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.
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…
Two Washington and Lee University students have received Critical Language Scholarships for Summer 2017, Sierra Noland for Hindi and Tara Cooper for Japanese.
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is pleased to announce the introduction of a new logo and visual identity for the CLS Program.
Our new visual identity reflects the central role language plays in solving the global issues that face America today. CLS prepares U.S. students for…
Communication major and Central and Eastern European studies minor sophomore Annie Renaud will be traveling to Nizhny Novgorod in western Russia, fully-funded with the CLS Program.
University of Iowa Human Physiology & Psychology major Alexis Finer has been awarded a 2017 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). Finer will head to Indonesia this summer for an intensive language and cultural immersion program and says she is excited about the impact it will have on her future career.
Mercer University sophomore Anastasia Winfield was recently awarded a Critical Language Scholarship by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to study Kiswahili in Tanzania this summer.
Two SUNY Geneseo students, senior Alex McGrath from Larchmont, N.Y., and sophomore Annie Renaud from Glastonbury, Conn., have won highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship awards for Russian this year among a field of national candidates.