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To help promote ECU’s commitment to internationalization, we offer the following opportunities
for students to build leadership skills while they also help the community:
Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society
Open by invitation to German majors and minors with a minimum GPA of 3.0. The Society is involved in outreach to the campus and local community. Interested students should contact Prof. Smith. Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Smith (smithdav@ecu.edu)
ECU German Club
This club provides an opportunity for ECU students and members of the community to speak German or to learn about German cultures. It meets every Wednesday evening for two hours.
President: Patricia Musileck; Vice-President: Ekaterina Kiseleva
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Tatjana Goodman (goodmant@ecu.edu)
ECU Open House Student Representatives for German
Student representatives help inform visiting high school seniors about our program
Faculty Mentors: all professors
ECU Teaching Resources Committee
Members enrich the Joyner Library Teaching Resources collections by recommending German films and children books and films to be ordered based on book reviews published in Germany.
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Tatjana Goodman (goodmant@ecu.edu)
German Film Committee
Members research, advertise, introduce, and discuss German-language films to the ECU and larger community
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susanne Jones (jonessu@ecu.edu)
German in Motion: Schools Outreach Committee
Students give presentations about German culture to school children in Pitt County—pupils who otherwise may never have contact with people fluent in the German language and cultural practices and traditions.
Faculty Mentors: all professors
German Community Service Committee
Members participate in the bi-annual street clean-up (Adopt-a-Street), give cultural presentations in area nursing homes, participate in ECU’s recycling efforts, and organize anything else German-related that is meaningful to them.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Smith (smithdav@ecu.edu)
Student Advisory Committee
Members represent students’ interests to the German program faculty and serve as Web outreach coordinators.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Birgit Jensen (jensenb@ecu.edu)
Study-in-Germany Ambassadors
Participating students have studied in Germany through an ECU-exchange program. They make presentations about their time abroad to introductory language classes to inform those students about opportunities to study in Germany.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Smith (smithdav@ecu.edu)
German Cultural Outreach Committee
Members participate in the ECU Holocaust Awareness Day, International Festival, Osterfeuer [Easter bonfire], Opernball [Mardi Gras ballroom dancing], Laternenfest, St. Nikolaus-Fest, and other cultural festivities that are open to the greater community.
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Birgit Jensen and Dr. Susanne Jones (jonessu@ecu.edu)
ECUGerman Tutor
Tutors serve the needs of lower-level students seeking grammar help.
Faculty Mentors: all ECU German professors teaching GERM 1001-1004
