2019 Fall Press Releases

The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. CLS scholars gain critical language and cultural skills in languages that are less commonly taught in U.S. schools, but are essential for America’s engagement with the world, contributing to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

In 2019, 550 competitively selected American students representing 233 colleges and universities across the United States to receive a CLS award. Each CLS scholar spent eight to ten weeks in one of 26 locations studying Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.

You can find out more about the students from each institution with students on the 2019 CLS Program below:

Choose an Institution Agnes Scott College American University Appalachian State University Arizona State University-Tempe Austin College Austin Community College District Bard College Barnard College Baylor University Berkeley City College Binghamton University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brigham Young University-Idaho Brigham Young University-Provo Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University California Lutheran University California State University-Monterey Bay Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Claremont McKenna College Clark University Coastal Carolina University Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Colorado College Colorado State University-Fort Collins Columbia College Chicago Columbia University in the City of New York Community College of Philadelphia Connecticut College Cornell College Cornell University Covenant College CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College CUNY City College CUNY Hunter College Dartmouth College Davidson College Delaware County Community College Denison University DePaul University Dickinson College Duke University Duquesne University Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Emory University Florida International University Florida State University Fordham University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia State University Gettysburg College Grand Rapids Community College Grand Valley State University Guilford College Hamilton College Hamline University Harvard University Haverford College Houston Community College Howard Payne University Indiana University-Bloomington James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Kansas State University Kent State University at Kent Kenyon College La Salle University Lafayette College Lawrence University Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Luther College Macalester College Marquette University Marymount University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mercer University Messiah College Miami University-Oxford Middle Tennessee State University Middlebury College Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Mississippi State University New College of Florida New Mexico State University-Main Campus New York University North Dakota State University-Main Campus Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Northeastern University Northern Virginia Community College Northwestern University Oakland University Occidental College Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio University-Main Campus Oregon State University Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Pitzer College Plymouth State University Pomona College Portland Community College Portland State University Princeton University Rice University Robert Morris University Rollins College Rutgers University-New Brunswick Rutgers University-Newark Saginaw Valley State University Saint Edward's University Saint Louis University San Diego State University Sarah Lawrence College Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Seton Hall University Sewanee-The University of the South Southeastern Oklahoma State University St Olaf College Stanford University Stony Brook University SUNY College at Geneseo Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas A & M University-College Station Texas State University The College of Wooster The King's College The University of Alabama The University of Montana The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga The University of Tennessee-Knoxville The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Dallas Towson University Transylvania University Truman State University Tufts University Tulane University of Louisiana Union College United States Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy University at Buffalo University of Alaska Anchorage University of Arizona University of Arkansas University of Bridgeport University of California-Berkeley University of California-Davis University of California-Irvine University of California-Los Angeles University of California-San Diego University of California-Santa Barbara University of California-Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Cincinnati-Main Campus University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus University of Delaware University of Denver University of Florida University of Georgia University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Houston University of Idaho University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Louisville University of Maryland-Baltimore County University of Maryland-College Park University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Mississippi University of Missouri-Columbia University of Missouri-Kansas City University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Nevada-Reno University of New Hampshire-Main Campus University of New Mexico-Main Campus University of New Orleans University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Georgia University of North Texas University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus University of Puerto Rico-Central Administration University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras University of Puget Sound University of Richmond University of South Carolina-Columbia University of Southern California University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia-Main Campus University of Washington-Seattle Campus University of Wisconsin-Madison Utah State University Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University Washburn University Washington and Lee University Wellesley College West Virginia University Western Kentucky University Westmont College Whitman College Whitworth University Williams College Wofford College Yale University