Congratulations to our Macites!

Erin Crnkovich '12 won the DAAD Express Your German(y) photo contest this spring. In her words: "I took this photo in Munich while on a high school Latin class trip to Europe. The idea of the contest is to choose a favorite German word and take a photo in Germany that depicted the word. My word was "Sehnsucht" meaning desire, yearning."

Lydia Brosnahan ('13) won an essay contest sponsored by the Goethe Institute & European Academy in Berlin in which young people in North America and Europe were asked to write on the topic "Fascinating Europe." Lydia's essay was one of 6 chosen from the US and she was invited to participate in a workshop in Berlin in March that was designed to foster understanding between Europeans & North Americans.  She said it was a wonderful experience because as an anthropology major she learned quite a bit about the interesting differences between European and American culture. Lydia wrote a blog entry on the website on her reflections from the conference:

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Ruth Conkling ('11, German, Biology) has received a German Teaching Fulbright to be an English language teaching assistant for the 2011-12 academic year.

Carl Skarbek ('11, German & Environmental Studies) has been selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals next year.  The fellowship includes two months' intensive language training, four months at a German University where he will be studying ecological sciences, and a five month internship with a German company. 

Brooke McAdam ('09, German) has been awarded a prestigious Graduate Scholarship from DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service. The German equivalent of the Fulbright, the scholarship covers a full year of study at a German University.  Brooke will be studying at the Freie Universitat in Berlin on the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche.