Critical Language Scholarships for Summer 2008
January 16th, 2008Opportunity
Funding for international travel and language programs this summer.
Information
Critical Language Scholarships provide full summer funding for beginning, intermediate and advanced study of Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese, Korean, Persian, and Russian. The grant covers all program costs, including travel between the student’s home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa feeds, room, board, travel within country and all entrance fees for program activities. The programs run from mid-June to mid-August. University level credit may be available. The deadline is quickly approaching on Jan 25, 2008.
Requirements
Contact
Interested students should attend an information session Tues, Jan 15, 2008 at 2pm in Room 1302 or Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 12:30p in Room 1303 at The Honors College (701 W. Grace St). For more information, go to www.clscholarship.org or contact Jeff Wing, the National Scholarship Coordinator, at jawing@vcu.edu or www.honors.vcu.edu/nationalscholar. Copies of last year’s successful applications are available in the National Scholarship Office.
