[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: 2008 Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes
Charles Whitney
chuck.whitney at ucr.edu
Wed Jan 2 10:19:49 PST 2008
Amanda: Pls.. OK for the grad list and if you
have an undergrad listserv, pls. post to that as
well.
cw
>From: Stephanie Hammer <hamm at ucr.edu>
>Subject: Fwd: 2008 Critical Language Scholarships
> for Intensive Summer Institutes
>
>Hi Chuck -- I don't see why MFA folks and undergrads in CRWT
>shouldn't be involved in this very interesting program.
>-
>Stephanie H
>From: Stephanie Hammer <hamm at ucr.edu>
>Subject: 2008 Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer
> Institutes
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>Dear Colleagues,
>Please note this all-expense-paid, intensive
>summer language program open to all grads and
>undergrads for training this summer for 7 weeks
>beginning in mid-June to study the following
>languages in a foreign country:
>Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean,
>Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu for
>Summer 2008
>
>On-line Applications due: Friday, January 25, 2008
>
>Please let your students know (or grads, consider applying as relevant).
>
>>><http://www.iie.org/>
>>>Fulbright
>>> <http://www.fulbrightonline.org>Click here to visit
>>>FULBRIGHTONLINE.ORG
>>>U.S. Student Programs Division
>>>
>>>2008 Critical Language Scholarships for
>>>Intensive Summer Institutes Fri, December 21,
>>>2007
>>>Dear Fulbright Program Advisers,
>>>
>>>On behalf of our colleagues at the U.S.
>>>Department of State and the Council for
>>>American Overseas Research Centers, I am
>>>forwarding the following.
>>>
>>>The United States Department of State and the
>>>Council of American Overseas Research Centers
>>>(CAORC) are pleased to announce the
>>>availability of scholarships for intensive
>>>overseas study in the critical need foreign
>>>languages of Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese,
>>>Hindi, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian,
>>>Turkish, and Urdu for Summer 2008.
>>>
>>>As part of the National Security Language
>>>Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government
>>>interagency effort to expand dramatically the
>>>number of Americans studying and mastering
>>>critical need foreign languages, the
>>>Department of State Critical Language
>>>Scholarships will provide funding for U.S.
>>>citizen undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D.
>>>students to participate in beginning,
>>>intermediate and/or advanced level summer
>>>language programs at American Overseas
>>>Research Centers and affiliated partners.
>>>
>>>Recipients of these scholarships will be
>>>expected to continue their language study
>>>beyond the scholarship period and later apply
>>>their critical language skills in their
>>>professional careers.
>>>
>>>Eligibility: All applicants must be U.S.
>>>citizens. Applicants must be either currently
>>>enrolled in a degree-granting program at the
>>>undergraduate* or graduate level or have
>>>graduated from an undergraduate or graduate
>>>program no more than 2 years ago (May 2006).
>>>Students in all disciplines including
>>>business, engineering, science, the social
>>>sciences and humanities are encouraged to
>>>apply. Current undergraduate students must
>>>have completed at least one year of general
>>>college course-work by program start date (one
>>>year is defined as two semesters or three
>>>quarters). The U.S. Department of State and
>>>CAORC welcome all eligible applications and do
>>>not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
>>>national origin, gender, age, or handicap
>>>condition.
>>>
>>>Duration: Programs range from 7 weeks to 11
>>>weeks, beginning in early to mid-June with a
>>>pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC.
>>>Students must attend the full program and
>>>participate in all program activities.
>>>
>>>Grant benefits: All program costs are covered
>>>for participants. This includes travel between
>>>the students home city and program location,
>>>pre-departure orientation costs, applicable
>>>visa fees, room, board, travel within country
>>>and all entrance fees for program activities.
>>>Note: U.S. passport fees will not be paid by
>>>the scholarship.
>>>
>>>*Only graduate students and recent graduates
>>>are eligible to apply to the summer 2008
>>>Persian program.
>>>
>>>Deadlines: On-Line Application must be submitted by Friday, January 25, 2008
>>>
>>>Supporting Materials must be postmarked by Friday, February 8, 2008
>>>
>>>For Program Details and On-line Application Visit www.CLScholarship.org
>>>
>>>Sponsored by the United States Department of
>>>State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
>>>Affairs and administered by the Council of
>>>American Overseas Research Centers
>>>
>>>----------
>>>©2007 <http://www.iie.org/>Institute of International Education
--
D. Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair
Department of Creative Writing, 4126 INTS
University of California, Riverside 900 University Ave.
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