UR student earns State Department scholarship
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A University of Richmond student from Henrico has received a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study a foreign language.
Claire Morris, a first-year student, has been awarded a scholarship for her study of Indonesian. She plans to spend eight weeks in Malang in East Java, Indonesia, this summer, where she will stay with a host family and take classes at Universitas Negeri Malang.
The program supports immersive language learning opportunities for students to learn a language essential to America's engagement with the world. It offers students the opportunity to study a language for eight to 10 weeks.
Morris is one of two University of Richmond students who have been awarded a CLS scholarship this year; a third was selected as an alternate for the program.
Morris previously studied Spanish and Arabic. She plans to major in Arabic and political science and hopes to pursue a career in the foreign service.
