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Check out the pictures from the Uwe Kind concert at Fox Chapel High School on May 11!

 

 

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Congratulations to this year's Western PA Study Trip Winner

Anthony Verardi of Fox Chapel Area High School!!

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Teaching the Holocaust through Comic Books workshop

April 18, 2010 at the UJF Holocaust Center in Squirrel Hill.  

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Congratulations to David Murdoch, 2010 recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz!

Consul's bridge-building between W. Pa., Germany honored. By Mike Wereschagin PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, February 23, 2010

 

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany, hosted a Feb. 22 luncheon featuring Dr. Horst Freitag, the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.  

On behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Freitag awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Cross of the Order of Merit) to David A. Murdoch, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany in Pittsburgh, for his work in strengthening German-American relations. Click here to read Dr. Freitag's introduction.

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Congratulations to our Chapter President,

Michael Shaughnessy, who received the Certificate of Merit Award in November 2009 at the AATG Annual Awards Luncheon at ACTFL!

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Articles about Germany from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Below are links and PDFs of  the recently published articles in the series:

European Focal Point Parallels Pittsburgh, January 10, 2010: 
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/nation-world/s_661515.html 

Germany Combats Foreign Competition with Culture, January 17, 2010: 
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/nation-world/s_662668.html 

Turks Face Integration Challenges in Germany, January 24, 2010: 
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/nation-world/s_663822.html 

 

Bring your students to Atria´s Restaurant for an authentic German meal!

atrias menu 

Contact Amy Karst for school menu and details: karsta@qvsd.org

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Congratulations to Erica Stevens of Penn Hills, our Study Trip winner for the National German Exam!  Read all about it in the Post Gazette!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09190/982613-56.stm

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