EASC is seeking applications for fellowships for summer 2015 and academic year 2015-16 under the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program. Fellowships are available for Ohio State graduate and professional school students pursuing a course of study requiring advanced foreign language and area studies training, as well as undergraduate students of junior or senior standing in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field who have successfully completed two years of East Asian language study at the college level. Subject to approval, FLAS fellowships may also be used for foreign language and area studies at other U.S. or foreign institutions.

Applications are available in fillable pdf format and are due February 2, 2015.

Students are also invited to attend one of EASC's FLAS information sessions, to be held as follows:

• Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., 122 Oxley Hall
• Friday, November 21, 2014, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., 388 Hagerty Hall
• Monday, November 24, 2014, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., 388 Hagerty Hall
• Thursday, December 4, 2014, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., 122 Oxley Hall
• Friday, December 5, 2014, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., 122 Oxley Hall
• Thursday, December 11, 2014, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., 122 Oxley Hall
• Monday, January 12, 2015, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., 122 Oxley Hall

Please RSVP with your name and the date of the session you plan to attend.