A Program of the Domestic student profile: Angel Trachta
University of Iowa student Angel Trachta received a Critical Language Scholarship Award to study Korean in 2019.
CLS in the Press — November 19, 2019
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Building bridges from OSU to Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan might not be a familiar country to many Americans aside from, perhaps, political junkies and geography buffs, but for Oklahoma State students it will soon feel much closer.
CLS in the Press — November 18, 2019
Podcast Seeks Greater Understanding Between Appalachia and Arab World
People on the outside looking in often misunderstand Appalachia’s cultural ways and traditions. Those same attitudes are often leveled at people from the Middle East. The new student podcast Sandstone, by Clara Haizlett, seeks to introduce people from both cultures, with the aim of developing greater understanding between them.
CLS in the Press — November 15, 2019
Letter: It's time for ND college students to 'get loud'
Opinion article written by University of North Dakota CLS advisor Yee Han Chu encouraging students in North Dakota to apply for competitive awards.
CLS in the Press — November 15, 2019
Appalachian Faces: Clara Haizlett Connects Appalachia and Arabia
Clara Haizlett (Arabic 2017) received funding through the Alumni Development Fund to start a podcast project called the “Sandstone Podcast,” which is designed to provide an accessible educational source of information about the Middle East for her fellow West Virginians and which explores connections between those living in Appalachia and the Arab world.
CLS in the Press — November 15, 2019
Making History, Learning Languages
Senior Rebecca King becomes first University of Delaware student to receive Critical Language Scholarship and Boren Award.
CLS in the Press — November 15, 2019
Macalester’s Portuguese program seeks its own language house
In 2019, Macalester Portuguese minor Gloria Odoemelam was awarded the highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship to study Portuguese in Brazil. Now Portuguese professor Ernesto Ortiz-Díaz is looking to build on his program's successes.
CLS in the Press — November 11, 2019
Tara Lynch-Ornstein
“CLS equipped me with valuable experience and knowledge that I continue to use in my work every day. Participating in the CLS Program opened many doors to incredible professional opportunities that enable me to apply the experience I gained in Tajikistan to global health research and service delive…
Alumni Profile — November 11, 2019
The Power of Sport as Public Diplomacy
Former Olympian and CLS Alumna Siobhan Heekin-Canedy (Russian 2016) writes about the importance of sports diplomacy in the context of the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
CLS in the Press — November 06, 2019
OU Student Earns Scholarship, Studies Arabic in Morocco
Ghazi Ghazi spent eight weeks studying Arabic in Morocco as part of the U.S. State Department's Critical Language Scholarship Program.
CLS in the Press — November 06, 2019