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Max Kade Application Information

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Max Kade German Residence Program

2007/2008

Entering Freshmen

International Students

Transfer Students

Current, or Returning U-M Students (read below)

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It is reapplication season for the U-M Residence halls, and we would like you to consider living in the Max Kade German Residence Program for the next academic year. The program has a lot to offer to all students interested in German language and culture:

• The opportunity to speak German on a daily basis with fellow students
• weekly “Kaffeestunden”
• German film nights
• a mini-course with guest lectures by faculty
• a subsidized trip to a German speaking country over Spring Break,

Residents need not be German majors or minors (but it's great if they are!), but we require a proficiency equal  to the second-year college German, so participants will be able to communicate with each other in that language. Max Kade Students will have to enroll in German 310, "Readings in German Culture", a 1 credit course at the residence. This course centers around topics relevant to the destination of the Spring trip, which for 2008 is not determined yet. Application deadline is January 31, 2007.

 

Please note: German Concentrators who want to live in the Max Kade German Residence for 2007/2008 are eligible to apply for the George Valenta Scholarship.  Click here for application.

 

Here is how to apply for the Max Kade Program:

(Current Max Kade Program participants: please follow the instructions you received by e-mail. The following info is for current non-program students only.)

 

If you are living in a University of Michigan Residence Hall during the current academic year and  would like to join the  Max Kade German Residence Program for the  academic year 2007/2008 please follow the steps listed below. (If you are not living in a residence hall, please contact Marga Schuhwerk-Hampel at mshampel@umich.edu for application information)

 

1.  Complete the   "Reapplication Addendum". Do not put a room number in the box at the bottom of the form.

 

2. Write a short essay (one page maximum) explaining why you would like to join the Max Kade Program, what you expect to gain from, and to contribute to the program. Please include information on how long and where you have learned German. Important: please list your room preferences at the end of the essay. (Large Single, Single, Double Suite or Delux Single)

 

3. Bring both, the reapplication form and your essay to Marga Schuhwerk-Hampel in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures (3110 MLB) by Wednesday, January 31, 2007

 

4.   Should you be accepted in the Program, we will send you an e-mail confirmation by February 2, 2007.

 

5. You will  have to go to the Housing Information office on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 between the hours of  8:00 am and 3:30 p.m. to sign your housing contract for 2007/2008..

 

Please feel free to contact  Marga Schuhwerk-Hampel (mshampel@umich.edu) for more information.