Oct. 30: Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Information Session

Students are invited to attend an online information session on the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) on Friday, Oct. 30, from 11 a.m. to noon via Zoom led by Chris Stiles, CLS Program Officer based in Washington, DC.

CLS is a structured overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students that is fully funded by the U.S. Department of State. The intensive program is eight weeks long and takes place over the summer.

CLS currently offers programs in 15 languages that are critical to our engagement with the world all across academic and professional disciplines. These include: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu.

Many of these languages do not require any prior experience learning the language.

At the information session CLS Program Officer Chris Stiles will cover such details as travel arrangements, living accommodations (such as host families or roommates) and some of the benefits of participating.

He will also share some tips on how you can make your application more competitive, as well as answer any questions about the program.

The application for the U.S. Department of State’s 2021 Critical Language Scholarship Program (CLS) Program is currently open to undergraduate and graduate students of all fields of study.

You can apply by visiting clscholarship.org/apply.

The scholarship deadline is Nov. 17, 2020.

Please contact Dr. Francisco Miranda at fmiranda2@alaska.edu if you have any questions; or to schedule an advising appointment if you are planning to apply for the scholarship.

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Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Information Session
Friday, Oct. 30, 11 a.m. to noon

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