1. October 2019 CBYX German Participant of the Month

   We are happy to announce Isabelle Dik, a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) young professional participant, as the October 2019 CBYX German Participant of the Month.

2. Enhance Your Career: Learn Turkish in Turkey!

   Liz Clark, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumna, tells about how learning Turkish on her CLS program helped enhanced her career.

3. Make an Impact: Learn Chinese in China!

   Ryan Mandado, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumnus, tells us about why he chose to study Chinese.

4. Sabrina Hassan Interview

   Sabrina Hassan, a CLS scholar who studied Swahili in Tanzania, never considered study abroad until she encountered the CLS program.

5. CLS Experience Leads to Career Focused on Democracy and Governance in Central Asia

   When Matt Tappert studied abroad in Tomsk, Russia in 2008 as part of the Critical Language Scholarship Program, he had the simple goal of participating in an immersive program that would help develop his Russian language skills and cultural knowledge.

6. Lon Gibson Interview

   “CLS was truly an amazing opportunity. It was a chance to study a language and culture that few Americans know about.” –Lon Gibson

7. Gain a Competitive Edge: Learn Hindi in India!

   Anna Stewart, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Alumna, tells us how learning Hindi in India on her CLS gave her a competitive edge!

8. Unpublished

   Lasting Friendships in the Middle East

   The diversity of the U.S. is a phenomenon I have yet to see anywhere else and visiting our country gives an inside snapshot of the world. People should feel comfortable knowing that they are welcome here.

9. Lessons Learned from Teaching English to Mothers of Visually-Impaired Children

   When Marquita Green accepted the fellowship for the English Language Fellow Program in Morocco, she never imagined she would have the opportunity to work with such a dedicated group of teachers and staff. Through the program, Marquita has worked at an American Language Center in Marrakech, teaching English to the mothers of blind or visually impaired children, so the mothers are able to read to their kids and help them learn.

10. From the West Bank to the United States: An Unexpected Path to an MBA

    After completing her bachelor’s degree in medical lab sciences at the American University of Beirut, Sanioura worked in marketing for a medical firm while she applied for graduate programs and fellowships. It was during this time that she first fell in love with business.

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