Transatlantic Ties

University Career Center and Hochschule RheinMain
Students and faculty from Hochschule RheinMain (Wiesbaden, Germany) participated in a week-long consulting project at the Lawrence Arts Center in September 2018. Wendy Shoemaker, Senior Associate Director, KU University Career Center, who has long-standing ties with the university, and Ann Hartley, UCC Associate Director, joined their guests at the MKC for a talk by Director Lorie Vanchena about Universalis Cosmographia, a world map created by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in 1507, and how its history reflects the German-American relationship.

German Exchange Students at KU 2018-2019
The Max Kade Center invited German exchange students attending KU 2018-2019 to meet German Studies faculty and students at a reception in September 2018. Charles Bankart, Associate Vice Provost of International Affairs, and Rachel Sherman Johnson, Director of Internationalization and Partnerships, also attended the meet & greet.