Tuesday, August 8
11:30 pm: Book Grab
12:00 noon: lunch and conversation
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Northwest Indiana German Instructors
A chance to reconnect before the academic year begins. |
Every Wednesday
4 - 5 pm
German House Lobby
August 30
September 6, 13, 20, 27
October 4, 11, 18, 25
November 1, 8, 15, 29
December 6
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Kaffeestunde
Come and speak German over coffee and snacks. All ability levels invited and welcome!
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Tuesday, August 22
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Huegli Hall lawn |
Activities Fair
Find about the German Club and other organizations on campus.
Your hosts: Deborah Steffen, German Club Co-President
Amanda Trautman, German Club Activities Chair |
Friday - Saturday, August 25-26
German House first floor (accomodations in local hotels) |
"Mentoring for the Future: A Workshop for New and Newish Teachers" |
Monday, August 28
5:30 pm
German House "[Root] Beer Garden" (immediately west of German House) |
German Club Brat Fry
• Meet other German students;
• meet German exchange students from Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Rottenburg am Neckar;
• meet your German Club officers;
• find out the German Program's "Theme of the Year" for 2006-2007. |
Saturday, September 2
9:30 am departure, returning 4 pm
Coach transportation compliments of the German House (free of charge to exchange students from Germany and students enrolled in German courses)
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Road Trip: Shipshewana and Amishland
• Visit the Mennohof Museum (history of the Amish) together;
• explore Shipshewana (on your own); listen for Amish German!
• Bring your lunch or purchase it in Shipshewana at the Blue Gate restaurant. |
Tuesday, September 5
5:30 pm
pizza dinner
106 German House
RSVP to sarah.demaris@valpo.edu (because of the pizza dinner) |
VIEP Event
"Co-op in Germany: Perspectives from the First VIEP-Class"
Marc Meekma, Andrew Milleville, and Elizabeth Racop talk about VIEP's "Fourth-Year Experience." What is it like to study and work in Germany? |
Friday, September 8
4 pm
106 German House |
Tübingen Information Meeting
Sophomores (first-year students welcome too) must attend this meeting to learn about junior-year study in Tübingen and how to apply. If you aren't sure whether to study in Reutlingen or Tübingen, please attend. |
Wednesday, September 13
7 pm
234 Neils Science Center
refreshments provided |
International Film Festival
"Nirgendwo in Afrika" (Nowhere in Africa)
Germany, 2001. Director: Caroline Link
In German, English, and Swahili, with English subtitles (color, 141 minutes)
Brief introduction by Prof. Timothy Malchow
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September 17 - 23
Monday, September 18
4 pm
105 German House |
Visit from the Hochschule Reutlingen: Prof. Bernd Thomas
Reception for Prof. Thomas and his wife. Other details about this visit TBA. |
Tuesday, September 19
7 pm
106 German House |
Focus on Europe Special Lecture:
"Where in the World is Europe? European History and the End of Empire"
Professor Michael Geyer, Dept. of History, U. of Chicago |
Tuesday, September 26
5 pm
German House |
Delta Phi Alpha (German Honorary Society): Initiation
New initiates and current members will receive invitations. |
Tuesday, November 14
6 - 9 pm
Community Room, Christopher Center |
International Education Week (Nov. 13-17)
Open House
Let's have a German table; bring your scrapbooks from study abroad, etc... |
Tuesday, November 28
6:30 pm
German House |
Strauss Lecture: "The Strauss Dynasty of Vienna"
Provost Roy Austensen, Prof. of History, Valparaiso University |
Wednesday, November 29
3:30 pm
106 German House |
Information Meeting: German House Residency
Information about life in the German House, how to apply for 2007-2008, and a tour of the upstairs living space. |
