1. Creating Global Professionals An Initiative of the National Security Education Program

2. Our Mission The Language Flagship leads the nation in designing, supporting, and implementing a new paradigm for advanced language education. Innovative Partnership between Government Education Business

3. Undergraduate and Post-B.A. Programs Arabic Chinese Hindi/Urdu Korean Persian/Farsi Eurasian Languages

4. The “Pull Factor” K-12 Programs gearing students towards an advanced undergraduate curriculum designed to produce “professionally proficient” graduates who command the language of their domain specialty as well as the culture of the region.

5. K-12 Flagship Programs based in a School District K-12 integrated Mandarin Chinese language learning program with the Portland Public School district in collaboration with the Chinese Flagship Center at the University of Oregon's Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) K-12 articulated Arabic language program with the Dearborn School District in collaboration with the Arabic Flagship Program at Michigan State University.

6. K-12 Flagship Program: Statewide Effort in Ohio K-12 Mandarin Chinese language program with Ohio Public Schools in collaboration with the Chinese Flagship Center at Ohio State University

7. 2007 U.S. Language Summits Departments of Commerce, Defense and Labor Articulating the need for languages in business and local & state government

8. 2007 U.S. Language Summits Hosted by Flagship Institutions in Oregon, Texas, and Ohio Roadmaps for Language Excellence

9. Long-term Success Congressional funding of the Department of Education piece of National Security Language Initiative

10. Contacts Dr. Michael Nugent Director The Language Flagship E: nugentm@ndu.edu Dr. Susan J. Duggan Senior Strategic Planner The Language Flagship E: duggan@thelanguageflagship.org