A Program of the From the Columbia Core to a summer in India
Upon graduating from Columbia in just a few weeks, I will embark on a journey unlike any I have undertaken before.
CLS in the Press — May 02, 2016
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Linguist endeavors to maintain Indonesian proficiency
Cpl. Michael Calistro, a 2011 Indonesian language graduate of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, knows first-hand that maintaining proficiency after graduation is very important.
CLS in the Press — January 05, 2016
See the World – And Be Seen!
When you travel abroad, do you try to blend in or stand out?
CLS in the Press — November 03, 2015
Critical Language Immersion: Conrad Travels to Morocco
Mandy Conrad shares her experience in Tangier, Morocco, as a 2015 Arabic Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program recipient.
CLS in the Press — October 30, 2015
Announcing the 2016 CLS Application!
We are pleased to announce the opening of the competition for the U.S. Department of State 2016 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program in fourteen critical foreign languages. The CLS Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is a fu…
CLS Program News — October 08, 2015
CLS Adds Swahili to Languages Offered in 2016
The CLS Program is happy to announce the addition of Swahili as a language offered by the CLS Program in 2016. The CLS Swahili Program will accept students at the Beginning, Advanced Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Swahili, often referred to as Kiswahili, is the national languag…
CLS Program News — September 28, 2015
CLS Alumnus Takes 3rd Prize in Malay Speech Championship
Wyatt Gordon (Malang, Indonesia 2010) made history in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August of this year by becoming the first American to make it to the finals of the International Malay Language Speech Championship in the competition’s nine years. In front of the Prime Minister of Malaysia and mil…
CLS Program News — September 18, 2015
Cultural Ambassadors: Students Travel Abroad on National Fellowships in Record Numbers
CLS in the Press — August 31, 2015
Announcing the 10th Anniversary CLS Alumni Photo Contest
Attention, CLS alumni! With the 10th anniversary of the CLS program coming up, we are pleased to announce an anniversary alumni photo contest. This contest is open to all CLS program alumni so that we can capture the program in photographs from its inception in 2006. Submissions will be accepted f…
CLS Program News — August 20, 2015
Announcing the 2015 CLS Alumni Development Fund
The 2015 CLS Alumni Development Fund application is now available and we invite you all to apply. For the first time ever, the ADF is open to all CLS alumni. Former ADF recipients are welcome to apply, though preference will be given to alumni who have not received an ADF grant before. The ADF pro…
CLS Program News — August 12, 2015