Eight Florida State University students have received prestigious scholarships that will allow them to travel abroad to study languages deemed critical to the nation’s interests.
Twenty university students selected under a U.S. State Department scholarship plan embarked on an eight-week intensive Chinese-language program at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan.
St. Olaf College students Jordan Brown ’16, Abbigail Hull ’17, and Anja Selland ’16 will spend the summer in an intense learning environment abroad after receiving a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship.
This summer, rising College sophomore Daniel Blackey and 2016 College graduate William Dossett will each embark on a unique study abroad experience through the Critical Language Scholarship program.
Erin West is an alumna of the 2015 CLS Turkish program in Bursa, Turkey. She is originally from Pittsburgh, and although she loves that city, she doesn’t plan to settle down there any time soon! She is currently in her second year at Brown University, where she studies development. When she has tim…
Isaiah Weaver is an alumnus of the 2015 CLS Urdu program in Lucknow, India. He grew up in “Gorgeous Prince George’s” County, Maryland, and is currently in his third year at Morgan State University, where he studies electrical engineering. When he isn’t tinkering with software, he enjoys scuba divin…