State Department Awards New College Students
New College Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarships.
Two New College of Florida students, Andrea Brody-Barre & Robert Matthew Klinkel, were awarded Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State and will travel abroad this summer to study in language immersion programs.
Brody-Barre, a fourth-year student from New York City, will study Arabic in Rabat, Morocco. Klinkel, a third-year student from Orlando, will study Chinese at a location to be determined.
The Critical Language Scholarships offer intensive summer language institutes in 13 critical foreign languages. The selection process is administered by American Councils for International Education with awards approved by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The CLS Program is administered by American Councils and The Ohio State University/Ohio University.
Brody-Barre is studying political science and international area studies, but also has been active in dance, theater and the New Music New College series. The interest in arts has been important: “It inspired me to be open to new directions,” she said.
Klinkel has been fascinated with languages for years. At New College, he studies German and Spanish before starting Chinese last year. He then got a summer job teaching English in China, and spent a month at Xi’an Fanyi University, where he lectured on education issues while building his Chinese skills at the same time.
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