External Fellowships

Twelve Georgetown Graduate Students Selected as CLS Finalists

March 11, 2021

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. Each summer, CLS provides rigorous academic instruction in fifteen languages that are critical to America’s national security and economic prosperity.

This year, twelve graduate students at Georgetown University have been selected as finalists for the 2021 CLS Program:

– Orchi Banerjee, MA in Security Studies (Persian)
– Axel Catellier, MA in Asian Studies (Korean)
– Ishanee Chanda, MS in Foreign Service (Bangla)
– Paul Friedman, MS in Foreign Service (Portuguese)
– Joey Gonzales, MS in Foreign Service (Chinese – Mandarin)
– Maryann Holmes, MPS in Applied Intelligence (Indonesian)
– Jeremie Langlois, MA in Arab Studies (Arabic)
– Katelyn Radack,  MS in Foreign Service (Hindi)
– Michael Reeves, MA in Arab Studies (Persian)
– Keegan Scott, MA in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (Turkish)
– Amanda Suarez, MS in Foreign Service (Portuguese)
– Coby Vail, Master of Global Human Development (Arabic)

In addition, thirteen graduate students were selected as alternates. Congratulations to our students!