News from the 4th Floor in Lovejoy

2005-2006

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Brunch German Department

Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 10:30 a.m.
Family Weekend! Students of German, family and friends, please join the German Faculty for brunch in the Fairchild Room of Dana Dining Hall.

Welcome to the New Academic Year

German and Russian is having an OPEN HOUSE on Friday, September 9, 2005 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 pm in the department hallway on the 4th floor in Lovejoy.
Please stop by and meet faculty and new and returning students of German.
Cookies and lemonade and lots to talk about!

Placement Test

Students who have selected a German course above the 125 level, and do not have credit for the SAT-II or Advanced Placement Exam on file at Colby's registrar MUST take Colby's language placement test during orientation before classes start.
The German Placement Exam is on:
Monday, September 5, 2005 (Labor Day)
10:45 am - noon
Lovejoy 213

Placement is determined by the test score. A score of:

20 - 45 places a student in GM 125
46 - 53 in GM 126
54 - 61 in GM 127
62 - 63 in GM 127 or GM 128
64 - 80 see faculty for advice

If you want to familiarize yourself with the format of this multiple choice test go to http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/practice_questions.html

Award Recipients 2004-2005

Certificates for outstanding achievements in German and book prizes, generously provided by the German Consulate General in Boston, were presented to:

Tomas Vorobjov '06, for Beginning German, GM 126
Nikky Wong '07, for Intermediate German, GM 128
Melanie Unger '08, for Advanced German, GM 231

Justin Dubois '05, Katja Ghelli '05, Lubos Hudec '05,
Matt Ruby '05, Katie Ryckman '06j, and Maria Sanders '05
for the Senior Seminar GM 493.

Zachary Haas '07, received the endowed annual Harrington Putnam German Prize.

Congratulations to all of you!

Three Fulbrights!

Congratulations to our graduating German majors Katja Ghelli, Matt Ruby and Maria Sanders. They won a Fulbright scholarship and will be English teaching assistants at a Gymnasium in Germany next year. Katja is placed in Schleswig-Holstein, Matt in Rheinland-Pfalz, and Maria will be teaching in Linz, Austria.

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