Leo Riegert (Ph.D., 2005) awarded tenure

Leo Riegert, who earned his Ph.D. in our department in 2005, has been awarded tenure at Kenyon College in Ohio.

Melissa Wicker to participate in MN Goes to Berlin Program

Melissa Wicker, a double major with GSD and History, will participate in the Minnesota Goes to Berlin Program in Summer 2014.

Students awarded GSD Scholarships

The following students have been awarded GSD scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year.

• Alexandra Angoli: Finnish Connection Scholarship


• Riley Feldmann: a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Evelina Knodel: Gerhard Weiss Memorial Scholarship


• Seth Moline: Mary Ann Wilson Hansen Scholarship for Scandinavian Studies


• Wensi Wang: Hirschbach Study Abroad Scholarship & a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Melissa Wicker: a Max Kade Travel Grant


• Harry Wohl: a Max Kade Travel Grant

Taya Poplin-Redhouse awarded Birkelo Scholarship

Taya Poplin-Redhouse, a GSD major, has been awarded a Selmer Birkelo Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.

Selmer Birkelo Scholarships provide one year of scholarship support for approximately 14 outstanding College of Liberal Arts students majoring in fields relating to history, modern languages, classics, or the social and behavioral sciences.

Emily Parrent awarded Talle Family Scholarship

Emily Parrent, a German minor, has won a Talle Family Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.

The Talle Family Scholarships inspire, reward, and support high achieving students representative of the academic excellence of the College of Liberal Arts with full senior-year scholarships. The award is highly competitive; only ten students out of the college's more than 14,000 undergraduates receive the scholarship each year.

Michael Demianiuk (B.A., 2013) awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Michael Demianiuk, who graduated from the University of Minnesota in Spring 2013 with a History major and a German minor, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to continue his studies and work in Germany. He is currently there as part of the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Program.

Matthias Rothe's Collaborative on Brecht funded by IAS

Matthias Rothe (GSD) and Lisa Channer (Theatre Arts & Dance) proposed the Research and Creative Collaborative "Brecht's America: Rehearsing Failure," which has been funded by the Institute of Advanced Studies for the academic year 2014-15. Details.

Prof. Rothe will direct the German Play, a long-standing department tradition, on "Brecht's Crisis (A Research Theater)" in Fall 2014.

Colleen Kim awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantship

Colleen Kim, a graduating senior and a German minor, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship for the 2014-15 academic year.