Thursday, July 24, 2008

Leipzig


If time and the schedule permit, I plan to travel to Leipzig to visit the Museum of Contemporary History. I visited this museum in 2001, and recently learned that it underwent a renovation in 2007. You can see information about this museum, as well as its permanent and temporary exhibits at:

http://www.hdg.de/index.php?id=4726&L=1

The permanent exhibit chronicles the GDR history, cultural history and events from 1949 to 1989, and showcases an amazing variety of artifacts. The temporary exhibit in August is "Skandale in Deutschland nach 1945," which sounds very interesting.

The museum is free to get into, so the cost of the trip would be the train ticket. The specific day will be determined once we get there, but according to the temporary program, the Sunday of the second Weimar excursion is a good possibility.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Preliminary Schedule Provided by the Sommerkurs

Sonntag, 3.8
-14.00 Wanderung in die Umgebung Ilmenau/Schwimmbad

Montag, 4.8
-9.00 Eröffnung
-9.30 Sprachtest
-13.30 Einführung/Vorlesung Sommerkurs
-19.00 Eröffnungsabend

Dienstag, 5.8
-8:45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Vorlesung
-15.15 Einführung in die Projektarbeit
-17.00 Stadtführung Ilmenau

Mittwoch, 6.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Vorlesung
-15.15 oder 16.15 Gruppenphonetik
-20.00 Abendprogramm

Donnerstag, 7.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.00 Exkursion (Arnstadt)
-Rückfahrt nach Ilmenau

Freitag, 8.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Vorlesung/Arbeitsgruppe
-20.00 Vortrag/Abendprogramm

Samstag, 9.8 Exkursion: Dresden
-8.00 Treffpunkt Mensa
-22.00 Rückfahrt nach Ilmenau

Sonntag, 10.8
Exkursion: Weimar/Buchenwald
-8.45 Treffpunkt Mensa

Montag, 11.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Arbeitsgruppe
-15.00 Projektkonsultation
-20.00 Vortrag/Abendprogramm

Dienstag, 12.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Arbeitsgruppe
-15.15 oder 16.15 Gruppenphonetik
-20.00 Abendprogramm

Mittwoch, 13.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Arbeitsgruppe
-15.15 oder 16.15 Gruppenphonetik
-19.00 Bergfest

Donnerstag, 14.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.00 Exkursion: Erfurt
-19.00 Ruuckfahrt nach Ilmenau

Freitag, 15.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.15 Treffpunkt Mensa, Exkursion Berlin--mit Übernachtung

Samstag, 16.8 Exkursion Berlin
-20.00 Rückfahrt nach Ilmenau

Sonntag, 17.8 Exkursion Weimar
-9.00 Treffpunkt Mensa
-17.00 Rückfahrt nach Ilmenau

Montag, 18.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Arbeitsgruppe/Vorlesung
-20.00 Abendprogramm/Vortrag

Dienstag, 19.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Arbeitsgruppe
-15.15 oder 16.15 Gruppenphonetik
-20.00 Abendprogramm

Mittwoch, 20.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.30 Grundkurs/Vorlesung
-15.15 oder 16.15 Gruppenphonetik
-15.15 Präsentation der Projektarbeiten
-20.00 Abendprogramm

Donnerstag, 21.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-13.00 Exkursion (Eisenach)
-19.00 Rückfahrt nach Ilmenau

Freitag, 22.8
-8.45 Unterricht
-18.00 Abschlussabend

Samstag, 23.8 Abreise

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Getting Close

Please finish your final preparations:
-create your blog and send me the URL so I can post it under "student blogs"
-register for 28 GRMN 261 (remember, you need to pay RWC tuition for the course)
-pack wisely

Our final meeting will be: Thursday, July 31, 5:00 p.m. at RWC. We will meet in the Language Lab. All family/friends/partners are welcome to come for our final pre-departure meeting.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

UC International Grant Information

Please review the information UC International provides regarding the application for a student grant. When you finish, you can forward it to me for review before sending off the completed application. Here is a quick link to the page with the information and the start of the application form.

http://www.uc.edu/global/grants_aid/UC_International_Programs_Student_Grants.html

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Ilmenau Web Cam

If you want to take a look at the current weather in Ilmenau from the campus web cam, go to:

http://www.theoinf.tu-ilmenau.de/ra1/wc.html

The building shown is the "Audimax" which houses the Kursbüro for the Sommerkurs. This is where we will check in/out, meet for activities, and have some classes.