Philip Husom (BA, German Studies, 2008)

He has been accepted into the graduate program in Political Science at Purdue University.

Kellie Holler (BA, German Studies,2006)

Kellie completed her MA in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Foreign Language program at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, taught English and studies Spanish in Honduras, and has returned to the U.S. to work for Lexia International, a study abroad organization based in New Hampshire.

GSD students awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

James Pasternak and Anne Wallen have been awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships by the University of Minnesota Graduate School, for the academic year 2009-2010. These fellowships, awarded in a University-wide competition, offer one year of support to advanced graduate students researching and writing their dissertations.

Adam Oberlin nominated for prizes at SASS

Germanic medieval studies graduate student Adam Oberlin has been nominated for the best graduate student paper and best graduate student history paper prizes at the 2009 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study conference in Madison, Wisconsin. His paper is entitled "Hákon Hákonarson's Norway and Crusading as Institution."

Jack Zipes awarded Graduate School grant

Professor Emeritus Jack Zipes has been awarded a Professional Development Grant for Retirees from the Graduate School for the project "De-Disneyfying the Fairy-Tale: A Social and Cultural History of the Fairy-Tale Film in America and Europe."

German undergraduate receives Birkelo Scholarship

German and global studies major Jonathan Rabb received a Selmer Birkelo Scholarship, CLA's most prestigious merit award for undergraduates.

Anja Shepela receives travel grant

Anja Shepela has been awarded a Zantop Travel Award from the Coalition of Women in German, to support archival research in Berlin during summer 2009.