CONWAY, Ark. (July 5, 2017)
– Seven Hendrix students and their professor have returned from Hendrix-in-Bonn,
a four-week intensive educational experience of German language and culture
with the city of Bonn as its home base.
The students, Cayman Botner
’20, Andrew Fleming ’18, Hailey Hayes ’19, Sarah Nicholson ’20, Jun Shin ’20, John
Tate ’19, and Alex Tiller ’19, enrolled in a four-week intensive German
language course at the Goethe Institute, as well as a course on contemporary
Germany with Dr. Wayne Oudekerk, Hendrix Professor of German. As part of the
program, students made day trips to see castles on the Rhine and the 2,000-year-old
German cities of Trier, Mainz, and Cologne. They also spent one weekend with a
German host family in Quakenbrück, sister city to Conway, and another weekend
traveling on their own.
“From my personal
perspective, this is an absolute dream teaching gig,” Oudekerk said. “I get to
explore exciting aspects of German culture, past and present, with really
bright, enthusiastic students who ask great questions and love to learn. And
Germany is our classroom!”
The Hendrix-in-Bonn program’s
highlights include pre-departure readings on German history and culture, an orientation
weekend in Bonn before the start of classes, and visits to churches and museums.
The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation covers the costs of tuition, room, a per diem
meal allowance, ground transportation in Germany, and museum entrance fees.
Students interested in the
Hendrix-in-Bonn program begin the application process in November for the
following summer. Accepted students are notified in January and begin preparing
for the experience.
View photos from Hendrix-in-Bonn here.
About
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private
liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with
the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges That
Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous
college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality, community,
innovation, and value. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.