News from the German program

Nachrichten von der Deutschen-Sektion

Summer 2008

Another successful year in German comes to a close...

From left to right: Gavin Smith, Cathie Grimm, Silke Pinno (Native Speaker T.A.), Grace Keeney, Brandon Girard, Christian Maciulis, Erica Schuster, Erin Macleod and Perry Myers.

Seniors not at the dinner: Candace Bean, Lisa Dorr, Jessica Holden and Jessica Zuiderveen.

May 2008 - Yes it's that time of the year again!

Above you see German Profs Cathie Grimm and Perry Myers, with German native speaker T.A. Silke Pinno, enjoying a nice Abendessen at Schuler's restaurant in Marshall, with six of our ten graduating German seniors (8 majors  and 2 minors).  This year two students (Erin Macleod and Erica Schuster) received Fulbright Teaching awards and so will be headed off to Germany for the upcoming year and one (Grace Keeney) will first be moving London for the rest of the year before then moving on to Brazil to conduct AIDS-related health policy research funded by a Fulbright research scholarship ! 

To find out what everyone else is doing, please visit the just now updated German alumni page!

Congrats to all of you and best of luck in all your future endeavors!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch und Alles Gute!

German 202  End of year lunch at 'Relli's

From left to right: David Keyworth, Arryn Kempner, Kristin Butler, Lisa Winters, John Danielson, Caitlin Callahan, Kelsi Blauvelt, Chelsea Grieve, Jim Harris, Silke Pinno (T.A.) and Stephen Van Landschoot.

Frau Grimm's Intermediate German class was quick to remind her of her promise to take them out for lunch on the last day of classes! And so here they are enjoying a nice midday meal at Cascarelli's in Albion.

Spring 2008 Contest Award Winners, with German faculty

On Tuesday, April 29 the Department of Modern Languages held its annual Awards & Recognition luncheon. Here you see the German faculty with the recipients of the 2008 Jay Olson Memorial German Essay Contest Awards: from left to right: Susanne Myers, Perry Myers, Silke Pinno, Sarah Julian (Level 3 winner), Ben Hardin (Level 1 winner) and Chelsea Grieve and Kristin Butler (Level 2 co-winners). 

Wir gratulieren allen Preisträgern sehr herzlich!

Winter/Spring 2008

Ein frohes neues Jahr - Happy New Year from the German section of the newly named Department of Modern Languages and Cultures! We look forward to an action packed semester, which will include our traditional "dinner for seniors" (note to seniors: think about where you would like to go!!),the Jay Olson German essay competition and a special screening of the Oscar winning "The Lives of Others" (Das Leben der Anderen) in conjunction with German 202.

We say "Auf Wiedersehen" to Margaret Leiby who will be studying at Freiburg with the IES-program this spring, as well as Katie Waechter, who will be continuing her studies in Heidelberg. We also say "Welcome back" to Sarah Julian, who is returning from her semester abroad in Freiburg. We can't wait to hear your stories!!   

Fall 2007

This fall we bid a fond farewell to the following students who will be studying in Germany: Katie Waechter is off to Heidelberg for the whole year--let's hope she doesn't lose her heart there!  :-))  and Sarah Julian will be studying in Freiburg with the IES-program.

And we welcome back to Albion: Candace Bean, Lisa Dorr and Brandon Girard, who all spent a semester studying (and having fun?) in Heidelberg last semester, as well Jessica Zuiderveen, who was in Vienna on the IES program there as well as Grace Keeney, who spent last semester in Tübingen (Antioch program) after a semester in Argentina.

Welcome back!!!

Summer 2007

A bumper crop of Albion College German students graduate!

German students and Perry at Daryl's in Jackson for their graduation dinner.

May 2007 brought yet another successful and fun-filled year of German at Albion College to a close! We bade a fond farewell to 10 senior German majors and 1 minor!  Brynn Howard will be starting her Fulbright teaching year and the others are off to jobs and graduate schools in near and far away places (Australia!)  To find out more about who they are and what they are up to please check out the German alumni  page.

Spring 2007

New pictures from Jessica Zuiderveen in Austria

Neue Bilder von Jessica Zuiderveen in Österreich

click here to see them all!

This Spring we have four students from the German program who are studying off-campus in Germany: Good Luck to Candace Bean, Lisa Dorr and Brandon Girard, who are all off to Heidelberg with the AJY program as well as Jessica Zuiderveen who will be in Vienna. Special Greetings to Grace Keeney who will be studying in Tübingen this semester after a semester in Argentina!

And we welcome back to campus: Diane Christiansen who worked on an internship in the healthcare field with EPA in Bonn, Christian Marculis who  worked in the world of high finance in Zürich and other places, Gavin Smith who working in an automobile-related internship with EPA in Bonn and Erica Schuster who studied in Germany's sunniest city, Freiburg! 

Welcome back!

Fall 2006

"Hilf mir.... hilf mir!!!"

Rammstein meets The Brothers Grimm

in end-of-semester German 301 theatrical production of Hänsel and Gretel

Stefan Pointner (Austrian T.A. and Expert Juggler) and German 301 students performed an updated version of Hänsel und Gretel as part of the Foreign Language Department's Christmas Celebration in December 2006

October, 26 2006:

New link:  Albion College German Alumni page

This Fall we have five students who are studying and/or working off campus: Diane Christiansen is working on an internship in the healthcare field with EPA in Bonn, Spanish and German major Grace Keeney is in Cordoba, Argentina, Christian Marculis will be working in the world of high finance in Zürich and other places, Gavin Smith will be working in an automobile-related internship with EPA and Erica Schuster will be studying in in Germany's sunniest city, Freiburg! 

Wir wünschen Euch alle Viel Spass!!!

We welcome back Alex Becker, who was away for a whole year in Heidelberg and Brussels as well as Gretchen Fuchs back from Heidelberg and Katie Knight back from her internship with EPA in Bonn.

Welcome back!

We are also very happy to welcome our new Native Speaker Teaching Assistants for the 2006/07 academic year: Stefan Pointner and Petra Berger who are both from Austria!

Spring 2006

The German section has just wrapped up another very successful year. The curriculum update has been completed and our new courses have been approved and are now officially "on the books". Take a look at our new course offerings, which will all be offered on a rotating basis.

We said goodbye to five graduating seniors German majors and two minors, two of whom received Fulbright teaching grants, and who will therefore be in Germany for the upcoming year. Our graduating seniors were: Lizzy Anderson (minor), Rebecca Anthouard (major) Fulbright recipient, Natalie Corbin (major) and Fulbright recipient, Kara Christiansen, Diana Lancaster (major), Rachael Lyon (major), and Erin Stieve (minor).

We wish you all the best for the future - and please let us know what you're up to!

Here's a picture of some of our seniors with Native Speaker Omid Kabiri at the senior dinner at Seva's in Ann Arbor:

Bilder von einem Ausflug mit Deutsch 202-Studenten

(pictures from an outing with German 202 students).

Two graduating German majors receive Fulbright Teaching grants.

Congratulations to seniors Rebecca Anthouard and Natalie Corbin who have been awarded Fulbright grants to teach in Germany during the 2006-2007 academic year. Read the full story here!

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