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DAAD North America Photo Contest Winner Brooklyn Hortenstine

Brooklyn currently studies German at Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN) in hopes of becoming a teacher. From her very first trip abroad, her life has been transformed. Especially after her experience in Germany, she now serves both as an advocate for international friendships and for disabled people who may want to go abroad, as a wheelchair user herself. Her biggest hope for the future is that she can continue to spread her appreciation for the culture and inspire others while doing so.

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Meet DAAD Alumna Hanife Schulte

Hanife Schulte is a doctoral candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at Tufts University. Prior to Tufts, she received M.A. degrees in Theatre from Ankara University and Emerson College. She explores how theatre as performance responds to cultural, political, and social issues.

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Meet DAAD Alumna Saskia Schälicke

Saskia received a Bachelor in Geography and French from the Humboldt-Universität at Berlin. During her undergraduate degree she spent one year as an exchange student in Montreal with a DAAD scholarship. After completing her Master’s in Physical Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin she returned to Canada where she now works as an Education Abroad Advisor at the University of Calgary. Since 2016 she is part of the DAAD Alumni Board Canada.

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Stephani Richards-Wilson - DAAD Alumna

Dr. Richards-Wilson is the Director of Graduate Business Programs at Alverno College where she holds a tenure-track faculty position. She has been awarded several fellowships including two from DAAD.

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Christina Gerhardt - DAAD Alumna

Christina Gerhardt is Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. She has held visiting appointments at the Freie Universität, Harvard University, Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley. She has been awarded grants by many funding organisations, including DAAD.

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DAAD Young Ambassador Jemma Hwang

Jemma Hwang is a DAAD Young Ambassador, currently studying German and Bioengineering at the University of Georgia (UGA). She studied abroad in Germany for one year; first in Bonn and then in Karlsruhe. As a DAAD Young Ambassador, she helps promote study abroad in Germany on her home campus and supports DAAD at events such as most recently the Diversity Abroad conference and its Global Student Leadership Summit.

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DAAD Alumna Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips was born and raised in Hamburg. She studied Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg before attending Columbia’s MFA program and received several DAAD scholarships. Her work is currently on view at the New Museum in New York, and her first institutional solo exhibition will open April 15, 2018 at MoMA PS1, titled Failure Detection.

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DAAD Young Ambassador Megan Anderson

Megan Anderson is a senior at Northwestern University with a major in German and a minor in Chemistry.  She studied and lived abroad in Munich, Germany for 11 months with the support of a DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship. As a DAAD Young Ambassador she helps fellow students find relevant DAAD funding opportunities.

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Declan Dwyer-McNulty - DAAD Young Ambassador

Declan Dwyer-McNulty spent the summer of 2015 studying abroad in Bonn. A student at the State University of New York at Geneso, he spent his time in Germany taking classes on German language and culture as well as American environmentalism.

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Dietrich Wolf Fenner

Dietrich Wolf Fenner is the new program director of the German Academic International Network (GAIN). He designs and organizes events and workshops to aid German researchers in North America with their professional development.

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