German-American Day  – Recruitment Event at EMU

Since Fall 2005 the German Section has hosted the annual German-American Day event. This event is centered around the national holiday of the same name which was designed to honor German-American citizens and their contributions to American culture and society. The EMU celebration of this event centers around the following:

– to provide EMU students with an on-campus cultural event
– to provide EMU students with an opportunity to participate in the event
– an opportunity to work together with the students of the German Club, who also help to host and fund the event
– to highlight features of the EMU German program and FLABS in general for the purpose of recruitment
– to recruit high school students (various high school teachers and their students are invited)
– to promote outreach to and collaboration with area high schools
– to promote outreach to the local community (in the past we have invited community members to speak at the event)
– to promote outreach to the community college community (last year we invited WCC students and their teachers)
– to honor other EMU faculty colleagues with German heritage by inviting them to speak
– to honor our donors of endowed scholarships by inviting them to participate in the event as speakers, as well as distinguished guests