pu…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
Conor McMahon is an alumnus of the 2019 CLS Chinese program in Tainan, Taiwan. He’s a current PhD student at the University of Oklahoma, studying Eastern and Western Comparative Philosophy. He uses his language skills frequently in his studies and hopes to continue to do so as he enters a career in…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
Chelsea Cervantes De Blois is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Azerbaijani program in Baku, Azerbaijan. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Geography at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and uses Azerbaijani in her research. Feeling at Home in Azerbaijan Personally having a mixed background (lingu…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
Bridget O’Connor is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Japanese program in Okayama, Japan. She’s a current undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University majoring in computer science and animation and minoring in Asian and Pacific studies. After graduating in 2021, Bridget plans to attend graduate sch…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
Anabel Reyes-Ovalles is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Portuguese program in Florianópolis, Brazil. She recently completed a Master of Science in Terrorism and Homeland Security at American University’s School of Public Affairs, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Latin American and Ca…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
Alyssa Harvie is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Swahili program in Arusha, Tanzania. She’s a recent graduate of American University, where she attained a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and now works at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, pursuing a career in African affairs and human rights…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
Aisac Accad is an alumna of the 2019 CLS Indonesian program in Malang, Indonesia. She’s currently a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she’s majoring in Government and Politics with a concentration in International Relations and is dual-enrolled as a graduate student, working…
Alumni Profile — April 29, 2020
CLS Turkish alumna Clara Bartnik will continue her language study with the Boren Scholarship.
CLS in the Press — April 28, 2020
Three Mississippi State students from Alabama are selections for the U.S. Department of State-sponsored Critical Language Scholarship Program.
CLS in the Press — April 28, 2020
Falianne Forges is the second UMass Boston student to win a Critical Language Scholarship since the program's inception in 2006.
CLS in the Press — April 27, 2020
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