Junior Spanish major Brian Malone has earned a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Indonesian. He will spend up to 10 weeks this summer in an intensive language institute in Indonesia.
Just 550 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students receive this scholarship each year, so it is highly competitive. Last year, Elizabeth Burdette and Madeline Edwards earned the scholarship, enabling them to improve their language skills in Hindi and Arabic, respectively. Find out more about their experience.
RELATED: Listen to Elizabeth Burdette talk about her experience during in!Genius.
The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. It provides fully-funded, group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences. CLS Program participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship and apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.
