CONWAY, Ark. (March 25, 2014) – Hendrix freshman Cameron
Meek of Middletown, Ohio, received the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to
study abroad in summer 2014.
“The CLS scholarship is very competitive scholarship, and
we are thrilled that he received it,” said Hendrix Study Abroad Advisor Claudia
Courtway.
A program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Program offers 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.
Meeks will study Arabic at the Beloit Center for Language
studies in Beloit, Wisc.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the sixth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges,
as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, and
the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.