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AATG Friend of German Award

Presented to an individual or organization outside the German teaching profession, as well as to a German educator.  Each award recognizes outstanding support for and promotion of German and the study of German at the local, regional, or national level. Up to two awards will be given annually.

Individuals or organizations outside the German teaching profession nominated for the award must demonstrate exemplary leadership at the local, regional, or national level in the advocacy of German and German language education.

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2012 AATG Awards

Send in your nominations for award winners now!

Outstanding German Educator, Friend of German, GI-Certificate of Merit, German Embassy Teacher of Excellence, ISE Language Matters, and Best Article Awards.

Nomination deadline: May 18, 2012

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Goethe-Institut/AATG Certificate of Merit

The Goethe-Institut/AATG Certificate of Merit honors those who have demonstrated achievement in furthering the teaching of German in the US. 

German teachers may be recognized for

  • Outstanding teaching
  • Creative and successful activities promoting German
  • Innovative curriculum and successful course design
  • Successful interdisciplinary cooperation
  • Significant contributions to the profession

The dossier should include:

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AATG Outstanding German Educator Award

Recognizes excellence in teaching and outstanding contributions to the German teaching profession. Awards are presented to: an elementary, middle school or junior high school educator; a high school educator; and a post-secondary educator. The Checkpoint Charlie Foundation in Berlin provides honorees with the Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Travel Grant.

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German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Award

do deutschThis award recognizes up-and-coming German teachers, who may have received local recognition, but may not have received other accolades. Candidates may have started a new program or revitalized an existing one, should be considered outstanding teachers, and contribute to their local AATG chapter. 

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German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Award Recipients

2011
Liz Kaulard
Melanie Krehbiel
Zehra Otus

2010
Peggy Boynton
Michael Brune
Anthony Krupp

2009
Lucas Gravitt

2008
Meagan Tripp

 

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AATG Friend of German Award Recipients

2011
Dirk Nowitzki
Kerstin Hopkins

2010
Bayer Corporation (Western Pennsylvania)
Maureen Helinski

2009
Birgit Schafer
Eric Braeden

2008
Gisela Hoecherl-Alden
Terry Smith

2007
Gordon and Rigmor Anke
Marlene Stocks

2006
Barbara Patten

2005
Christiane Frederickson
German Society of Maryland

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Goethe-Institut/AATG Certificate of Merit Recipients

2011
Ulrike Brisson
Lorena B. Ellis
David F. Tinsley
Hannelore Weber

2010
Petra Fiero
Kathleen Gallogly
Diane Wulf
Linda Zins-Adams

2009
Judy Cooper
Paul Dvorak
Dorothy Louks
Michael Shaughnessy
Ingrid Zeller

2008
Winnifred Adolph
Roswitha Burwick
Robert Di Donato
Mary Ann Niemczura
John Paluch
John Reynolds
Margit Sinka

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Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) Language Matters Award

This award recipient is selected from nominees for other AATG awards. Supported by Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE).

Previous recipients

 

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Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) Language Matters Award Recipients

2011
Pamela Hoover

2010
Peggy Grasso Meyers

2009
Margaret Draheim

2008
Stephanie Duisberg

2007
Rick Knoop, Jr.

2006
Patricia Branson

2005
Kathleen Betterman

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AATG Outstanding German Educator Recipients

2011
Wendy Brennan
Margaret Hampton
Nella Spurlin

2010
Joan Keck Campbell
Robert Di Donato

2009
Corinna Freimann Cavanaugh
Mohamed Esa
Juan Carlos Morales

2008
Randall Jones
Evelyn Saucier

2007
Ester Eichler
Suzanne Schaudel
Donna Van Handle

2006
Albrecht Classen
Beth Smith

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Recipients of AATG-German Quarterly Graduate Student Essay Award

A selection committee (including members of The German Quarterly editorial board) selects the winning paper, which will be published in The German Quarterly.

2011
Irina Kuznetsova, University of Virginia
"The Possessed: The Demonic & Demonized East & West in Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg & Dostoevsky's Demons"

2010
Kári Driscoll, Columbia University
"Copia Nostri: Echoes of a Poetic Self in Kafka’s 'Der Ausflug ins Gebirge'"

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