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Since 2010, CASLS and the Chinese Flagship program have been working with students in the Global Scholars Hall to provide an academic residential community for learners of Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. As part of the Living the Language program, students live in language communities where they pledge to interact in the target language and meet once per week to engage in cultural activities tied to their language studies.

Robert Davis, CASLS Advisory Board Member and Julie Sykes, CASLS Director cook in the GSH Demo Kitchen for the UO Board of Trustees, December 2014

CASLS Director, Julie Sykes joined the GSH team in July 2014 as the Resident Scholar in the Global Scholars Hall. In this capacity, she lives in the hall and works with all of the academic residential programs to bridge academic and residential life. Says Sykes, "The experience is one-of-a-kind, and while challenging some days, is an amazing way to connect with students where they live and work. I have learned a lot from them." Future CASLS work in the Global Scholars Hall will extend to the design of a place-based mobile experience tied to academic residential communities dedicated to language learning.