Meet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Ann Hudson
Her interest is bringing the German and French speaking worlds to the elementary levels of the Dickinson classroom. Her specialty in second language acquisition is teaching not only how to communicate...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Antje...
Prof. Pfannkuchen arrived at Dickinson in 2009. After living in Berlin, NYC and London, Carlisle was a bit of a change, but by now (and especially during the pandemic) small-town living has grown on...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Todd Bryant
Todd Bryant is an adjunct faculty member in the German department and the liaison to the foreign language departments for the department of instructional media services. He focuses on bringing...
View ArticleMeet the people behind the Durden Dickinson Bremen Program: Leandra Thiele
Leandra Thiele holds a bachelor’s degree in English-Speaking Cultures and Linguistics from the University of Bremen and will soon complete her master’s degree in English-Speaking Cultures. She was an...
View ArticleBremen’s Rhododendron-Park is in full bloom!
At the Rhododendronpark in Bremen, visitors get to enjoy one of the largest collection worldwide of these unusual, beautiful flowers: The park offers over 1,000 types of Rhododendron and Azalea bushes...
View ArticleWhen we will be able to travel again… Part II
by Dr. Janine Ludwig Right now, things are looking much brighter with regard to the pandemic, and we are hopeful that we will be able to travel again at some point. We are looking forward to offering...
View ArticleWhen we will be able to travel again… Part III
Germany is opening up, and people are planning their vacation. We are hoping to explore sites and places with our students, rich in culture and history as well as vibrant and lively in the present....
View Article50 Years of University of Bremen
© GfG / Gruppe für Gestaltung This year marks the 50th birthday of the University of Bremen. To celebrate half a century of Uni Bremen, the university offers a wide range of various events throughout...
View ArticleBreminale 2021
© Ingrid Krause / BTZ Bremer Touristik-Zentrale After the Breminale – Bremen’s annual music festival at the river Weser – had to be suspended last year due to the pandemic, the people of Bremen and...
View ArticleHallo Heidelberg!
Hallo from beautiful Heidelberg! This year’s Dickinson in Bremen students, Kathryn Baker ’23 and Brendan Harlan ’22 spent all of September doing intensive language courses in Heidelberg, Germany as a...
View ArticleLanguage Program in Heidelberg
by Kathryn Baker ’23 Before I arrived in Heidelberg, I didn’t know what to expect in terms of the German intensive course at the Heidelberger Pädagogium. I was especially nervous because I had not had...
View ArticleJoining a German Language Program in Beautiful Heidelberg
by Brendan Harlan ’22 The Dickinson in Bremen (DiB) program has students begin their German abroad experience not in Bremen, but instead in another city. The German Fall semester doesn’t start until...
View ArticleThe WG Search
by Brendan Harlan ’22 Ever since I started planning to study abroad in Bremen, I wanted to live in a Wohngemeinschaft (WG). WG’s are shared apartments. From info sessions, professors, and conversations...
View ArticleOur New Scholarship Flyer is Here!
University of Bremen students listen up: Our new scholarship flyer for the academic year 2022-23 has arrived! The flyer provides you with all the necessary information about our scholarship programs...
View ArticleFree Webinar –“A Most Unusual Election: How the German Party System Works,...
by Dr. Janine Ludwig In this webinar, Professor Janine Ludwig will explain the German party system and its complicated voting system. She’ll discuss what the parties stand for, which coalitions they...
View ArticleBremen Christmas Markets
by Kathryn Baker ’23 I’ve already visited the Bremen Christmas markets twice, and it’s amazing. It is absolutely gorgeous at night and it always smells delicious. I would highly recommend trying the...
View ArticleGoing to a Werder Bremen Game
by Brendan Harlan ’22 A while ago, before the COVID numbers were spiking, I was lucky enough to see a Werder Bremen soccer match. Going to a Werder Bremen game was on my bucket list of things to do...
View ArticleChristian Wulff Speech
On November 15th, 2021, Brendan Harlan ’22 and Dr. Janine Ludwig had the opportunity to attend a speech by Christian Wulff, the 10th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2010-2012), on the...
View ArticleThanksgiving Dinner 2021
Even though Christmas is just around the corner, we still wanted to share some photos from our Thanksgiving Dinner this year, organized by the Carl-Schurz Deutsch-Amerikanischer Club! Every year, the...
View ArticleNew article by Dr. Janine Ludwig: “Study abroad is back, but has it changed...
Dr. Janine Ludwig, our program’s academic director, just published a new article at University World News in which she discusses the future of international student exchange in light of the pandemic....
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