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CRITICAL Language Scholarships: FREE Language learning OVERSEAS in 7 to 10 weeks!!!

<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM</strong></p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a funded by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The CLS Program offers intensive summer language institutes abroad in thirteen &quot;critical need&quot; foreign languages. CLS is an overseas, group-based program that takes place each summer. In a seven to ten week program, CLS Program institutes cover approximately one academic year of university-level language coursework.</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"> &quot;Critical Need&quot; languages include:</p> </div> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> &nbsp;</p> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Arabic</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Azerbaijani</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Bangla</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Chinese</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Hindi</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Indonesian</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Japanese</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Korean</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Persian</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Punjabi</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Russian</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Turkish</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px 10px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://www.odu.edu/etc/designs/odu/images/disc-1.gif); background-position: 0% 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> Urdu</li> </ul> </div> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> <u>Eligibility</u>: US citizen, enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program for at least 2 semesters at time of application, must be at least 18 years old to participate.</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>DEADLINE : NOVEMBER 15, 2013</u>&nbsp;</strong>(full application must be submitted by 8:00pm EST). Learn more at http://www.clscholarship.org.</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> Questions? Contact Campus Advisor Allison Wiggins in International Programs at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:anwiggin@odu.edu" style="color: rgb(96, 120, 144); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153);">anwiggin@odu.edu</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 9px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentcolor; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p>

Posted By: Allison Wiggins
Date: Mon Nov 11 11:17:21 EST 2013

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