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
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
CLS in the Press — August 31, 2015
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
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
Amy Tran, a senior at Concordia College, received the prestigious Critical Languages Scholarship.
CLS in the Press — March 24, 2015
Students who find themselves unable to participate in Los Rios’ study abroad program may have an opportunity to study in another country through a program that is lesser known among community colleges.
CLS in the Press — March 24, 2015
Matthew Palmer ’16 and Evelyn Torsher ’17 have been awarded the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). Palmer will study Chinese in China and Torsher will study Arabic in Jordan, Oman or Morocco.
CLS in the Press — March 23, 2015
ECA’s Alumni Affairs Division has a new initiative called “AEIF 2.0.” As some of you may be aware, the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) was created in 2011 to support alumni initiatives that promote shared values and innovative solutions to global challenges. The competition provides small …
CLS Program News — March 21, 2014
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