The University’s Summer Language Institute — a program that provides students an opportunity to take up to three semesters’ worth of language credits in one summer — reached a record high enrollment in the Summer of 2025. For the first time in its 45-year history, SLI is featuring both four week and eight week options, where it previously only offered an eight week program.
SLI started June 16 and ends August 8, and offers Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, German, Latin and Russian.
For many University students, SLI is an appealing option to fulfill or make significant progress towards language requirements — the College of Arts and Sciences, the McIntire School of Commerce and the Frank Batten School for Leadership and Public Policy all require students to satisfy the World Language Requirement of completing courses in a language through the 2020 level…