CMES awards record number of Middle East language fellowships for summer 2015

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at the University of Arizona, one of 15 Title VI National Resource Centers in the U.S. for Middle Eastern Studies, will award a record 13 Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to both undergraduate and graduate students for summer intensive language study this year. FLAS is funded through the U.S. Department of Education.This summer’s awardees come from many diverse departments and programs across campus, including: Global Studies, Journalism, Linguistics, Middle Eastern & North African Studies, Neuroscience, Physics, Political Science, and Public Administration. Those going abroad will be heading to Jordan (Arizona in...