Research Opportunities:
Publication possibilities: Students have written poetry,
articles and book reviews for Translit, Proverbium:
Yearbook of International
Proverb Scholarship, the Bulletin of the Center for Holocaust
Studies
, and the UVM History Review. These publications of
student
papers in professional journals have arisen out of the students’
excellent
scholarly work in various departmental courses. Graduate students
(in
our German M.A. program) have published book versions of theses and
graduate
seminar papers through the “Supplement Series to Proverbium,”
edited
by Prof. Wolfgang Mieder.
Research projects with faculty: Our work-study students
have opportunities to work on faculty research projects with their
professors. They help create indexes, research matters on
databases, learn how to edit manuscripts, do Russian newspaper
research, etc. For students who are
not on the work-study program, the department also has some funds to
pay
advanced students so that they can get involved in a research project
with
a professor.
We have also provided transportation funds for students to deliver
papers
at professional meetings, giving them a unique scholarly experience.
Internship Opportunities:
German: Students of German have the opportunity to provide
tutoring and translation services for members of the greater Burlington
community, including refugees and recent immigrants. A number of
students have had internships locally with firms that deal with
German-speaking countries. Students have found internships with
some of the major corporations in Germany
and also with publishers in Germany and Switzerland during summers or
study
abroad semesters. A student with a special interest in folklore
found
an internship with the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury, Vermont.
Russian: Students of Russian have provided invaluable
translation services in the greater Burlington community, especially to
refugees and immigrants.
Russian language students participate in either of two Study Abroad
Internship
programs in Russia: (a) the Boston University Internship program
in
Moscow, where students attend language classes in the morning and work
in
Russian businesses in the afternoon and evening; (b) the University of
Arizona
program provides a similar Internship program for our students in St.
Petersburg
as in Moscow. UVM belongs to both consortia. Students
receive
15 hours of academic credit. Since 1992 many UVM students have
participated
in these programs. Many remain employed today in Moscow.
Contact information:
German: Prof. Helga Schreckenberger, Department of German
and
Russian, 418-A Waterman Building; (802) 656-1473, email: Helga.Schreckenberger@uvm.edu
.
Russian: Prof. Kevin McKenna, Department of German and
Russian, 417 Waterman Building; (802) 656-1471, email:
Kevin.McKenna@uvm.edu
.
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