ABOUT THE CONTEST The German Information Center USA fulfills the public diplomacy mission of the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. To encourage American students to get to know modern Germany, the GIC provides classroom materials […]
Nothing like German cars and even better their commercials: “Möge die Macht mit Dir sein!” “May the force be with you!”
The Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York announced on January 25, 2011, that it has awarded “Special Recognition” to the Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program of the German Academic Exchange […]
A milestone of 20th century musical theater, The Three Penny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) rolls on unstoppably into the 21st. In their opera “by and for beggars,” composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) […]
What better way to start the new year by learning a new language! Goethe Institute is offering now winter classes. You can choose from regular courses or quicker, intensive studies. They also offer courses with […]
Elke Miller-Schweigert, California How a happily married businesswoman and mother of two still found time to initiate the first full-time German-English immersion school and the first German kindergarten in Los Angeles. Whenever I see Elke […]
Blake Peters, Oregon Can four weeks at a German immersion summer camp influence the rest of a student’s life? For Blake Peters, it certainly did! Coming from a family with no second language experience, Blake […]
This legendary Matrix synchronization was lost for years and recently surfaced. Finally we get to enjoy Heinz Rühmann voicing Keanu Reeves’ Neo. Enjoy:
In 1885 German-Austrian pediatrician and university professor Theodor Escherich discovered the bacterium Escherichia coli, in short e.coli. He was awarded the doctorate in medicine in 1881 and only four years later made his major discovery. […]
A new event is being planned to raise funds for the Jasper High School Student Exchange Program. Oktoberfest 2010 is being presented by Sister Cities of Jasper, Inc. as a way to explain the exchange […]
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