Five Pomona College students receive critical language scholarships
There are five Pomona College students, from a pool of nearly 5,300 applications, who were chosen to get U.S. Department of State 2010 critical language scholarships.
This summer, according to a Pomona College news release, the students will spend seven to 10 weeks in intensive language in intensive language institutes and engage in activities of cultural immersion.
The students are:
-Morgen Chalmiers, class of 2013, from Harvard, Mass., who will study Arabic in Jordan and does not have a major yet but will concentrate on social justice and global health issues. She plans on attending medical school and working in the global health field working on women's health.
-Brittney Lenard, class of 2012, a Russian and East European Studies major from Portland, Ore., will head to Russia to study Russian. She wants to use her language skills in a diplomatic career or legal career.
-Nicholas Putter George, class of 2010, will go to Egypt to study Arabic. A Wyncote, Penn. physics major, he wants to work in the U.S. Foreign Service.
-Adam Supraner, class of 2010, will head to China to study Chinese and teach English. The Charlottesville, Vir. Chinese major is looking at graduate school in journalism or law.
-Maria Whittle, class of 2012, is a Falls Church, Vir. Russian major who will study the Russian language in Russia. Whittle plans to spend a year in Moscow and after graduation attend graduate school to study comparative literature, work for the U.S. Foreign Service or study Slavic.
In 2006, the Department of State's Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) for Intensive Summer Institutes was started "to study critical-need languages overseas and is part of a wider U.S. government effort to dramatically expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical-need languages," according to the Pomona College news release.
There were about 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students selected this year to study Russian, Indic (Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu), Arabic, Turkic (Turkish and Azerbaijani), Persian, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian and Japanese and languages.
Scholarships cover travel costs between the program location and the student's home city, applicable visa fees, room, board, program-sponsored travel within country, mandatory costs and entrance fees for program activities.
This summer, according to a Pomona College news release, the students will spend seven to 10 weeks in intensive language in intensive language institutes and engage in activities of cultural immersion.
The students are:
-Morgen Chalmiers, class of 2013, from Harvard, Mass., who will study Arabic in Jordan and does not have a major yet but will concentrate on social justice and global health issues. She plans on attending medical school and working in the global health field working on women's health.
-Brittney Lenard, class of 2012, a Russian and East European Studies major from Portland, Ore., will head to Russia to study Russian. She wants to use her language skills in a diplomatic career or legal career.
-Nicholas Putter George, class of 2010, will go to Egypt to study Arabic. A Wyncote, Penn. physics major, he wants to work in the U.S. Foreign Service.
-Adam Supraner, class of 2010, will head to China to study Chinese and teach English. The Charlottesville, Vir. Chinese major is looking at graduate school in journalism or law.
-Maria Whittle, class of 2012, is a Falls Church, Vir. Russian major who will study the Russian language in Russia. Whittle plans to spend a year in Moscow and after graduation attend graduate school to study comparative literature, work for the U.S. Foreign Service or study Slavic.
In 2006, the Department of State's Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) for Intensive Summer Institutes was started "to study critical-need languages overseas and is part of a wider U.S. government effort to dramatically expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical-need languages," according to the Pomona College news release.
There were about 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students selected this year to study Russian, Indic (Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu), Arabic, Turkic (Turkish and Azerbaijani), Persian, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian and Japanese and languages.
Scholarships cover travel costs between the program location and the student's home city, applicable visa fees, room, board, program-sponsored travel within country, mandatory costs and entrance fees for program activities.
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