The Critical Language Scholarship Program provides fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment activities overseas each summer for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students. CLS Program languages include Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu. Learn more about this award.
Below are UI recipients of Critical Language Scholarships from the past several years:
| Year | Name | Hometown | UG/G | Language | Area of Study |
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| 2021 | Anna Correa | Clive, IA | Graduate | Hindi | MPH Community and Behavioral Health |
| 2021 | Isabelle Davis | LeClaire, IA | Undergraduate | Turkish | BA International Studies |
| 2021 | Abigail Martin | St. Peters, MO | Undergraduate | Arabic | BA International Relations |
| 2021 | Sarah Schlosser | North Canton, OH | Graduate | Hindi | MFA Book Studies |
| 2021 | Aastha Chandra | Cedar Falls, IA | Undergraduate | Hindi | BS Biomedical Sciences |
| 2021 | Isabel Hogg* | Cedar Rapids, IA | Undergraduate | Portuguese | BS Public Health |
| 2020 | Holly Harris | Waterloo, IA | Undergraduate | Portuguese | BA International Studies |
| 2020 | Joseph Sailor | Rolfe, IA | Undergraduate | Russian | BA International Studies, Russian |
| 2019 | Alex Bare | Walcott, IA | Undergraduate | Arabic | BA International Relations |
| 2019 | Eli Bratsch-Prince | Ames, IA | Undergraduate | Arabic | BA Political Science |
| 2019 | Abby Rinaldi | Tampa, FL | Graduate | Mandarin | MA Journalism |
| 2019 | Mark Schoen | Cedar Rapids, IA | Undergraduate | Bahasa | BS Economics |
| 2019 | Angel Trachta | Cedar Rapids, IA | Undergraduate | Korean | BA International Studies |
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2018 |
Shane Weitzman |
Leominster, MA |
Graduate |
Hindi |
PhD Anthropology |
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2018 |
Walcott, Iowa |
Undergraduate |
Arabic |
BA International Relations |
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2018 |
Ames, Iowa |
Undergraduate |
Arabic |
BA Political Science |
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2018 |
Volga, Iowa |
Undergraduate |
Chinese |
BA Chinese Language and Literature, Accounting |
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2017 |
Iowa City, IA |
Undergraduate |
Indonesian |
BS Human Physiology |
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2017 |
Leominster, MA |
Graduate |
Hindi |
PhD Anthropology |
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2016 |
Patricia Hartland |
Putney, VT |
Graduate |
Hindi |
MFA Literary Translation |
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2015 |
Brittany Callahan |
Ypsilanti, MI |
Undergraduate |
Russian |
BA English |
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2015 |
Mandy Conrad |
|
Graduate |
Arabic |
PhD counseling psychology |
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2015 |
Elaine Mou |
West Des Moines, IA |
Undergraduate |
Chinese |
BA computer engineering |
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2015 |
Destinee Gwee |
Iowa City, IA |
Undergraduate |
Chinese |
BA biochemistry and Chinese |
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2015 |
Stephanie Rue |
Cleveland, OH |
Graduate |
Korean |
MFA University of Iowa Center for the Book |
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2015 |
Laura Wang |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
Undergraduate |
Chinese |
BA English and Chinese |
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2014 |
Rebekah Frumkin |
Libertyville, IL |
Graduate |
Hindi |
MFA Writers' Workshop |
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2014 |
Patrick Taffe |
Mediapolis, IA |
Undergraduate |
Russian |
BA, ISBA |
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2014 |
Lauren Sillman |
Ames, IA |
Undergraduate |
Punjabi |
BA |
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2014 |
Maria Sumner |
Washington, MO |
Graduate |
Indonesian |
MA Linguistics |
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2014 |
Jeffrey Ding* |
Iowa City, IA |
Undergraduate |
Chinese |
BA Int. Relations |
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2013 |
Rachel Milligan |
Philadelphia, PA |
Graduate |
Chinese |
MFA Poetry |
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2013 |
Onalee Yousey |
North Branch, MN |
Undergraduate |
Arabic |
BA, ISBA, Political Science |
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2012 |
Brandon Jennings |
Burlington, IA |
Undergraduate |
Arabic |
International Relations |
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2012 |
Merideth McFarland |
Iowa City, IA |
Undergraduate |
Arabic |
Language & Literature, Western European |
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2012 |
Navid Zarrinnal |
|
Graduate |
Arabic |
PhD Religious Studies |
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2012 |
Eleanor King |
|
Graduate |
Japanese |
PhD Anthropology |
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2011 |
Addie Leak |
|
Graduate |
Arabic |
MFA Translation |
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2011 |
Michelle Quill |
|
Graduate |
Bangla |
PhD Anthropology |
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2011 |
Rebecca Kreitzer |
|
Graduate |
Chinese |
PhD Political Science, East Asian/Australian |
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2011 |
Jacqueline Cieslak |
|
Undergraduate |
Hindi |
Language & Literature, South Asian |
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2009 |
Dustin Eaton |
|
Graduate |
Hindi |
Religious Studies |
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2009 |
Brian Miller |
|
Graduate |
Turkish |
PhD History |