Three undergraduates earn Critical Language Scholarships
Three University students have been offered US Department of State Critical Language Scholarships and will take part in language and cultural immersion programs overseas this summer.
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U.S. State Department designates Honors College student as critical language scholar
Rachel Shafer, a student in the University of North Texas Honors College, was recently named a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholar.
Marshall University student wins Critical Language Scholarship
Sophomore Christian Thompson, a double major in international business and Japanese, has become the fifth Marshall University student to win a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).
UB students win scholarships in intensive language instruction and cultural enrichment
Two University at Buffalo undergraduates have each received prestigious scholarships from the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for the summer of 2018.
Critical Language Scholarship winner to study in China
University of Iowa Chinese language and literature and accounting major Alex Duff of Volga, Iowa, has been awarded a 2017 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).
UConn Junior Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship
Akshayaa Chittibabu (CLS Korean 2017), a biological sciences and sociology major, has been named a 2018 Truman Scholar by The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
Taiwan holds ‘electric’ Asia Pacific basic income conference
The U.S. State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship program provided a grant through its Alumni Development Fund to support the event to Prochazka, Elyse Mark, and Davis.
Essex Alumna Now Works at the World Bank
The summer after Ugoeze Achilike earned her Associate in Science degree (Class of 2015) in Social Sciences at Essex County College, she spent eight weeks in Amman, Jordan through a U.S. Department of State program.
Students selected for prestigious study abroad scholarships
This year, four UNG students studying Arabic and one studying Chinese have been named semifinalists for the Critical Language Scholarship Program.
2018 CLS Alumni Ambassador Application
Are you interested in sharing your experiences while working to support and promote the CLS Program? The application to become a 2018 CLS Alumni Ambassador is now open! Who are CLS Alumni Ambassadors? CLS Alumni Ambassadors are recent CLS participants who take leadership roles as active and positive representatives of the CLS Program.  CLS Alumni Ambassadors are selected through a comp...
