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Oct. 20, 2013
The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) is a fellowship funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Congress, that annually provides 75 American and 75 German Young Professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each…
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Oct. 12, 2013
The German American School Association (GASA) proudly announced the recent grand opening of its new German Saturday Schools in Tucson, Arizona. The school in Arizona, first of its kind in the state, joins the 12 GASA campuses in Southern California…
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June 9, 2013
The Department of German Studies' Summer Study in Leipzig Program was recently featured on German Television celebrating its 10 year anniversary. The German article can be found below and the video is available on our YouTube page or directly on the…
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April 29, 2013
Congratulations to German Minor Katherine Weingartner, who has been selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX), a year-long, federally-funded fellowship for study and work in Germany. Katherine…
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April 27, 2013
German Studies faculty and Summer Study-in-Leipzig-Germany Program Director, Peter Ecke, just published an article written for teachers and administrators who would like to create and run a short-term study abroad program for their students. It…
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April 2, 2013
We love to highlight our students' successes, accomplishments, and awards! This little article features current students' and faculty achievements throughout the semester.
Congratulations to:
Congratulations to Charly Mostert, Ali Overgaard, Kerry…
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Feb. 4, 2013
How stable or how permeable to attrition are a multilingual’s first and second languages during life periods characterized by dynamic changes in language-use frequencies? Peter Ecke (University of Arizona) and co-author Christopher Hall (York St…
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Feb. 4, 2013
In a recently published book “Language and its cultural substrate: Implications for a globalized world”, Prof. Peter Ecke wrote a chapter about the assessment of culture learning. In a recently published book “Language and its cultural substrate:…
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Feb. 4, 2013
Imagine how the course of history might have changed if Georg Elser, a German woodworker, had been successful in his attempt to single-handedly assassinate Adolf Hitler.
“Elser’s plan centered on the Bürgerbräukeller, the Munich beer hall where he…
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Feb. 4, 2013
The Department of German Studies is excited to announce its participation in the new Minor in Intercultural Studies offered by the College of Humanities / School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. The Minor in “Intercultural…