The German Program at Hope is here to help students become proficient German speakers and to provide a well-rounded education in German culture.
If you have any comments or questions, please contact Dr. Forester at [email protected].
08/22/2024
Those funny Germans: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn87608w389o?fbclid=IwY2xjawE0c85leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSq4Fyo-w6AuYaw18h4L_ZP-stmcOyVVw9vM2puOnwM29kDMGc-R-tEUcA_aem_zZ5oD30FmsTz6cLuxRlmeQ
German Navy ship blasts out Darth Vader theme on Thames Londoners are surprised when a German Navy ship blasts out the music from the Star Wars trilogies.
01/10/2023
Archaeologists Unearth Massive Roman Public Library In Heart Of German City Archaeologists Unearth Massive Roman Public Library In Heart Of German City
12/07/2022
Germany Arrests Dozens Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government Many of those detained had military training and were believed to belong to a recently formed group that operated on the conviction that the country was ruled by a “deep state.”
02/23/2022
Hope language students (especially German) talking about the native assistant program at Hope and the need to get it going again: https://fb.watch/bmpNV5O75n/
11/24/2021
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/24/world/germany-government
Live Updates: Germany Introduces First New Chancellor in 16 Years The country announced a center-left government led by Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, who will replace the longtime center-right chancellor, Angela Merkel.
11/04/2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/30/1049603171/germany-gender-neutral-language-german
Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of its gendered language The German language is full of male and female nouns. Officials and businesses are tweaking words, including adding asterisks, to make them inclusive.
10/26/2021
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/austria-klimaticket/index.html
The $3.50 go-anywhere ticket to fight climate change Austria is launching a new transport pass, Klimaticket. It gives passengers unlimited rides on trains, buses, trams and metro lines that costs about $3.50 (3 euro) a day.
09/15/2021
Elections coming up in 11 days...
German elections 2021 | The Economist Our coverage of the race to replace Angela Merkel
09/07/2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/world/europe/annalena-baerbock-germany-greens-chancellor.html
She’s Green. She’s Young. And She Wants to Change Germany. Annalena Baerbock, the 40-year-old candidate for the Green Party, is likely to have a say in Germany’s next government, no matter who wins this month’s election.
07/23/2021
On one street in Germany’s floods: Terror, survival, tragedy and the house that floated away “It just kept getting worse and worse and worse,” said one resident.
07/16/2021
Hundreds Missing and at Least 69 Dead as Raging Floods Strike Western Europe Strong rains caused rivers to burst their banks and wash away buildings in Belgium and Germany, where at least 1,300 remained missing. Homes and streets in the Netherlands and Switzerland also flooded.
06/21/2021
Our first Sommer Stammtisch was great... next one June 30!