Melissa Brzycki (Chinese 2013) and Stephanie Montgomery (Chinese 2013), 2016 ADF recipients, produced and recorded a podcast (“East Asia for All”) with their grant. So far they have three completed episodes available on iTunes with plans to record more on a monthly basis. They hoped to create nuanc…
Alumni Projects — June 01, 2017
Nicole Conseugra (Chinese 2016) and Franklin Hernandez (Chinese 2016), 2016 ADF recipients, used their grant to plan and host a Chinese New Year Gala Program at Florida International University on February 4th. The event was meant to promote education and awareness of China’s most important social …
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
Taylor Bolam, Tristan Hilderbrand, and Miranda Kuzela were selected for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. The awards allow the students to study abroad during the summer 2017 term.
CLS in the Press — May 15, 2017
Shaina Katz, a junior from Apex who is majoring in political science and minoring in Arabic at Appalachian State University, has received a Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic for eight weeks in Meknes, Morocco beginning in early June.
CLS in the Press — May 12, 2017
By Owen Jollie (CLS Urdu 2014) Sometime in January last year, I was called to the podium of an American India Foundation (AIF) event to recite, impromptu, a few couplets of Urdu poetry. Not only the entire board of the foundation, but also the United States Ambassador to India, Mr. Richard …
CLS Program News — May 11, 2017
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