UAA German Culture Club

In A.D. 15, a baby girl was born in a legionary encampment on the banks of the Rhine River. Her father, the famous Roman general Germanicus, was engaged in warfare with the barbarians at that time, intent on recovering the lost eagles of Varus. The girl is known to history as Agrippina the Younger. She was the granddaughter of Augustus’ faithful lieutenant Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. She was also granddaughter by adoption to the Emperor Tiberius. Another grandfather was Drusus the Elder who died fighting barbarians in Germania Superior in 9 B.C. On her mother’s side, she was directly descended from Augustus himself. Her brother, Caligula, became an emperor and she was the mother of Nero. She later married her uncle, the Emperor Claudius. In her honor, her birthplace was renamed Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. Today the place is called Cologne, Germany (Köln). Some of the Roman walls of Colonia Claudia still stand. www.chi-rhogroup.com

2021 Campus Kickoff starts in 10 minutes. Come visit us today before 4pm!

A message from Angela Merkel

The Leader of the Free World Gives a Speech, and She Nails It A speech with compassion and forthrightness — imagine that.

Congratulations, Kohl!

UAA alumnus Kohl Keil, B.S. Mechanical Engineering ’18, has had a lifelong love of languages. His father was in the Navy, which meant his family moved a lot — he’s lived in cities across the globe from Hong Kong to Anchorage. In July, he'll be heading to Germany with the CIEE Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) for a year.

Read more about Kohl: https://bit.ly/2DEqotM

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Haunted Halloween fun night yesterday, we had a great turnout and the event was a success. I think we ended up getting 266 tickets, which means 266 kids played our game, which is great!

For haunted Halloween fun night today, we are located at table 3. Right up the stairs from the bookstore

Coming up soon! The German Culture Club will be there with our booth. If you're interested in volunteering at our booth let us know!

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Here are a couple of pictures from our end of the year potluck, which was a wonderful opportunity to come together, practice our German, and celebrate the end of the semester with delicious food! Thank you to all who attended, and be on the lookout for announcements about our summer book club!

The origins of our Word of the Week "Kaffeeklatsch" date back to around 1900, when German housewives gathered at each others’ homes to drink coffee and shoot the breeze. Over time, the ritual became deeply ingrained in German culture, and soon spread to neighboring countries like Austria, Finland and Luxembourg.

Perhaps you’ve been inviting people for coffee and cake without knowing the term for it. So next time, tell your friends to join in on your Kaffeeklatsch!

http://germanyinusa.com/2018/03/29/word-of-the-week-kaffeeklatsch/

Are you ready to practice your German skills at Kaffeeklatsch, from 4:00 to 7:00PM at Black Cup this evening? We have an exciting meeting planned, as we will be discussing officer elections, the upcoming Languages Department event and the Deutsche Welle article linked below! Bis dann!

Deutschland bekommt eine neue Regierung | Top-Thema – Lektionen | DW | 06.03.2018 Die Mitglieder der SPD haben für eine erneute Große Koalition gestimmt. Lange war unklar, wie sie sich entscheiden würden. Jetzt herrscht in Europa Erleichterung, dass Deutschland bald wieder eine stabile Regierung hat.