Critical Language Scholarship

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Upcoming Critical Language Scholarship info session and workshop, Nov 2 & 10

Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in a summer language program abroad, all expenses paid?
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Ryann Hubbart awarded Critical Language Scholarship for second consecutive year, to study Arabic abroad this summer 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
International studies and economics student Ryann Hubbart of Clinton, Iowa, has been awarded a 2023 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Arabic in Nizwa, Oman. 
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Abigail Fowler to study Japanese in Okayama this summer

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
International studies student Abigail Fowler of North Liberty, Iowa, has been awarded a 2023 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study at Okayama University for an intensive Japanese language program. 
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Marissa Schooley to study Mandarin this summer

Monday, April 4, 2022
International studies and Chinese major Marissa Schooley of Allerton, Iowa, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Mandarin this summer.
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Lauren Philips to study Persian this summer

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
University of Iowa international studies (international communications and Islamic & Middle Eastern studies) and French student Lauren Philips of Council Bluffs, Iowa, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Persian. 
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Nitya Rayapati to study Urdu in India this summer

Monday, March 21, 2022
University of Iowa graduate student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Nitya Rayapati of Austin Texas, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study abroad this summer for an intensive Urdu language program.
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Grant Welk to study Hindi in India this summer

Monday, March 14, 2022
University of Iowa biochemistry student Grant Welk of Ames, Iowa, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in India this summer for an intensive Hindi language program.
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Kyler Johnson to study Portuguese in Brazil

Tuesday, March 8, 2022
University of Iowa English and creative writing student Kyler Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Florianópolis, Brazil, this summer for an intensive Portuguese language program.
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Lauren Salloum to study Arabic in Jordan this summer

Monday, March 7, 2022
University of Iowa French and international studies student Lauren Salloum of West Des Moines, Iowa, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Jordan this summer for an intensive Arabic language program.
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Critical Language Scholarship winner Ryann Hubbart to study Arabic in Jordan this summer

Monday, March 7, 2022
University of Iowa international studies and economics student Ryann Hubbart of Clinton, Iowa, has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Amman, Jordan, this summer for an intensive Arabic language program.

Critical Language Scholarship winner Aastha Chandra to study Hindi virtually this summer

Thursday, April 29, 2021
University of Iowa biomedical science student Aastha Chandra of Cedar Falls, Iowa, has been awarded a 2021 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for a summer virtual intensive language and cultural program in Hindi.

Critical Language Scholarship winner Sarah Schlosser to study Hindi virtually this summer

Thursday, April 1, 2021
University of Iowa MFA student (book studies) Sarah Schlosser of North Canton, Ohio, has been awarded a 2021 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for a summer virtual intensive language and cultural program in Hindi.