CLS – Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising

In the News: 2017 CLS reciepient, Giovanna Saccoccio (’18), reflects on her experience abroad and its influence on her career goals

Giovanna Saccoccio is a senior majoring in international relations in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and in public relations in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Last spring, she earned a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship that allowed her to study Turkish intensively through an…

In the News: CFSA to host an information session and writing workshops for the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)

Are you interested in learning a less commonly taught language? The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a fully-funded, intensive overseas language and cultural immersion for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students. The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA) will be hosting an information session and writing workshops for prospective applicants. Read more about this…

Amber Barrow (’17) Shares Her Experience with the Critical Language Scholarship

In the summer of 2015, neuroscience and biology major Amber Barrow boarded a plane to Dalian, China. Her first time in China, Amber took a pledge to speak only Mandarin Chinese for the summer program. Her journey to East Asia started two years earlier when she first heard about the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) in…

CLS Webinar schedule announced

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will be hosting 3 webinars this fall. Each webinar will give an overview of the CLS Program but also dive into a specific topic related to the program. CLS is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and it is part of…