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  • Christkindlmarket on Broadway quickly growing into Green Bay tradition | Green Bay Press-Gazette

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    GREEN BAY – On Broadway Inc. wasn’t sure what to expect it when it introduced Green Bay to its first Christkindlmarket in 2022, but it didn’t take long to get its answer. People loved it. Using funds awarded through a grant, On Broadway created a pilot Christkindlmarket to see if there was public interest in a traditional German-style holiday…

  • Prof. David Coury receives new publication

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    Editorial Student

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    UW-Green Bay Humanities & German professor, David Coury has published a new article titled, “Giving immigrants a voice: exploring migration and identity in the video series Germania” in a special issue of the journal Papeles del CEIC, the International Journal on Collective Identity Research. Published by the University of the Basque Country (Spain), the article…

  • Film Screening; Sophie Scholl: the Final Days, Oct. 27

    Film Screening; Sophie Scholl: the Final Days, Oct. 27

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Please note.. Event was listed on Oct. 26 in error. The German program, through a grant from the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. will hold a free screening of the 2005 film Sophie Scholl: the Final Days, detailing the resistance group the White Rose in 1940s Nazi Germany. The event is Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021…

  • Germany-Jewish Relations Past and Present series features poster session, presentation (Oct. 21)

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    Sue Bodilly

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    As a part of Time to Act: Germany-Jewish Relations Past and Present series of events this semester, a poster presentation of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose will be on display on the fourth floor of the Cofrin Library through Oct. 31, 2021. Prof. Clif Ganyard will offer thoughts on her story at a reception…

  • Faculty note: Prof. Coury edits collection of essays

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Prof. David Coury (Humanities, German, and Global Studies) has co-edited with Prof Karolin Machtans (Connecticut College) a collection of essays on German-Iraqi writer Abbas Khider. This international volume with contributions from scholars in five countries is the first full-length study of this award-winning writer, whose novels have been praised for reflecting the experiences of refugees…

  • Alumna interviewed on German television about elections

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay alumna Katie von Holzen ’09, (German and Psychology) who now lives and works in Germany was interviewed on German television about Americans abroad voting and following the election. See the interview.  

  • UW-Green Bay mourns the loss of alumna, local German teacher

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay learned yesterday of the passing of Heidi Hussli, a 1997 graduate of UW-Green Bay. The announcement about her passing came from administrators at Bay Port High School, where she taught German: “The purpose of this communication is to inform you of sad news involving one of our staff members. We are deeply saddened…

  • First German Honor Society inductees named

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    Sue Bodilly

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    This year, UW-Green Bay was granted a new chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the national German Honor Society. Founded in 1929, Delta Phi Alpha recognizes students with a minimum 3.3 GPA in college-level German courses. This spring, UW-Green Bay inducted eight members as its first and initial cohort: Alex Alberts, Ross Cox, Caitlin Curtis, Miranda…

  • Professers Coen and Coury write about ‘political implications of pandemic language’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay professors Alise Coen (Political Science, Public & Environmental Affairs) and David Coury (Humanities and German, Global Studies) combined their expertise across disciplines to write about the political implications of pandemic language. See CAHSS and Effect for their piece, Political Talk: The Political Implications of Pandemic Language.