Great crowd assembled in the Nanotechnology Building, with wonderful guests from industry, donors, alumni and current students, and faculty. The energy and enthusiasm was palpable, all the way through the networking at the end of the event. Congrats to Dr. Hyoun-A Joo and her colleagues and students to organize this great opportunity to connect and learn.
Event Schedule
3:45 – 4 p.m. Registration and Information Tables
German Program, Office of International Education (OIE), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Georgia Tech German Club
4 – 4:15 p.m. Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Richard Utz, Senior Associate Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
John Lyon, School Chair, Charles Smithgall Jr. Institute Chair, and Professor of German, School of Modern Languages
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Introduction to the German Program at Georgia Tech
Hyoun-A Joo, Program Director in German and Assistant Professor of German
Studying German at Georgia Tech with Nicholas Oselette (German minor, LBAT)
Lindsey Alexander (B.S. GEML, intern abroad)
Tina Hilko (B.S. ALIS, study and intern abroad, CSOTY)
Stella John (M.S. ALIS)
4:30 – 4:55 p.m. Introduction of our Partners
Kathrin Köppe, Coordinator of Introductory Language Program in German and Senior Lecturer
Melanie Moltmann, Consul General of Germany
Urs Brönnimann, Consul General of Switzerland
Iman Stab, German-American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern US
Erika Burk, Vice President of Human Resources, Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Oliver Gorf, Executive Director, Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta
Christian Höferle, President and CEO, The Culture Mastery, LLC
4:55 – 5:10 p.m. Meet our Alumni
Britta Kallin, Associate Chair in the School of Modern Languages and Associate Professor of German
Anne Lashinsky, Senior Salesforce Consultant, MHP – A Porsche Company
Kelly Kloster Hon, Senior Manager, Product Development Engineering, BD
5:10 – 5:25 p.m. Appreciation of our Friends
Bettina Cothran, Georgia Tech Professor Emerita of German, The Dr. Bettina F. Cothran Scholarship
Eike Jordan, Chair & Trustee, The Halle Foundation
Barry Spurlock, Gail & Barry Study Abroad Scholarship
Jason Sodikin, ALIS and MATH 2023, LBAT 2023 participant, Cothran, Harvard Conference attendee with a scholarship from the Halle Foundation
Amelia Hoffs, aerospace engineering major with a minor in German, Vienna Early Immersion 2022 participant with a Spurlock Scholarship
Lauren Mellinger, chemical engineering major with a minor in German, LBAT 2023 participant with a Halle Foundation Scholarship
Sophia Stahl, B.S./M.S. ALIS student and “Halle Gateway” Scholarship Recipient
5:25 – 6:15 p.m. Networking Reception & Information Tables
German Program, Office of International Education (OIE), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Georgia Tech German Club
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