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Germany News.Net puts a spin on the traditional fall of the wall story. Ever heard of the “Banana Revolution” theory? Neither had I. Check it out!
As many of you may know, today marks the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. After the dust settled, almost immediately West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer began to push for reunification. Clearly the breaking of the barrier between East and West had wider implications, but in Germany it was the beginning of forging a new existence. The process of reunification was met with both enthusiasm and scepticism, but less than a year later Germany was one again. Nonetheless, while November 9, 1989 began the deconstruction of political boundaries in Germany, the present situation shows that the Wall still has a figurative presence. Here are a few maps I made about a year ago that illustrate the divide between the western states and the “Fuenf neue Laender” from the former DDR. Although the data is a little dated, I think it more or less support what even the most casual of tourists see in Germany today: The process of reunification may have begun twenty years ago today, but it did not just end in 1990.
Rex Trewin speaking @ Career Night via skype
This was my third Career Night while working at WEST and it was by far the one I am most excited about! We had five panelists representing international business, higher education, and government service. Two panelists were recruiters for their field and offered many useful tips for interviewing and resume writing. Others boast 20+ year careers. The panel was rounded out by a current MA student with significant study abroad experience and knowledge of graduate schools for study of Western Europe.
Rex Trewin (WEST MA 1993) skyped in from Atlanta; he emphasized the importance of networking and introduced students to the powerful online networking tool, LinkedIn.com. Other tips he offered included: always send hand written thank you notes; always have your 15-20 second ‘elevator speech’ prepared; Network! Network! Network!
A few words of wisdom from the night-
“Don’t think the first career you have is the only one you will ever have.”
“Every job I’ve ever had is from someone I knew”
“Don’t discount your work at McDonald’s. Play up your customer service skills.”
“Past behavior predicts future behavior: good GPA = good study habits = good potential employee.”
To download a copy of presenter notes and bios. Check out our website @ http://www.iub.edu/~west/acad_careerdev.shtml
1. Teaching Opportunity – Summer 2010
2. Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Information Session
3. “Considerations on the History of the Minorcan (Catalan) Dialect and Culture of St. Augustine, Florida” Workshop
4. GPSO Announcements
5. “Politics of Advanced Industrial Democracies” Graduate Seminar – Spring 2010
6. WEST Mellon Endowment Graduate Student Grants
7. Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Colloquium Series, Fall 2009
8. Department of French and Italian Lecture
9. College of Arts & Sciences Travel Awards
10. Call for Papers – MIT International Review
11. International Education Week
On October 22, Deputy Spokesman for the European Delegation to the United States Mattias Sundholm gave a lecture in the SPEA Atrium entitled “The U.S. and the EU and the Global Economic Crisis.”If you were bummed because you missed the event or just want to check out what he had to say, you’re in luck!
1. Does Europe Have a Birthday? Roundtable on the Idea of Europe
2. NPR Spring and Summer 2010 Internships
3. “Inclusion, Isolation and National Identity in a Globalized World” Panel and “European Inclusion and Exclusion Through Poetry” Session
4. GPSO Announcements
5. Lecture in French: La Francophonie
6. Horizons of Knowledge Lecture: “A Catalan Linguist on the Other Side of the World”
7. Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Colloquium Series, Fall 2009
8. European Green Building Trends Webinar
1. Panel Discussion on “Inclusion, Isolation and National Identity in a Globalized World
2. Fireside Chat with David Hatch, Historian for the National Security Agency
3. The Fall of the Wall… 20 years later: Berlin Disco and Film Party
4. The Revised Birth of Negritude: Communist Revolution and “the Immanent Negro” in 1935
5. Place of Islam in Contemporary European Literature – Conference
1. Department of French and Italian Student-Faculty Forum Series
2. Department of French and Italian – The Revised Birth of Negritude Lecture
3. Tocqueville Program Presentation
4. German Language Lilly Library Tour
5. Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Colloquium Series, Fall 2009
6. Educators from around the world convene on IU Bloomington campus
7. POLS-Y 675 Course: Revolutions and the Making of the Modern World
8. REEI Collage Tribute to Fall of Berlin Wall
9. The Future of Nuclear Weapons Symposium
1. Two talks by Enrico Bernard, Italian playwright, essayist, film director, translator, and novelist
2. “Transnational Networks, Diffusion Dynamics, and Democratizing Elections in Post-Communist Europe and Eurasia”
3. Government Career Fair
4. GPSO Announcements
5. “The U.S. and the EU and the Global Economic Crisis”
6. Cultural Coffee Hours and ILASA Gathering
7. Scandinavian Film Series: The Seagull’s Laughter
8. Student Academic Center Free Workshops
9. Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Colloquium Series, Fall 2009
10. GPSO Survey
11. International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation – Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals
12. Stammtisch – Tonight
13. Borns Jewish Studies Program – Faculty and Graduate Student Workshops
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