Category: Awards

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program application for 2022

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program application for 2022 is open now until November 16, 2021 at 8:00pm EST.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the CLS program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages, including Bangla, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu. The CLS programs in India are operated by the American Institute of Indian Studies.

The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Most languages offered by the CLS Program (9 of 15) do not require applicants to have any experience studying critical languages.

The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. To help students understand the program and application process, the Program offered a webinar on the Indic Programs as well as a short video discussing some application tips

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2019 Asian Studies Student Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to all of our students that received awards at the Asian Studies Awards Ceremony!

John Van Dyke
Madison McCormick
Maelouise Sparrow
Julius Walton
Aika Ishimori
Kenni Ojediran
Blair Horton
Mary Catherine Manning
Jake Peller
Merrianna Robinson
Tuesday Fig
Phoebe Gould
Edward Ip
Leanne Lusk
Anna Louise Margeson
Maddison Rogers

Madison McCormick – Critical Language Scholarship recipient

Madison McCormick was awarded the Critical Language Scholarship Program for 2019. She is an intelligent and hard working student. She majors in International Business with a minor in Asian Studies. She is also a member of the Honors College. She will go to Xi’an, China, for a two-month summer program.

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.

 

Savannah Nugent – College of Charleston Study Abroad Scholarship recipient

The Asian Studies program congratulates Savannah Nugent, International Business major and Asian Studies minor, has been awarded the College of Charleston Study Abroad Scholarship by CofC’s Center of International Education. She will be studying during the Fall 2018 semester in China.

Olivetti Posy – Critical Language Scholarship recipient

Miss Olivetti Posy was awarded the Critical Language Scholarship Program, 2018. Miss Olivetti is a intelligent and hard working students. She has been taking Chinese language courses for four semesters. She majors in mathematics with a concentration in actuarial studies. She would like to apply her language skill in work with the numbers used to calculate currency exchanges, money transfers between businesses in China and the United States, or analyze the data of the Chinese and United States economies. Posy will enroll in a program in Shanghai this summer.

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains.