The U.S. State Department rewarded Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) to three Carleton students: Daniel Brodkin '18 (Darien, Conn.), Max Esslinger '17 (Los Gatos, Calif.), and Nicholas Lorenz '17 (Fairfield, Pa.) earlier this month.
Katlyn Frey (’17), has been awarded a highly competitive U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Chinese in Suzhou, China, during the summer.
Three students have been awarded scholarships to travel abroad to study critical languages that are imperative to the United States’ future security and stability.
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.
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.
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
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…
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.
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.
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 …