German and Accounting Major Garek Stanley ’20 interns at IFA

German + Accounting = Success! Just ask German and Accounting Major Garek Stanley ’20, who is interning at IFA in Finance this summer!

“Standing out in today’s job market is paramount to a successful business career. With the number of German companies growing in the Southeast, choosing a double major in Accounting and German is an avenue that has already paid great dividends to me as an Intern at IFA. My German language skills, paired with Accounting as a second major, sets me apart from others because I am able to communicate with co-workers from Germany and engage in daily Accounting/Business/Finance discussions in their native language. I look forward to what the future holds for me after graduation when I join the elite group of Accountants who operate seamlessly within a German company.”

Garek Stanley at his internship in the Finance department at IFA

German Industry in SC helps make CofC MBA program No. 1 in the nation for job placement

The College of Charleston’s MBA program was ranked no. 1 in the nation for job placement by the US News & World Report, and the College’s networks with Mercedes-Benz Vans and the other 160+ German companies in the state of South Carolina (totaling 32,000 direct jobs in SC) have a good deal to do with this success. Our networks with German industry are also a tremendous benefit to undergraduates who are studying Business, Communications, and STEM fields combined with German.CofC’s MBA No. 1 ranking for job placement (with quotes from Mercedes-Benz CEO Michael Balke)

German minor Brianna Mawra awarded CBYX fellowship to Germany

Congratulations to graduating German minor and Hospitality and Tourism Major Brianna Mawra ’18, who was awarded the prestigious Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals for 2018-19. The fellowship, whidch is funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State, annually provides 75 American and 75 German young professionals, between the ages of 18-24, the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries, studying, interning, and living with hosts on a cultural immersion program. Brianna is the 10th German major or minor to be awarded a CBYX fellowship since 2001.

Deutschland 1968! A live performance by the Students of German 468!

What do the political and artistic movements of the late 1960s in Germany have to tell us today in our own moment in 2018 in the United States? The sixteen students of “Deutschland 1968!” explore this question in a revue-style performance that includes self-written sketches as well as stagings and abridged performances of literary and theater texts from the era.

April 20th, 7pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium. Pre-premiere on April 19th at 3:30pm in Wells Fargo Auditorium (BCTR 115). Performance in German with English subtitles. Admission is free!

2nd CofC German-American Business Summit, February 8th, 11:30am-5pm, Stern Center

This Thursday, February 8th, the German Program, School of Business, and Career Center at the College of Charleston will host the 2nd German-American Business Summit in the Stern Center Ballroom. The summit will consist of a job and internship fair with 15 German companies from 11:30am-1:45pm, a keynote presentation by the CIO of Americas SAP, and a panel discussion on innovation in German-American Industry. For more information, see the summit website or listen to Dr. Morgan Koerner’s interview about the summit on ETV Radio’s South Carolina Business Review. To register, contact John King, kingj1@cofc.edu.

Dr. Nancy Nenno presents research on Black Austrians and Civic Identity at German Studies Association Conference

This weekend, Dr. Nancy Nenno will be presenting on her most recent research at the annual conference of the German Studies Asociation in San Diego. Her presentation, entitled “Black Austrians and Civic Identity: Charles Ofoedu and Operation Spring,” is part of the GSA Seminar “Making Democratic Subjectivities II: Margins, Centers, Intersection.”