Mason Brown (R), PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology, and Eben Yonnetti (L), MA student in Religious Studies, have both been awarded Summer Langauge Fellowships from the University of Colorado's Center for Asian Studies (CAS). CAS, a regional center whose mission it is to advance knowledge of Asia through undergraduate and graduate education, faculty research, and outreach programs for the broader community, awards only a select few fellowships annually. Eben was awarded additional funding from the Department of Religious Studies for his language program. In the summer of 2016, Mason will be studying Nepali in Kathmandu, Nepal and Eben will be studying Mandarin Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan.
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