Sara Davidson (Korean 2011), a 2016 ADF recipient, used her grant to host a series outreach meetings for Korean college students interested in study abroad and international engagement. She held events in Cheonju, Daejeon, and Seoul at local cafes near major universities in each city. “Engagement l…
Alumni Projects — June 01, 2017
Calynn Dowler (Bangla 2016), Sarah Dodamead (Bangla 2016), Paige Giarmona (Bangla 2016), Deya Maldas (Bangla 2013, 2016), Marshall McCollum (Bangla 2014), and Ian Reed (Bangla 2014), 2016 ADF recipients, collaborated to create a project focused on youth education, environmental conservation, and th…
Alumni Projects — June 01, 2017
Benjamin Ditter (Chinese 2016), a 2016 ADF recipient, used his award to support a series of academic colloquia at the University of Washington – Seattle that covered various topics in the humanities, all related to China and conducted in Mandarin. These events provided a platform for Mandarin-speak…
Alumni Projects — June 01, 2017
Madeline de Figueiredo (Arabic 2016) and Nicholas Posegay (Arabic 2016), 2016 ADF recipients, launched the University of Chicago’s first Arabic-language publication, a literary magazine titled “UChicago Majalla.” The first issue of the magazine was printed in December 2016 as an educational tool an…
Alumni Projects — June 01, 2017
Niki Murphy (Korean 2015), a 2016 ADF recipient, collaborated with the Maryland Institute College of Art to organize a Korean film screening as part of Discovering Cultural Diversity in Film, a two-day film festival showcasing full-length and short films from Korea, Turkey, France, and others. With…
Alumni Projects — June 01, 2017
Three students have been awarded scholarships to travel abroad to study critical languages that are imperative to the United States’ future security and stability.
CLS in the Press — May 23, 2017
Erin Behland, a junior at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Chinese in Dalian, China, during the summer of 2017.
CLS in the Press — May 22, 2017
Jessica Garross, a undergraduate student from University of Arkansas has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Urdu in Lucknow, India during the summer of 2017.
CLS in the Press — May 19, 2017
Victoria Bullivant ’18 has been awarded the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). She will study Arabic in Amman, Jordan this summer
CLS in the Press — May 17, 2017
By Avan Antia (CLS Hindi 2015) They say that the more you learn, the less you know. In 2015, I participated in the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Hindi program in Jaipur. I joined the program to learn Hindi, but I soon discovered that CLS is far more than just an intensive language learning p…
CLS Program News — May 16, 2017
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