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Critical Language Scholarships (CLS)

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is an immersive summer opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. The CLS Program provides opportunities for American college and university students to study languages and cultures necessary to America’s engagement with the world. 

Each summer, American undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities across the country spend 8-10 weeks learning one of 13 languages at an intensive study abroad institute. The CLS Program promotes rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency in regions critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.

CLS Spark, an initiative of the CLS Program, provides opportunities for American undergraduate college and university students to study Arabic, Chinese, and Russian virtually at the beginning level. Designed to leverage best practices in online language learning, CLS Spark allows students to study critical languages virtually when they may not have access to studying these languages on their campuses.

YearNameMajorType Of AwardLocation
2023Meer, NinaBusiness AdministrationCritical Language ScholarshipChinese
2023Barger, AlecHistory and Religious StudiesCritical Language ScholarshipRussian
2023Ganster, AuraNutrition and Food ScienceCritical Language ScholarshipChinese
2022Maguire, GrettaMaster of MusicCritical Language ScholarshipChinese
2022Saeed, UsmanComputer ScienceCritical Language ScholarshipArabic
2022Witt, JulieIntegrated StudiesCritical Language ScholarshipHindi
2021Maguire, GrettaMaster of MusicCritical Language ScholarshipChinese
2019Marshall, AlexisForeign Language and JournallismCritical Language ScholarshipArabic
2019Seaton, DestinyJournalismCritical Language ScholarshipIndonesia
2017Boley, BonnieInternational RelationsCritical Language ScholarshipTurkey
2017McHugh, EthanPhilosophyCritical Language ScholarshipArabic
2015Browning, BriannaGlobal Studies Critical Language ScholarshipSouth Korea
2015Henderson, CaitlinInternational RelationsCritical Language ScholarshipChinese
2010Mackie, AdrianInternational Relations and AnthropologyCritical Language ScholarshipArabic
2010Shew, AaronInternational Relations and Global StudiesCritical Language ScholarshipUrdu
2009Shew, AaronInternational Relations and Global StudiesCritical Language ScholarshipUrdu

Contact Us

Honors College
Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building
Campus Box 267
1737 Blue Raider Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office: HONR Room 205 (Dean’s Suite)

Main Office Phone: 615-898-2152
Email: uhc@mtsu.edu