Dear all,
If you are thinking of switching the grading option for one of your classes to Pass/Fail, the deadline for doing so is tomorrow (Monday 9/21).
See the “Conversation Hours, German Lab” section below for information about “German Convo on the Go,” “German Convo, Home Edition,” and the Max Kade Kaffeestunde and Deutschtisch, all taking place weekly.
Here is a link for reserving study spaces on campus.
The German Club is hosting a virtual game night this Thursday, September 24; 7-8 p.m. Please RSVP by midnight on Wednesday if you are thinking of attending, so you can be added to a team. $5 virtual amazon gift cards for each member of the winning team 🙂
Check out the FU/Best Lecture series (e.g. for an AMD in German 101, 102 or 221/231). A 45-minute lecture is released each Wednesday; a recording of the Lecture can be accessed anytime after that date (just expand the description to see the link). Topics include e.g. Jewish-German Life – Then and Now; Young Culture: Hip Hop and Street Art as Expressions of Youth Identity in Germany; Multicultural Berlin: The Dynamics of Muslim Cosmopolitanism; etc.
Professor Andy Markovits, a past winner of the Golden Apple Award, will present his latest book, The Boundaries of Pluralism: The World of the University of Michigan’s Jewish Students from 1897 to 1945 on Thursday, September 24.
Check out the arts.umich.edu “Attend at Home” event listing for this week. Each week’s listing includes a wide range of exciting events, e.g.
- that week’s Penny Stamps Lecture (A high-profile artist or public figure speaks about their work each week. These lectures are a highlight of UM’s intellectual life. If you aren’t aware of this series, please read more about the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series here, where you can also see a list of upcoming speakers). This week’s speaker, Dr. Kate Stone, has spent the last decade on a journey of discovery from the world of science to creative design, and her focus on moving electrons eventually led to the creation of her groundbreaking company, Novalia.
- The Future Of Art: Is The Future Of Art The Death Of Art?
- Race, Inequality, Policing And The 2020 Election
- Developing A More Inclusive Approach To Design With Rootoftwo
- Be Informed: How To Sort Fact From Fiction Before The Election
The Goethe Institut in Chicago is streaming German short films on German Reunification Day, Saturday. October 3. Please register beforehand.
The “German Lab” is a virtual office hour taking place Monday-Thursday 1-4 pm. You can ask shorter and longer questions, come for conversation practice, help with homework etc. Here is more info about the German Lab – please take advantage of this great resource! Please sign up in advance on the German Lab Signup: instructors will check the signup at the beginning of their German Lab hour, and will leave the lab for that hour if no one has signed up.
Other highlights from this week’s email, and what section to check for more details:
- Conversation Opportunities – Conversation Hours, German Lab
- Study Abroad, Internships, Scholarship Deadlines – Study Abroad/Internships/Scholarship Info
- Advising Info – German Courses & Majoring/Minoring in German
- Conversation Partner Options – Miscellaneous
- International Center Global Engagement and Education Abroad email list – Miscellaneous
- Student Resources for Learning Remotely; Virtual BlueCorps office hours for students – Miscellaneous
- Study Advice: “Adjusting Your Study Habits During COVID” – Miscellaneous
- Finding German Films and Series Online – Miscellaneous
German Conversation Hours – “German Convo on the Go” (Tuesday, September 22, 5-6 p.m., Bell Tower) and “German Convo Home Edition (Wednesday, September 23, 6-7 p.m. EDT, Virtual)
German Club: “Spieleabend“ (Thursday, September 24; 7-8 p.m., Virtual – RSVP Required)
Max-Kade Event: “Deutschtisch“ (Sunday, September 20 & 27; 6-7 p.m., Virtual)
Max-Kade Event: “Kaffeestunde“ (Thursday, September 24; 8-9 p.m., Virtual)
Andrei Markovits, “The Boundaries of Pluralism: The World of the University of Michigan’s Jewish Students from 1897 to 1945” (Thursday, September 24; 7 p.m., Virtual)
Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) – Information Session (Monday, October 5, 11-12 p.m., Virtual – RSVP Required)
#GermanyInMyFuture: 2020 Annual DAAD Photo Contest (Tuesday, September 22; 5 p.m., Extended Application Deadline)
“SHORT Export – Made in Germany 2020” (RSVP to watch German short films on Oct 3: Saturday, October 3; 7-11 p.m. EDT, Virtual – RSVP Required)
“German Convo on the Go” (Tuesdays 5-6) and “German Convo Home Edition” (Wednesdays 6-7) will meet weekly. More details:
- “German Convo on the Go” will take place in person, outdoors, Tuesdays from 5-6, meet at the Bell Tower facing the League between 5-5:10 and then, weather permitting, we’ll head out from there for a chat and stroll. Email Mary Gell at magell@umich.edu if you are late and need to find the group.
- “German Convo Home Edition” will take place remotely each week, regardless of the weather conditions on the internet (haha). Here is the Zoom link.
- All students at all levels are welcome to come and chat in German at both meetings!
Look for links to Max Kade events (Kaffeestunde, Deutschtisch, Yoga auf Deutsch) in the “Upcoming Deadlines and Events” section!
LRC Conversation Partner Site
Go to this page to sign up or find a conversation partner. Please notify the LRC if you notice problems (e.g. outdated records etc.). Don’t be shy: the more people sign up, the better the site will work!
Ann Arbor Stammtisch
- We assume Stammtisch is on hiatus for now. Please let us know if you have information about virtual meetings of the Stammtisch, so we can include it here!
- A German Stammtisch meets once a week, usually on Thursdays at 8:00 pm at Grizzly Peak or another bar near Main Street. Join the email list to stay up-to-date on where and when the group will meet.
- There’s also a facebook page: look for “German Table / Stammtisch”
- Alternatively, contact Mechthild Heerde-Olind at heerdeolind@yahoo.com for the current location and for more information.
- This is NOT something you can do to make up an absence, but you can still go for fun and/or write about it for an AMD.
German Club: “Spieleabend“ (Thursday, September 24; 7-8 p.m., Virtual – RSVP Required)
The German Club works to connect students of all levels with a passion for German language and culture to opportunities for language practice, cultural events, and networking! This semester, its events have been adjusted to allow for fully remote participation, and you are encouraged to come to as many or few as you would like! In addition to virtual Stammtisch (German conversation table), the German Club will offer online game nights where you can win German Club swag, virtual German cook-alongs, tutoring, and more.
Email germaneboard@umich.edu to get put on the email list, or “like” the club on Facebook at facebook.com/germanclubumich for updates!
Faculty Advisors Mary Rodena-Krasan & Kalli Federhofer
Contact our two faculty advisors, Mary or Kalli, for advice on study abroad, internships abroad, a German major/minor, upper-level German courses, career opportunities in German, study-abroad and work-abroad opportunities, etc.
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- Mary and Kalli will advise you remotely. Email them or see the info below to find out whether/when they are available to advise you in Spring/Summer.
- Mary Rodena-Krasan (mkrasan@umich.edu):
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Mary’s available office hours this week:Monday, September 21: 1-2:30 p.m.,and by appointmentMary’s Link for Office Hours: https://umich.zoom.us/
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- Karl-Georg Federhofer (kallimz@umich.edu):
- Kalli’s available office hours this week:
Monday, September 21: 10-11 a.m., 1:30-3, 8-10 p.m.,Tuesday, September 22: 8:30-2 p.m., 4-5., 8-10 p.m.,Wednesday, September 23: 10-11 a.m., 2-6, 8-10 p.m.,Thursday, September 24: 1:30-3:30 p.m., 8-10 p.m.,Friday, September 25: 10-11 a.m., 1:30-6 p.m.,Sunday, September 27: 8-10 p.m.,and by appointmentKalli’s Zoom Link for Office Hours: https://umich.zoom.us/
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- Kalli’s available office hours this week:
- To reach either advisor: germanadvising@umich.edu
- You can also schedule appointments with Mary & Kalli by clicking here
- …and you can contact Kalli via text message (734-277-7341) or via Facebook (Kalli Federhofer)
German Peer Advisors/Mentors
If you would like to get in touch with a peer mentor in our Department, please write to: germanmentors@umich.edu. Their expertise includes:
- Current classes and potential courses
- Study abroad, internship, and traveling in Germany
- Academic requirements (major/minor, LSA language requirement) and combination (engineering, pre-health, etc.)
- Max Kade House
- Departmental scholarships/fellowships
- On- and off-campus German opportunities (German Club, German Day, etc.)
- Career/job search
- Getting involved – enhancing your undergraduate experience with the German Department
- Cultural Vistas – Summer 2021 Internships in Germany (Thursday, December 3; Application Deadline)
- Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) (Tuesday, December 1; Application Deadline)
- LSA Internship Funding Page
This page will only include entries in this category when there is a job/internship etc. aimed at German students at all levels. To see more internship and job opportunities, scroll through Kalli’s blog, addressed to all upper-level German students
There are two German Department facebook groups:
- “German Advising at University of Michigan” [Read news here!]
- Join this group to see much of the information you see in this email, as well as other relevant info, in the form of individual announcement posts.
- “German Program at University of Michigan – Vorwärts Blau!” [Post things here!]
- You are encouraged to join this group to in order to read and post interesting/fun items related to German language and culture. If you have trouble joining the group or posting something, please email Hartmut!
AND there is a German Department facebook page. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/umichGerman/
You can find weekly updates similar to this email but with lots more content on this blog.
We also encourage you to join us on our LinkedIn site: ‘University of Michigan German Department’
You can also follow us on Twitter: @umichGerman
Conversation Partner Options: Various options for finding conversation partners are listed on this page.
Sign up here for the International Center’s Global Engagement and Education Abroad email list. Weekly emails include info on workshops regarding travel and work abroad, conversation groups, cultural info sessions etc. SEHR interessant!
Here is a link for reserving study spaces on campus.
Study Advice: “Adjusting Your Study Habits During COVID”
- If you are looking for ways to structure studying under these new circumstances, here is some great advice for adjusting your study habits. VIELEN Dank to the German Club’s Paul Chamberlain for finding this. It is full of excellent advice. I am a big fan of the “Pomodoro method” for focussed “mono-tasking.”
Student Resources for Learning Remotely; Virtual BlueCorps office hours for students
- LSA Technology has created this Learning Remotely Student Resources page.
- BlueCorps is providing face-to-face virtual office hours for students Monday-Friday, 10am to 4pm. Students can drop in by clicking on this link. BlueCorps is also available by email at bluecorps@umich.edu.
Finding German Films and Series
- Check the Telescope website for info on German films and series worth watching, including trailers and details on where they are available online.
- Here is a survey of German film series that you can watch in the US, compiled by the Goethe Insitute.
- Here is another list of German television and shows available on Netflix and Amazon Prime. The rankings seem arbitrary, but the descriptions and availability info are very helpful.