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 essential 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 is designed to promote rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency in regions that are 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 provides students with the opportunity to study critical languages virtually when they may not have access to studying these languages on their campuses.

Year	Name	Major	Type of Award	Location
2023	Meer, Nina	Business Administration	Critical Language Scholarship	Chinese
2023	Barger, Alec	History and Religious Studies	Critical Language Scholarship	Russian
2023	Ganster, Aura	Nutrition and Food Science	Critical Language Scholarship	Chinese
2022	Maguire, Gretta	Master of Music	Critical Language Scholarship	Chinese
2022	Saeed, Usman	Computer Science	Critical Language Scholarship	Arabic
2022	Witt, Julie	Integrated Studies	Critical Language Scholarship	Hindi
2021	Maguire, Gretta	Master of Music	Critical Language Scholarship	Chinese
2019	Marshall, Alexis	Foreign Language and Journallism	Critical Language Scholarship	Arabic
2019	Seaton, Destiny	Journalism	Critical Language Scholarship	Indonesia
2017	Boley, Bonnie	International Relations	Critical Language Scholarship	Turkey
2017	McHugh, Ethan	Philosophy	Critical Language Scholarship	Arabic
2015	Browning, Brianna	Global Studies	Critical Language Scholarship	South Korea
2015	Henderson, Caitlin	International Relations	Critical Language Scholarship	Chinese
2010	Mackie, Adrian	International Relations and Anthropology	Critical Language Scholarship	Arabic
2010	Shew, Aaron	International Relations and Global Studies	Critical Language Scholarship	Urdu
2009	Shew, Aaron	International Relations and Global Studies	Critical Language Scholarship	Urdu