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
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program is happy to announce awardees for our 2017 summer institutes. CLS, a program of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering crit…
CLS Program News — May 10, 2017
Five University of Virginia scholars will spend the summer immersed in foreign cultures and languages, thanks to the Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.
CLS in the Press — May 10, 2017
Several students recently learned that they have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship, an award that will allow them to study a “critical need” language intensively through an immersive experience abroad in summer 2017.
CLS in the Press — May 10, 2017
By Yasin Khan (CLS Urdu 2014) As a first generation American, I was intimately aware of Indian cultural practice growing up. Although I heard Urdu at home, my father was dedicated to the idea that I should speak English without an accent. He wanted to shield me from the hardship he faced as an…
CLS Program News — May 09, 2017
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