{"620731":{"#nid":"620731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Halle Foundation Awards Donation for Graduate Study and Career Education in German Studies at Georgia Tech ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Halle Foundation has made a generous donation to the School of Modern Languages German Program to support graduate programs, study abroad, and career education, including several full scholarships for master\u2019s students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Halle Foundation strives to promote understanding, knowledge, and friendship between the people of Germany and the United States. \u201cThe Foundation\u2019s unprecedented generosity has supported hundreds of students to learn German, study and intern abroad, and launch global careers in engineering, international relations, business, and sustainability,\u201d said Dr. Britta Kallin, Director of the German Program and Associate Professor of German.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Claus Halle Graduate Assistantships in German Studies will fully fund two students to pursue a Master of Science in Global Media and Cultures in 2019-2020, with a focus in German. The School of Modern Languages is excited to announce that Kestra James and William Thomas will receive the assistantship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKestra James is from Raleigh, NC. She will graduate from East Carolina University this May with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in English and German studies. After a service-learning trip to Munich in 2016, Kestra became interested in the German refugee crisis and is now interested in working on migration, its depiction through media, and minority groups in Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWill Thomas was born and raised in the Atlanta area. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in International Affairs and German, Will plans on joining a summer research team at the Technical University of Munich and will then take part in the Congressional Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals before returning to Georgia Tech for the Global Media and Cultures Master\u0027s Program in 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Master of Science in Global Media and Cultures is a one year Master\u2019s degree that offers humanities education for the 21st century. The curriculum provides advanced training in necessary skills such as communication and cultural leadership and prepares students for careers in international business, non-profit, media, social justice, and education. The program not only teaches language skills, but also shows how media, language, and culture shape human society and impact innovation. Students are able to pursue a personalized program of study that prepares them for their specific career goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Foundation\u2019s support has enabled Georgia Tech to produce what has now become one of the leading German programs nationwide, as well as a premier source of qualified employees for German companies in Georgia and throughout the United States, and internationally,\u201d said Dr. Anna Stenport, Chair of Modern Languages.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarting in Fall 2020, the German Program will also offer an M.S. and 5-year B.S.\/M.S. in Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, which will also be eligible for this award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Foundation also generously pledged support of the School\u2019s new interdisciplinary career education initiative, \u003Cem\u003EGlobal Career Intensive\u003C\/em\u003E, for the next three years. \u003Cem\u003EGlobal Career Intensive: Jumpstart your future with German\u003C\/em\u003E is an interdisciplinary program that showcases how language study can complement and further careers in STEM, business, and a variety of fields. The pilot program in August 2018 featured guest speakers from leading German companies in the Atlanta area, including a site visit to the German firm Grenzebach\u2019s North American headquarters, as well as resume and interview workshops conducted in German.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to three interdisciplinary majors, two master\u2019s degrees, and one of the oldest study abroad programs at the Institute, the Georgia Tech German Program hosts a chapter of the National German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha and a number of annual events that connect students to German companies and organizations throughout Georgia and the Southeastern United States.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Halle Foundation has made a generous donation to the School of Modern Languages German Program to support graduate programs, study abroad, and career education, including several full scholarships for master\u2019s students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Halle Foundation has made a generous donation to the School of Modern Languages German Program to support graduate programs, study abroad, and career education, including several full scholarships for master\u2019s students."}],"uid":"34878","created_gmt":"2019-04-22 16:28:26","changed_gmt":"2025-02-11 19:42:42","author":"ystrakovsky3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"612000","name":"Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11435","name":"Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College"},{"id":"174523","name":"Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emodlangs.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContact: Jenny Strakovsky, Assistant Director of\u0026nbsp;Graduate Progams and Career Education, School of Modern Languages.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["strakovsky@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}