Selected Events 2007

Ambassador William R. Timken Jr. addresses the guests

July 17, 2007
Ambassador William R. Timken Jr. and his wife Sue hosted a luncheon in Leipzig for over 20 corporate representatives to garner support for the Eastern German Teachers Visitor Program (EGTVP). In addition to remarks by Ambassador Timken and Consul General Mark Scheland, the group also heard testimonials from two former participant teachers, Renate Dorn and Jeannine Kämpfer. The goal of the lunch was to raise money to help fund two groups of 10 teachers each to travel in the spring and fall of 2008. As a public-private partnership program, EGTVP was founded in 2003 to bring eastern German teachers from all five new federal states, mainly those teaching English and Social Studies, to the U.S. on two-week programs. After a week in Washington, the teachers fan out across the U.S. and spend a week in American high schools and live with American teachers.