Since 2012, 19 students from UGA’s department of Germanic & Slavic Studies have participated and worked in a variety of fields through the AmCham Bridgehouse Law internship program. This year, three German students have secured paid internships in Germany for the summer: Brittney Velasquez will work for McDonald’s Deutschland in Munich in their financial division; Kailyn Laporte will intern with Enviacon- the Indiana Economic Development Corporation in Berlin; and Jessica Hutcheson will intern with One Square Advisors in Munich (financial planning/consulting). AmCham Bridgehouse Law’s mission statement reads: “As students will be working in a business environment, daily interactions with leading international firms will enable students to gain a better insight into the German economy, sharpen and improve their German language skills and engage with cross-cultural challenges helping to cultivate a better transatlantic repertoire between the United States and Germany.” Their website can be viewed here: http://www.amchaminternship.org/. Natalie Williams, a biochemical engineering student in the UGA German/Engineering Dual Degree Program, is the first in the program to study for a semester at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. With a generous grant from The Halle Foundation, Natalie was able to participate in an intensive four-week German language course in Bonn in preparation for her studies at KIT. Starting in March, she will spend a second semester as an intern at Merck KGaA, one of the largest German pharmaceutical companies. Two more German/engineering students from UGA are headed to Karlsruhe in the fall for intensive language study, and one MA student will travel to Rostock for a summer semester of study with funding from The Halle Foundation. This support, along with grants from the Max Kade Foundation and support from alumni and other donors has made study abroad a reality for a large percentage of GSS students.
