Michael spent a couple of years in Tokyo as a child, learning Japanese by immersion in public school. This experience kindled his love for Asian cultures and languages. He returned to Asia as a missionary in Seoul, Korea. He is now studying Korean as a senior at BYU with plans to attend dental school. He hopes to use his language abilities in operating his own dental office someday.

Korea and Korean have played larger roles in Dane's life than he thought they would. As a political science and Korean double major, he is keeping up his language skills to help translate Korean short stories and work with North Korean refugees living in Seoul, Korea. He is excited about studying international development law next year and seeing what kind of impact he can make on development in North Korea.

Cecily received a BA in political science and a minor in Middle Eastern and North African studies. Throughout her education she studied Arabic, Hebrew, French, and American Sign Language and later learned Thai as a missionary. In summer 2011, Cecily interned at the Church's legal counsel office in Hong Kong, helping oversee the Church's legal affairs in nearly every Asian country. She is on the board for the annual Law and Religion symposium and vice-president of the BYU law chapter of Women in the Law.

Adam is preparing for a career in international business. He studied at Nanjing University and served a mission in Taipei, Taiwan, where he developed a strong interest in Chinese language and culture. After completing undergraduate studies, he will begin his career at McKinsey and Company, and his long-term interest is in building political and economic relationships between leading organizations in the U.S. and China.

A fascination with the social sciences and a love of Russia have long been influential parts of Kurt's life. The FLAS scholarship has allowed him to extend his studies of Russian and political science beyond the classroom and into the field with study abroad and research experience. He plans on furthering his studies of central and eastern Europe in graduate school.

Spencer has been fascinated by Chinese and oriental languages since childhood. After serving a mission in Taiwan, he added Chinese as a second major and is participating in the Chinese Flagship to develop a more professional command of the language. Spencer aspires to become a bilingual engineer who is fully capable of being part of the rapidly expanding chemical market in China; a goal well-supported by the FLAS scholarship.

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Steven didn't know much about Mandarin Chinese until serving a mission in Taiwan, but he's been enthralled by the language ever since. He plans to fuse his love for Chinese and geography together by spending a year in China as part of the Chinese Flagship program. The FLAS scholarship has enabled him to focus his time on his Chinese and geography studies in preparation for this experience.

Jordan is studying at the J. Reuben Clark Law School with plans to graduate in April. In 2008, he co-organized the first annual trial advocacy tournament for the Leavitt Institute for International Development in Kyiv, Ukraine, and served as the deputy campaign manager for a national congressional race. Jordan is a current member of the BYU National Moot Court team and the ICLRS executive committee. He speaks fluent Ukrainian and has studied Romanian and French. This year Jordan is grateful to continue his study of Russian through the FLAS program.

Aaron discovered a love for learning languages and cultures as a missionary in Italy. His desire to understand people and their cultures led him to study sociology as he continued his study of the Italian language. This year he is combining two areas of study as he begins a research project on certain Italian communities. He hopes to study these communities up-close on a field study in Italy next summer.

Having learned Portuguese in Brazil as a missionary, Jacob had the opportunity to realize the need for engineers of different countries to work together as part of the worldwide economy. The FLAS scholarship will help him achieve his long-term goals of multilingual professional excellence and allow his future work and research in material science to be enjoyed by various countries around the world.