<div dir="ltr"><br>FYI. Please contact sender for further information.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Sydney Sparrow <<a href="mailto:ssparrow@americancouncils.org" target="_blank">ssparrow@americancouncils.org</a>></span><br></div><div class="msg-7691355046985436408"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0070C0" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-7691355046985436408WordSection1">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><br></p></div><p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span lang="JA" style="font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black">初めまして</span><span style="color:black">! My name is Sydney Sparrow, and I am the Program Officer for Japanese and Korean with the
</span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/clscholarship.org/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gwi99f_lLHrE5luwN878AuqWHuWICvzENgFPHq4zxpQkxV6w4fuj3KOoGEocipEYYFp16HCGhUWo6pckVTPSjw$" target="_blank"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563c1">Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program</span></span></a><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">.
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<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Funded by the U.S. Department of State,
</span>the CLS Program<span style="color:black"> is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. We recently
</span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/clscholarship.org/apply__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gwi99f_lLHrE5luwN878AuqWHuWICvzENgFPHq4zxpQkxV6w4fuj3KOoGEocipEYYFp16HCGhUWo6pcWamGeDA$" target="_blank"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563c1">launched
 our application</span></span></a><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> for summer 2024 and are working on spreading the word before the application deadline on
<b>November 14 at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET</b>. I thought this might be an opportunity that would be of interest to your students studying Japanese at
</span></span><span style="color:black">University of Washington<span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun">.</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"> </p><p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Students spend eight to ten weeks over the summer studying one of
<b>13 critical languages </b>(Arabic, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu). The program is designed to promote rapid language gains through intensive language instruction, host community engagement, and structured cultural activities in a cohort-based setting. </span></span><span class="m_-7691355046985436408eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun">The CLS Program, through its </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/clscholarship.org/about/spark__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gwi99f_lLHrE5luwN878AuqWHuWICvzENgFPHq4zxpQkxV6w4fuj3KOoGEocipEYYFp16HCGhUWo6pdN3_iR5w$" target="_blank"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0563c1">CLS Spark</span></span></a><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"> initiative, provides beginner-level virtual instruction for Arabic, Chinese, and Russian for competitively selected U.S. undergraduate students whose home campuses do not offer these languages. More information on eligibility is available at: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gwi99f_lLHrE5luwN878AuqWHuWICvzENgFPHq4zxpQkxV6w4fuj3KOoGEocipEYYFp16HCGhUWo6pcBy_1oKQ$" target="_blank"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">https://clscholarship.org/applicants/eligibility</span></i></span></a><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span class="m_-7691355046985436408eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Our team will be hosting <b>webinars, Q&A sessions, and alumni panels </b>over the coming weeks for anyone who is interested in learning more about the program. A full calendar with these events and corresponding registration links is available at: </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/clscholarship.org/events__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gwi99f_lLHrE5luwN878AuqWHuWICvzENgFPHq4zxpQkxV6w4fuj3KOoGEocipEYYFp16HCGhUWo6pdKBjbwMQ$" target="_blank"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">https://clscholarship.org/events</span></i></span></a><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">. </span></span><span class="m_-7691355046985436408eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none"><span style="color:black">>snip<
</span><span class="m_-7691355046985436408scxw247056601"> </span><span class="m_-7691355046985436408normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Please let me know if there are any questions! Any help in bringing this opportunity to your students is much appreciated!</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408eop"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-7691355046985436408paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="m_-7691355046985436408eop"><span style="color:black">Sydney Sparrow</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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