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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
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
CLS Application Extension: November 30, 5 P.M. Eastern Time
The deadline for the 2016 CLS Application has been extended to Monday, November 30 at 5 P.M. Eastern Time. We encourage everyone to submit their applications as soon as possible, and not to wait until the deadline to submit. The American Councils office will close today at 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time f…
CLS Program News — November 25, 2015
Application Disruption (Updated 11/24 @ 11:21pm)
Updated 11/25 @ 12:37pm:Please refer to this post for information on the extended application deadline.Updated 11/24 @ 11:21pm:Dear CLS Applicants:We have been working non-stop with our development team to work on a fix to the issues that brought the application down yesterday. At this point, we be…
CLS Program News — November 24, 2015
CLS Summer 2016 Application Due Today! (Monday, 11/23)
Update 11/23 @ 7:45pm: Due to technical issues on the application server, we have extended the CLS Summer 2016 deadline to tomorrow, November, 24 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. Thank you all for your patience. Some will continue to experience disruptions in service while the server comes back to full capa…
CLS Program News — November 23, 2015
CLS Program Partner Makes List of Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life
Purnima Mehta, Director-General of The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) and CLS Program liason has been named in Global Diversity List’s Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life. AIIS has partnered with the CLS Program to provide Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi language institutes for the past 10…
CLS Program News — November 11, 2015
Learn More About CLS from Japanese Alumni!
Learn more about the CLS Program in Japan from CLS 2010 Japanese alumna Loretta Scott and others! Loretta runs KemushiChan, producing Japanese language-learning materials for public on her YouTube channel and as a consultant for private clients. She also founded JapanScholar, a resour…
CLS Program News — November 10, 2015
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
Thursday, November 5: Upcoming Webinar for Students With Disabilities and Medical Concerns
Update 11/13/2015: See the recorded webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubwNB406VkOn Thursday, November 5, at 4 pm EST, the CLS Program will host a webinar for Students With Disabilities and Medical Concerns, co-hosted by Monica Malhotra of Mobility International USA. The webinar will be…
CLS Program News — November 02, 2015