Project Search for Traces

January 29, 2009, 4 pm, Ford Atrium

In time for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Millersville is hosting an exhibition on “Icons of a Border Installation,”  a photographic search for traces of the Berlin Wall in today’s Berlin. The exhibition, based on photos taken by students of the University of Paderborn and accompanied by German and English texts, is sponsored by the Goethe Institute and shown in various locations in the US. To open the exhibit, there will be a presentation by Ms. Cornelia Jarasch, Political and Cultural Affairs Consul, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York, and Dr. Marianne Washburn, Pedagogical Liaison Officer of the Goethe Institute New York, followed by a reception. The exhibit will be at Millersville until Feb. 13. For more information, please contact Dr. Susanne Nimmrichter, Department of Foreign Languages, at extension 3529. 

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2005: The Year of Languages

Under the guidance and stewardship of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL),
2005 will be celebrated as The Year of Languages in the United States.

The goal of The Year of Languages (YOL) celebration is to advance the concept that
every American should develop proficiency not only in English, but in other languages as well. 

Click www.yearoflanguages.org for more information.

German Immersion Weekend:

Teaching Speaking Skills
February 25-26, 2005
Millersville University, Bolger Conference Center
Facilitator: Dr. Sabine Dinsel, pedagogical liaison officer of the Goethe Institute New York

The workshop starts with a dinner on Friday at 6 pm, followed by a work session until 9 pm.
The Saturday workshop lasts from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Registration: $55 (Stipends are available for new teachers and student teachers)