Critical Language Scholarship Program
CLS Alumni Ambassadors
 

The CLS Alumni Ambassadors are a select group of CLS alumni who volunteer to serve as representatives of the CLS Program to various audiences, including prospective CLS participants, fellow alumni, CLS Program representatives, and the general public. Typical activities of an Alumni Ambassador may include:

  • General CLS and/or county-specific presentations
  • Participating in online forums (e.g. ExchangesConnect, StateAlumni, facebook)
  • Providing prospective CLS students with information about their experience
  • Responding to questions from future CLS participants on an as-needed basis
  • Speaking on an alumni panel at a CLS pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C.
 

2011 CLS Alumni Ambassadors

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Name CLS Year CLS Language CLS Site College or University
Brandon Thomas 2011 Turkish Izmir, Turkey San Francisco State University
Dana Fager 2011 Japanese Kyoto, Japan University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Emily Brandt 2011 Chinese Shanghai, China University Of Texas at Austin
Emily Jenkins 2011 Indonesian Malang, Indonesia Portland State University
Erica Vasquez 2011 Arabic Tangier, Morocco University of California at Berkeley
James Stevens 2011 Russian Kazan, Russia West Virginia University
Jeremy Bender 2011 Turkish Ankara, Turkey Rutgers University
Jessica Sarrantonio 2011 Hindi Jaipur, India Union College
Jonathan Bateman 2011 Arabic Amman, Jordan Brown University
Katey Foran 2011 Korean Jeonju, South Korea United States Naval Academy
Katie Bentivoglio * 2011, 2010 Arabic Tunis, Tunisia (2011; 2010) Columbia University
Leanna Pohevitz * 2011, 2010, 2009 Arabic Tunis, Tunisia (2011; 2010) Cairo, Egypt (2009) Hampshire College
Lily Chen * 2010 Japanese Kyoto, Japan Vanderbilt University
Madison Paul 2011 Arabic Amman, Jordan Agnes Scott College
Marielle Newman 2011 Bangla Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Illinois at Chicago
Miriam Woods 2011 Persian Dushanbe, Tajikistan Indiana University at Bloomington
Nicholas Martino 2011 Arabic Muscat, Oman Front Range Community College to CU Boulder
Phillip Bradshaw 2011 Russian Ufa, Russia Georgetown University
Phillip Dehoux 2011 Azerbaijani Baku, Azerbaijan University of North Dakota
Stephen Snyder * 2010 Azerbaijani Baku, Azerbaijan University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Tori Badgett 2011 Urdu Lucknow, India Howard University
Travis Glynn 2011 Urdu Lucknow, India University of Southern California

* Senior CLS Alumni Ambassador
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