Selected Events 2006

From left: Uwe Schulze, Landrat; Mark Scheland, Consul General; Angela Herzog, Public Affairs/Commissioner for Foreigners

July 18, 2006
Consul General Mark Scheland devoted most of the day to public diplomacy and official calls in the Saxony-Anhalt cities of Bitterfeld and Wolfen. At a campus of the Wolfen city Gymnasium, the Consul General heard from students about the impact of their high school exchanges in Texas and at Wolfen’s partner high school in Clemson, SC. Wolfen’s Lord Mayor and three members of the state parliament took advantage of the Consul General’s presence at the school and participated in a roundtable discussion with the students and Mark Scheland, comparing our two countries’ educational systems, and touching on other topics. After a visit to the American-subsidiary chemical company Tricat, the Consul General gave a stand-up interview to a camera team from the local access TV station, hosted several local officials at lunch, and called on Bitterfeld’s mayor.