2018 FLAS Application Questions

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1 Page 1 f Applicatin 2018 FLAS Applicatin Questins Applicatin Type Instructins: Up t tw chices allwed. Summer applicatins and Academic Year applicatins are reviewed separately, even thugh they share an applicatin. This means receiving a Summer Fellwship will nt affect yur chances f receiving an Academic Year Fellwship, and vice versa. 1) Please select the FLAS Fellwship(s) t which yu are applying: a. GRADUATE Academic Year FLAS Fellwship b. GRADUATE Summer FLAS Fellwship 2018 c. UNDERGRADUATE Academic Year FLAS Fellwship d. UNDERGRADUATE Summer Fellwship 2018 Student Infrmatin 2) First Name 3) Middle Name 4) Last Name 5) Address 6) Alternate Address 7) Mailing Address 8) UIN (if yu d nt have a University f Illinis Identificatin Number, please enter N/A ) 9) Current Student Status [drp dwn menu available] 10) Expected Graduatin Date (mnth and year) 11) Majr/Degree Prgram 12) Secnd Majr/Degree Prgram Instructins: Please prvide a name, title/institutin, and fr yur advisr r yur department's Directr f Graduate Studies. If yu d nt currently have an advisr, please enter "N/A". Pmna Sprut, Prfessr f Herblgy at Hgwarts, sprut@hgwarts.edu Angela Merkel, German TA at UIUC, ang.merks@germany.gv 13) Academic Advisr (undergraduate) r Directr f Graduate Studies (graduate) FLAS Eligibility 14) Only US Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible fr a FLAS Fellwship. Yu are a: [drp dwn menu available] 15) Have yu previusly received a FLAS Fellwship? [yes r n] Instructins: If yu have previusly received FLAS Fellwships, include term, awarding Center r institutin, and language/level. Academic Year 2015/16, Russian East, Eurpean, and Eurasian Center, 3rd Year Plish Summer 2017, Center fr Glbal Studies, 4th Year Persian 16) Please list all previus FLAS Fellwships yu have received (If yu have nt received any FLAS Fellwships, please enter N/A )

2 Page 2 f Applicatin 2018 FLAS Applicatin Questins Letters f Recmmendatin Yu are respnsible fr prviding yur recmmenders with instructins n hw t submit a letter f recmmendatin. We suggest cntacting yur recmmenders and prviding them with infrmatin as early as pssible. We als suggest sending yur recmmenders yur statement f purpse. Cnsider cpying and pasting these instructins and sending them t yur recmmender. Instructins: Letters f recmmendatin are due by 11:59PM, Friday, February 2nd. Letters f recmmendatin shuld be submitted electrnically here: This prtal is accessible thrugh the UIUC FLAS website under the "Fr Recmmenders" tab. When a letter f recmmendatin is submitted thrugh this prtal, the recmmender and the student will receive an autmated cnfirmatin f submissin via . If yu are applying fr ne term (i.e. Summer OR Academic Year) r bth terms (i.e. Summer AND Academic Year) with the same language, yu need 3 letters f recmmendatin: 1) Letter frm yur academic advisr. If fr sme reasn yur advisr is unable t prvide a letter f recmmendatin, yu may use anther academic instructr with whm yu have wrked clsely. 2) Letter frm yur current r mst recent language instructr. If yu are applying fr the beginning level f a language, yu may use a recmmender wh can best speak t yur ability t learn and passin fr languages. 3) Letter frm persn f yur chice. Mst students use anther prfessr r instructr - use smene wh can best speak t yur aptitude as a Freign Language and Area Studies Fellw. If yu are applying fr bth Summer and Academic Year with different languages, yu must submit an additinal letter f recmmendatin frm anther language instructr. Yu need a language instructr recmmendatin letter fr each language fr which yu are applying. Yur applicatin will be cnsidered incmplete withut these letters f recmmendatin. D nt submit mre letters f recmmendatin than are required. Centers will nt review additinal letters f recmmendatin. 17) Read carefully and check this bx: I understand it is my respnsibility t cntact and prvide instructins fr my recmmenders. Only three letters f recmmendatin will be submitted n my behalf, unless I am applying fr tw different languages. If I am applying fr tw different languages, an additinal language instructr recmmendatin will be submitted n my behalf. [checkbx] Recmmenders Instructins: Please prvide a name, title/institutin, and fr each f yur recmmenders. Remember that it is yur respnsibility t cntact and instruct yur recmmenders (see abve). Pmna Sprut, Prfessr f Herblgy at Hgwarts, sprut@hgwarts.edu Angela Merkel, German TA at UIUC, ang.merks@germany.gv 18) Advisr Recmmender Infrmatin 19) Language Instructr Recmmender Infrmatin 20) Other Recmmender Infrmatin If yu are applying fr Summer and Academic Year with different langauges 21) Secnd Language Instructr Recmmender Infrmatin 22) Are yu applying fr an Academic Year FLAS Fellwship? [yes r n]

3 Pages 3 and 4 f Applicatin 2018 FLAS Applicatin Questins If yu answered yes t questin 22 (Are yu applying fr an Academic Year FLAS Fellwship?) yu will be brught t the academic year applicatin page (page 3). If yu are applying fr an Academic Year FLAS and a Summer FLAS in the SAME language, the Academic Year applicatin serves as yur Summer applicatin. If yu are applying fr bth Academic Year FLAS and a Summer FLAS with a DIFFERENT language, yu will be brught t a Summer applicatin page t fill ut yur new language infrmatin. If yu answered n t questin 22 (Are yu applying fr an Academic Year FLAS Fellwship?) yu will be brught t the summer applicatin page (page 4). Academic Year and Summer 2018 FLAS Applicatin Questins Prpsed Language f Study [drp dwn menu available] Instructins: Yu may apply fr as many Centers as pssible, but please nly apply t Centers that ffer the language yu are interested in studying and als nte that yur prpsed language and verall research interests have t fit within the center's reginal fcus - A list f languages each Center ffers is available here: Please chse the Centers t which yu are applying: CAS Center fr African Studies CEAPS Center fr East Asian and Pacific Studies (Academic Year Only) CGS Center fr Glbal Studies CLACS Center fr Latin American and Caribbean Studies CSAMES Center fr Suth Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Academic Year Only) EUC Eurpean Unin Center REEEC Russian, East Eurpean, and Eurasian Centers Instructins: Please rank the Centers t which yu are applying [1 being mst desired]. Only rank Centers t which yu are applying. Example: 1 - EUC, 2 - CGS Center Ranking Current level f prpsed language f study [drp dwn menu available] Are yu a heritage speaker f yur prpsed language f study [yes r n] Self-assessed speaking prficiency in prpsed language f study [drp dwn menu available] Self-assessed reading prficiency in prpsed language f study [drp dwn menu available] Self-assessed writing prficiency in prpsed language f study [drp dwn menu available] Instructins: (1 t 2 page maximum) Uplad yur statement f purpse. Essays shuld describe hw the prpsed language study fits in with yur field f study and relates t the specific area studies the FLAS granting center t which yu are applying supprts; hw yu intend t use the language; and hw the language and area study will cntribute t yur ultimate career gals. Please als describe yur previus language learning experiences (frmal and infrmal). Remember t include yur name and language in the header f the dcument. PDF dcuments strngly preferred. Wrd dcuments are still accepted if yu are having difficulty uplading a pdf versin. Statement f Purpse: (maximum file sixe 50MB) [uplad]

4 Page 5 f Applicatin 2018 FLAS Applicatin Questins Study Abrad Academic Year ) Are yu planning t study abrad during yur academic year with a FLAS Fellwship? [yes r n] If yu plan n studying abrad anytime during the academic year with a FLAS Fellwship, yu MUST fill ut the infrmatin belw with estimates fr the cst f yur prgram. If yu d nt plan t study abrad during the academic year with a FLAS Fellwship, please enter "N/A". 43) Prpsed Study Abrad Term [drp dwn menu available] 44) Prpsed Study Abrad Lcatin 45) Prpsed Study Abrad Prgram name and website 46) Estimated Tuitin and fees f Study Abrad Prgram [per semester] Summer ) Are yu planning t study abrad r away during the summer with a FLAS Fellwship? [yes r n] If yu plan n studying abrad during the summer with a FLAS Fellwship, yu MUST fill ut the infrmatin belw with estimates fr the cst f yur prgram. If yu d nt plan t study abrad/away during the summer with a FLAS Fellwship, please enter "N/A". 48) Summer Study Abrad/Away Lcatin 49) Prpsed Summer Study Abrad/Away Prgram name and website 50) Estimated Tuitin and fees f Summer Study Abrad/Away Prgram

5 Page 6 f Applicatin 2018 FLAS Applicatin Questins Additinal Infrmatin and Supprting Materials 51) If yu are prficient in any additinal languages, please list them here alng with a level f prficiency: (If yu d nt have additinal language prficiency, please enter "N/A") 52) Hnrs r Awards (If yu d nt wish t enter any hnrs and awards, please enter "N/A") Instructins: Please uplad academic transcripts fr any current r past higher educatin institutins. Unfficial transcripts are accepted. If yu are a UIUC student, yu can print yur Enterprise Academic histry t a pdf. It is preferred that yu cmbine all transcripts int ne pdf, but an additinal space is available belw if yu are unable t cmbine them. 53) Transcripts (maximum file size: 50MB) [uplad] 54) Additinal Transcripts (maximum file size: 50MB) [uplad] Instructins: While this is nt a required dcument, we highly recmmend that students submit this frm. We will assume zer financial need fr thse students wh d nt cmplete a FAFSA. Print yur FAFSA cnfirmatin t a pdf frmat and uplad it here. 55) FAFSA Cnfirmatin Page (Optinal) (maximum file size: 50MB) [uplad]