Consul General on the Jury for Elevator Pitch

January 26, 2010. Consul General Katherine Brucker served as a jury member for the 10^th elevator pitch night, at which 13 aspiring business pros had three minutes each to present their new business ideas or innovative products in English. The audience - about 250 young urban professionals also from outside of Leipzig - clearly enjoyed the meanwhile established format which brings some international flair and the opportunity for networking to Leipzig.

Business Ethics and Education USA

January 26, 2010. American national Consulate staffer Kirsten Teschauer joined eduational exchange expert Birgit Kämmer for a follow-up program at Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt. At the invitation of the Business Department of the University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig Consulate staff engaged about 110 Bachelor students in a three-hour long discussion about U.S. business ethics, German-U.S. stereotypes and educational opportunities in the U.S.

Leipzig Consul General Shares Expertise on Haiti

January 21, 2010. Volksstimme Magdeburg featured an interview with Leipzig Consul General Katherine Brucker on the U.S. engagement in Haiti. Brucker, who served in the economic section of the Haitian Embassy from 1994-1996, was able to respond to the questions on why the U.S. has taken the lead at the airport and whether Haiti is a failed state by drawing on guidance as well as personal insights and expertise.

Local High School in Leipzig "Meets Us"

January 19, 2010. English teacher Shanon Self contributed a Meet US event to the first week ever of foreign languages at Gustav-Hertz-Gymnasium in Leipzig-Paunsdorf. Some 70 students from 8^th-12^th grade attended the discussion of American high school life and what it is like to be an average teenager in the United States. Four teachers attended the event including the head of the department for modern languages. The whole crowd applauded the small book donation handed over by attending Information Resource Center staff to the school library and the additional information resources available for all attendants.

Abilene Christian University Starts "Study Abroad" in Leipzig

January 15, 2010. Consulate staffer Beate Renker and American intern John Connell welcomed the group of eight students and three professors from Abilene Christian University on behalf of the Consulate. The kick-off event of its newly established "Study Abroad" in Leipzig brought together representatives of the Leipzig Volunteer Agency, Leipzig International School, the Ronald McDonald House, and a homeless shelter. The students, who are here on an intense study and excursion program until the end of April, will do volunteer work at these institutions.

Targeting English Teachers in Southern Saxony

January 14, 2010. Public Diplomacy Leipzig conducted its annual American Studies in-service training seminar in Chemnitz for which it recruited Prof. Paul Rundquist (formerly with the Congressional Research Service). Almost exactly one year after President Obama's inauguration, Rundquist analyzed for his audience of 42 teachers of English - primarily from the South-West of Saxony - the full spectrum of policy issues ranging from U.S. foreign and security policy to transatlantic relations, the global economic crisis and health care reform. A Leipzig consulate staffer complemented the lecture with information on available research resources.

Inauguration Lecture by Leibniz Professor Boles

January 7, 2010. American Professor John B. Boles delivered his first lecture as Leibniz professor at the Institute of Advanced American Study of Leipzig University (ASL). In an insightful and entertaining way Boles discussed the background and consequences of the calamities caused by hurricane Kathrina which, in 2005, devastated the city known for its food, music and joie de vivre. Public diplomacy Leipzig supported the event with a grant.

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