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Critical Language Scholarship winner Malvika Khadiya to study Russian in Latvia this summer

Malvika Khadiya, a University of Iowa political science student from Cedar Falls, Iowa, has been awarded a 2025 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Latvia this summer at Dauzgavpils University for an intensive Russian language program. Click the title to read the article.

Critical Language Scholarship winner Mairen Thompson to study Japanese in Okayama this summer

Mairen Thompson, a University of Iowa graduate student studying world language education, from Tipton, Iowa, has been awarded a 2025 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study in Japan this summer at Okayama University for an intensive Japanese language program. Click the title to read the article.
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Russian Major Malvika Khadiya featured in "Going the Extra Minor in a Major Way"

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
How Honors Students are Expanding Their Education With Multiple Areas of Study
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Annalie Ruehle Awarded Global Ambassador Scholarship to study in South Korea

Monday, January 6, 2025
Annalie Ruehle, a second-year biochemistry and molecular biology major with a Korean studies minor is studying this spring on the TEAN South Korea: Korea University program.
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Japanese Ambassador to the United States meets with CLAS students during visit to Iowa

Thursday, November 14, 2024
The Japanese ambassador to the United States, along with the Chicago consul-general and other embassy officials, visited the Japanese program to hear writers and translators read and to engage in conversation with students.
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CLAS announces new administrative structure for environmental programs and world languages

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The proposed changes for fall 2025 will enhance collaboration and support student success.
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Aden Hageman earns prestigious Boren scholarship to Japan

Monday, April 29, 2024
Aiden Hageman, a physics and Japanese double major at the University of Iowa, has been awarded a 2024 David L. Boren Scholarship to study Japanese at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan.
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UI student Wyatt Hellman awarded Fulbright to Taiwan

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Wyatt Hellman, who will receive a BS in international relations and a BA in Asian languages and literatures from the University of Iowa in May 2024, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award to Taiwan for 2024-25.