WG Life
by Liz Bodenman ‘20 Deciding to live in a WG (Wohngemeinschaft) was one of the best decisions I’ve made during my study abroad experience in Bremen thus far, if not THE best. There are several reasons...
View ArticleBerlin Excursion January 2019
Stasi by Sandi Kadric ‘20 We visited the Stasi Museum and prison. We learned about the operations of Stasi, and how involved they were in East and somewhat West Germany. In the museum, we saw how many...
View ArticleGRMN 340: Comparative Cultures
When I first enrolled into the course, I was skeptical at what we would be discussing, because as an American raised in the 21st century, I’ve never had to think much about Germans in the context of...
View ArticleCommunity Service at Retirement Home
by Sandi Kadric ’20 Every Tuesday at 3pm, a group of Dickinson students visited the retirement home in Bremen to talk to four over 90-year-old women. The women came from different areas in Germany such...
View ArticleVienna Excursion
In February/March, 2019, we went to Vienna again for a one-week trip. Please read about a few of the highlights: The Schönbrunn Palace would be the most impressive part of the Vienna excursion. As an...
View ArticleKurth-Voigt and Bremen: My Opportunity to Explore my Passion
by Liz Bodenman ’20 In the first semester of my time at Uni Bremen, I had the privilege of utilizing funds granted to me through the Dickinson German department’s Kurth-Voigt Research Prize. Securing...
View ArticleCooking Workshop
Along with many other changes you face when you study abroad, food is something that you have to consider when moving to a completely new country. At Dickinson, we have many different on-campus food...
View ArticleBremen Night Run
by James Moore ’20 All of the students in the Dickinson in Bremen program decided, in February, to run a 5k. It was on a Friday in mid-May at around 8:30 pm, starting at the town square. It was not...
View ArticleInternship at Clinic
by Sandi Kadric ’20 I did a an internship at for the last 2 weeks in March and every Friday from April to July. I shadowed a nurse anesthesiologist. They are very nice, and they are very helpful in...
View ArticleUrban Gardening in Delmenhorst
by Liz Bodenman ’20 Over the course of the Spring Semester, I had the pleasure of participating in an Urban Gardening course called “Projekt Seminar Wollepark,” in which students would travel to the...
View ArticleMeeting a famous politician
by Dr. Janine Ludwig On May 19, 2019, we had the great pleasure to visit Dr. Rudolf Seiters who had been the Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Office of the German Chancellery of the...
View Article5th Dickinson College Public Lecture
“Germany’s Role in Defending Europe and the Emergence of a New European Security Architecture” with Prof. Andrew T. Wolff Andy Wolff (l.) and Rick Yoneoka (r.) On June 5, 2019, Andy Wolff, Dickinson...
View ArticleDay of the Fans at Werder Bremen
On Aug 3, 2019, in preparation for the new season, our soccer team Werder Bremen played a friendly vs. Premier League’s FC Everton – an unspectatcular 0:0. That meay sound a little lame, but...
View ArticleFinding a WG
by Liam Pauli ’21 In deciding to come to Bremen for the fall semester, I thought a lot about the chance to live in a Wohngemeinschaft (WG), a shared flat with other German students. It was an...
View ArticleFilm Night: “Free to Rock – How Rock & Roll Helped End the Cold War”
by Zoey Tu ‘21 On November 13, a film event was held by the Durden Dickinson Program in Bremen, at the suggestion of the U.S. Consulate General Hamburg. It was also a featured event for all students...
View ArticleBremen 2019
by Jack Xia ’20 This is a verdict from a person who grew up in Beijing, a city of 20 million people. It is a recollection of my exchange semester at Bremen. To summarize, I want to show you how Bremen...
View ArticleAnnual Report 2018-19
Again, a year has passed. Another group of students has spent a semester or year in Bremen and has gone back to Dickinson for their senior year. Please find our program report on this past academic...
View ArticleSummary statements on Bremen 2018-19
by Corson, Liz, and James ’20 “The best thing about studying abroad in Bremen is the degree of freedom that one has. The German school system and the Dickinson in Germany program emphasize individual...
View ArticleNature Ranking: University of Bremen among the best worldwide
© University of Bremen International top spot for the University of Bremen in natural sciences – Their scientists are among the best from young universities worldwide. The renowned Nature Index ranks...
View ArticleAcademic Internship
by Corson Ellis ’21 IHMG conference © J. Ludwig From March until August of 2019, I helped the International Heiner Müller Society (IHMG) and Dr. Ludwig, the Academic Director for Dickinson in Bremen,...
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