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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chosen from thousands of applicants nationwide, five students from the University of Iowa have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study critical languages during the summer of 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.

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.

University of Iowa student Abigail Martin has been awarded a 2021 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for a summer virtual intensive language and cultural program in Arabic.

University of Iowa student Anna Correa has been awarded a 2021 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for a virtual intensive language and cultural program to study Hindi this summer.