华盛顿，宾夕法尼亚州(2022年5月11日)——w&J juniors Hannah Luttringer and Holly Troesch are really going places. Or, rather, one particular place: Lüneburg, Germany.
两个德语专业, Luttringer and Troesch recently received study abroad scholarships from the national German honor society, (DPA), and, 作为五位获奖者中的两位, will spend the Fall 2022 semester learning in Lüneburg.
“It’s a smaller city that’s linked to larger travel hubs,卢特林格说, 谁也是数学专业的, 华盛顿研究员, and a tutor with the American Association of Teachers of German’s SPARK for German program. “So, I will really be able to learn the German culture, having the ability to access these larger cities.”
Troesch, 德语和生物学双学位, 德语PAL导师, 在德语俱乐部担任领导, agreed that access to larger cities will expand her experience, but added that Lüneburg itself may provide a crash-course on culture.
“It is just such a beautiful little town,” she said. “我喜欢小城镇! They seem to be much more immersive, and they feel like home, really.”
Of course, Luttringer and Troesch are making the transcontinental trek to lavish more than just the local color. As part of the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC), they will take a variety of courses on German culture, literature, history, and composition at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Though the German university is far from their Pennsylvania college, both students said W&J has made their journey the school possible, mostly through the work of professors.
“W大学的德国教授们&J are some of the best people you will ever meet, and they constantly go out of their way to make sure we succeed,特罗施说, noting that German professors made both she and Luttringer aware of the DPA scholarships. “Dr. 迈克尔·肖内西博士. Judith Atzler, and Professor Cathy Altmeyer have done an excellent job preparing me for this opportunity, and just being one out of five picked for this national scholarship…really makes me want to make the German Department proud.”
Luttringer shares Troesch’s gratitude for the scholarship and department.
“我非常感激，”她说. “Dr. Shaughnessy was the first German professor I had a class with at W&J, and he was the reason I became a German major. He saw more potential in my abilities, when it came to learning and using the German language, 比我自己做的还要多.”
充满了安静的自信, Luttringer and Troesch are excited for their adventures ahead—even those beyond Lüneburg.
毕业后, Luttringer plants to apply for a Fulbright grant to teach English in a German-speaking country, while Troesch plans to pursue a career in wildlife care and conservation.
“I have a passion for communicating science to the public,特罗施说, “and would love to connect Germany with the United States on important scientific topics.”
About 的 and their Fall/Winter German Study Abroad Scholarship
成立于1926年, 德国国家荣誉协会, 的, seeks to recognize excellence in the study of German and to provide an incentive for higher scholarship. The Society aims to promote the study of the German language, literature and civilization and endeavors to emphasize those aspects of German life and culture which are of universal value and which contribute to humanity’s eternal search for peace and truth.
The Fall/Winter German Study Abroad Scholarship is open to members of 的 who plan to study abroad in a German-speaking country during a fall/winter semester. Preference is given to applicants who demonstrate the want to promote the advanced use of the German language, whose study abroad program is of six weeks or more, and who incorporate the study abroad experience into their major and/or career goals.
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