Vienna Excursion 2014
Here are excerpts of what some of the Dickinson-in-Bremen students said about our recent trip to Vienna. First dinner with the group Margaret: What I enjoyed the most of the activities on my own was...
View ArticleVienna Excursion 2015 – Part I
From March 1 to March 6, the Dickinson-in-Bremen program traveled yet again to beautiful Vienna. The current group of students all wrote about their respective favorite activity. In Part I, read about...
View ArticleVienna Excursion 2015 – Part II
In the second part of our Vienna Blog, read about the Wiener Schatzkammer, the Marionette Theater and a performance of Mozart’s Magic Flute, the Sisi Museum, and the Albertina. Wiener Schatzkammer by...
View ArticleOffice Hour on July 1
The Dickinson-in-Bremen office hour will have to be canceled on July 1. If you have any questions, please come to the office hour tomorrow (June 24) or on July 8.
View ArticleDickinson-in-Bremen students donate money to local refugee organization
The current Dickinson-in-Bremen students decided to donate money to a refugee organization in Bremen. Read here the accounts of two of them: Rachel: After receiving some cash back from their health...
View ArticleThanksgiving Dinner 2014
On Saturday, the 30th of November, the “Deutsch-Amerikanische Club” invited us again to their Thanksgiving Dinner in Atlantic Grand Hotel Bremen. We celebrated a great party with them with live music,...
View Article“DICKINSON IN GERMANY” TURNS 30
“And they celebrated for three days and three nights.” This is not only typical for fairy-tale endings when the prince and his bride are happily married, but it also happens in the city of the famous...
View ArticleFirst week in Bremen: Orientation!
Day Four of orientation week: After all the introductions, lectures, and discoveries at the university, we needed a time-out and some relaxation. Thus, on Thursday night, we had a small celebration to...
View ArticleThe Annual Thanksgiving Dinner of the CSDAC
Every year, the Carl Schurz Deutsch-Amerikanischer Club hosts a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner. This year, it took place at the Atlantic Grand Hotel in the city center of Bremen. The red carpet was laid...
View ArticleBerlin, Berlin, wir fahren nach Berlin!
Meeting with Hans Modrow Our Berlin excursion began with the exciting and unique experience to meet the last Premier, or Chairman of the Council of Ministers, of the German Democratic Republic (East...
View ArticleHappy Holidays!
This year’s Christmas celebration served as a meeting place for current and former Dickinson-in-Bremen students as well as future and former OSAs, altogether a group of almost 20 people. We started off...
View ArticleUni Bremen Yearbook Featuring Dickinson
On February 23, 2016, the University of Bremen proudly presented its Yearbook 2015 and celebrated it with a reception. Since the focus of this yearbook is “cooperation,” it highlights Dickinson College...
View ArticleFußball: Dickinson-in-Bremen at the Weser Stadium
Helen and Ira On February 27, Dickinson-in-Bremen went to see Werder Bremen play against Darmstadt 98 (an ascender from the second league). Let’s say, the game was a little unfortunate – only a draw of...
View ArticleVienna Calling – Excursion 2016
Schönbrunn – Sehr schön indeed! From left to right: Ira, Phoebe, Carol, Helen, Janine Ludwig We were really lucky to experience the Schönbrunn Palace on the sunniest day of our excursion! Only a...
View ArticlePoland Excursion March 2016
Art exhibition along the city wall of Kraków. Kraków Old Town Our Dickinson-in-Poland excursion was very diverse and well-planned. The schedule provided us with friendly and knowledgable Polish tour...
View ArticleWelcome Back With Fulbright!
Rachel and Ezra happy. by Dr. Janine Ludwig As we learned today, two of the students who had spent the academic year 2014/15 in Bremen, will return to Germany on a Fulbright scholarship: Rachel...
View ArticlePoetic Alumnus
by Dr. Janine Ludwig Last week, I attended a Dickinson Resident Directors’ Meeting in Málaga, Spain, where the directors of several European Dickinson programs and staff from the CGSE met to engage in...
View ArticleWir sind Werder Bremen!
by Helen Schlimm Ira, Carol, Phoebe, Helen (fr. left t. right) I don’t believe that a true German study abroad experience would be complete without attending a real soccer game and finding oneself in...
View ArticleAnnual Report 2015-16
by Dr. Janine Ludwig Another year has gone by. Another group of students has spent a year in Bremen and has gone back to Dickinson for their senior year. Please find our program report on what we did...
View ArticleEmigration Museum: an Adventure Through Time and Genealogy
by Kate King Most people familiar with the German Department at Dickinson are aware that in Bremen full year students take one Dickinson course taught by Dr. Ludwig, better known as Janine, our...
View Article