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2007/8 DAAD Young Ambassadors Selected - Is There One at Your School?
DAAD Young Ambassadors are undergraduate students from North America who have recently studied in Germany and are interested in promoting study in Germany at their home institutions. For the academic year 2007/2008, DAAD has selected the following Young Ambassadors: Marcelo Alvisio Home University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Major: Theoretical Mathematics and Minor in Economics Program/University in Germany: RISE - Technical University of Munich Ismaeel Babur Home University: University of Western Ontario Major: Civil Engineering & International Development Program/University in Germany: University of Stuttgart Annie Barr Home University: University of Colorado at Boulder Major: Communication and Germanic Studies Program/University in Germany: Completed interdisciplinary Germanic studies major and reached competency in spoken and written German, Universitaet Regensburg Danny Bradford Home University: Auburn University Major: Aerospace Engineering Program/University in Germany: RISE - Universitaet Aachen Hendrik Broekelschen Home University: University of California, Los Angeles Major: Biology and German Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Goettingen Pietro Devine Home University: Drexel University Major: Information Systems Program/University in Germany: Technische Universitaet Muenchen Kristin Erber Home University: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse Major: German and Economics Program/University in Germany: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt Rami Fayad Home University: Carlton University Major: International Business Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Augsburg Andrew Green Home University: University of Rochester Major: German and Economics Program/University in Germany: University of Cologne Shane Gummersheimer Home University: University of Tulsa Major: Computer Science Program/University in Germany: University of Siegen Erika Hamalainen Home University: American University Major: International Relations, German, Economics Program/University in Germany: FU Best Program, Freie Universitaet, Berlin Darren Haskett Home University: University of Arizona Major: Bio Systems Engineering and German Program/University in Germany: Technical University of Cottbus Lena Hyatt Home University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Major: Biochemistry Program/University in Germany: RISE- Justus Liebig University, Giessen Jennings Imel Home University: University of California, Riverside Major: Political Science Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Potsdam Michelle Kinsley University: West Virginia University Major: German and International Studies German Location: Fulda and Bamberg Daniel Linsenbardt Home University: San Diego University Major: English, Philosophy and German Program/University in Germany: Technical University of Tuebingen Sophia Melanson Home University: Trent University Major: History and Modern Languages Program/University in Germany: Fachhochschule Schwaebisch Gmuend Matthew Morantz Home University: Concordia University Major: Chemistry Program/University in Germany: RISE - Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin Rachel Proulx Home University: University of Michigan Major: German and English Program/University in Germany: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Muenchen Kai Sheffield Home University: University of British Columbia Major: International Relations Program/University in Germany: Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin Andrea Siefers Home University: Iowa State University Major: Materials Engineering Program/University in Germany: RISE, University of Saarland Michael Thompson University: University of New Orleans Major: Art History and Geography German Location: Cottbus and Marburg Lanay Tierney Home University: Boston University Major: Biology Program/University in Germany: RISE - Universitaet Duesseldorf Maciej Tusz Home University: Illinois Institute of Technology Major: Aerospace and Materials Engineering Program/University in Germany: Technical University of Munich Justin Waghray Home University: University of Calgary Major: Geodesy and Geoinformatics Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Stuttgart Andrea Woodall Home University: Boise State University Major: English Literature and German Program/University in Germany: Universitaet des Saarlandes The newly selected Young Ambassadors have been initiated in their new responsibilities during a two-day training workshop in New York City. Short profiles and email addresses where you can contact the Young Ambassadors with questions about their respective German host universities, study abroad programs or about life as a student in Germany as general, are available at www.daad.org/?p=ambassadors2007.