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Apply Online!
You can now apply online for several of DAAD's scholarship/grant programs. Read this article to find out which ones and get more information.

2007/8 DAAD Young Ambassadors Selected - Is There One at Your School?

DAAD Young Ambassadors are undergraduate students from North America who have recently studied in Germany and are interested in promoting study in Germany at their home institutions. For the academic year 2007/2008, DAAD has selected the following Young Ambassadors:

  • Marcelo Alvisio
    Home University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Major: Theoretical Mathematics and Minor in Economics
    Program/University in Germany: RISE - Technical University of Munich
  • Ismaeel Babur
    Home University: University of Western Ontario
    Major: Civil Engineering & International Development
    Program/University in Germany: University of Stuttgart
  • Annie Barr
    Home University: University of Colorado at Boulder
    Major: Communication and Germanic Studies
    Program/University in Germany: Completed interdisciplinary Germanic studies major and reached competency in spoken and written German, Universitaet Regensburg
  • Danny Bradford
    Home University: Auburn University
    Major: Aerospace Engineering
    Program/University in Germany: RISE - Universitaet Aachen
  • Hendrik Broekelschen
    Home University: University of California, Los Angeles
    Major: Biology and German
    Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Goettingen
  • Pietro Devine
    Home University: Drexel University
    Major: Information Systems
    Program/University in Germany: Technische Universitaet Muenchen
  • Kristin Erber
    Home University: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
    Major: German and Economics
    Program/University in Germany: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt
  • Rami Fayad
    Home University: Carlton University
    Major: International Business
    Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Augsburg
  • Andrew Green
    Home University: University of Rochester
    Major: German and Economics
    Program/University in Germany: University of Cologne
  • Shane Gummersheimer
    Home University: University of Tulsa
    Major: Computer Science
    Program/University in Germany: University of Siegen
  • Erika Hamalainen
    Home University: American University
    Major: International Relations, German, Economics
    Program/University in Germany: FU Best Program, Freie Universitaet, Berlin
  • Darren Haskett
    Home University: University of Arizona
    Major: Bio Systems Engineering and German
    Program/University in Germany: Technical University of Cottbus
  • Lena Hyatt
    Home University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Major: Biochemistry
    Program/University in Germany: RISE- Justus Liebig University, Giessen
  • Jennings Imel
    Home University: University of California, Riverside
    Major: Political Science
    Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Potsdam
  • Michelle Kinsley
    University: West Virginia University
    Major: German and International Studies
    German Location: Fulda and Bamberg
  • Daniel Linsenbardt
    Home University: San Diego University
    Major: English, Philosophy and German
    Program/University in Germany: Technical University of Tuebingen
  • Sophia Melanson
    Home University: Trent University
    Major: History and Modern Languages
    Program/University in Germany: Fachhochschule Schwaebisch Gmuend
  • Matthew Morantz
    Home University: Concordia University
    Major: Chemistry
    Program/University in Germany: RISE - Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin
  • Rachel Proulx
    Home University: University of Michigan
    Major: German and English
    Program/University in Germany: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Muenchen
  • Kai Sheffield
    Home University: University of British Columbia
    Major: International Relations
    Program/University in Germany: Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin
  • Andrea Siefers
    Home University: Iowa State University
    Major: Materials Engineering
    Program/University in Germany: RISE, University of Saarland
  • Michael Thompson
    University: University of New Orleans
    Major: Art History and Geography
    German Location: Cottbus and Marburg
  • Lanay Tierney
    Home University: Boston University
    Major: Biology
    Program/University in Germany: RISE - Universitaet Duesseldorf
  • Maciej Tusz
    Home University: Illinois Institute of Technology
    Major: Aerospace and Materials Engineering
    Program/University in Germany: Technical University of Munich
  • Justin Waghray
    Home University: University of Calgary
    Major: Geodesy and Geoinformatics
    Program/University in Germany: Universitaet Stuttgart
  • Andrea Woodall
    Home University: Boise State University
    Major: English Literature and German
    Program/University in Germany: Universitaet des Saarlandes

The newly selected Young Ambassadors have been initiated in their new responsibilities during a two-day training workshop in New York City. Short profiles and email addresses where you can contact the Young Ambassadors with questions about their respective German host universities, study abroad programs or about life as a student in Germany as general, are available at www.daad.org/?p=ambassadors2007.