![]() government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering 15 critical foreign languages. According to its website, it is part of a U.S. The CLS Program is a summer study-abroad opportunity for U.S. A complete list of ODU's CLS recipients is available at this link. In all, Monarchs have claimed nine CLS awards Daniel Shanks (2016, 2018) and Melodee Baines (2007, 2008, 2009) won multiple times. He will leave from Washington, D.C., on June 7 for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where he will study for two months at the American University of Central Asia.įegreus is the sixth student from ODU to earn a CLS. That pursuit has netted him a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. So, I figured if I'm going to be involved within this specific region, why not study a language I'm already interested in?" I think what kind of steered me toward Russian was my interest in Western and European history in general, and I was just more familiar with it. "I was kind of debating between Arabic or Farsi or Russian. "I'll be honest with you, it was kind of a toss-up," said Fegreus, who is majoring in political science with a minor in public service and will graduate from Old Dominion University this summer. Nicholas Fegreus wants to work for the government and knows that being able to speak a foreign language would improve his chances. "When I reflect on some of the courses I've had and a lot of the things I've learned and some of the interests I've been able to realize while taking some of the courses - things I never really thought I would have an interest in - I definitely am thankful for ODU for all of those lessons," Nicholas Fegreus said.
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