Committed to the advancement of international career training opportunities, Cultural Vistas offers a diverse portfolio of exchange programs, professional work internships and other training programs designed to prepare individuals and corporations for an increasingly competitive international market. Grant supports The Halle Fellowship Program which will provide summer 2012 internship opportunities in Germany for students attending universities or colleges in the state of Georgia.  The theme of the 2012 Halle Fellowship Program is Renewable Energy and the program will provide an insight into Germany’s renewable energy industry.

The Summer 2011 Berlin Program is designed to educate
students in the theory and practice of politics in Europe through
theoretical and applied, practical components.  The six week program will include visits to German political and economic institutions, meetings with officials of the government and cultural excursions in addition to classroom training.  Grant will assist students through scholarship awards based on financial need and will provide support for cultural events and excursions.

The German Department at GSU serves a largely non-traditional
profile of students many of whom are employed and pursuing
German degrees to further their career goals.  A three-year grant
supports the German study abroad program including a reciprocal student exchange with the University of Erlangen in southeast Germany, The Halle Foundation Award for Outstanding German Student and a scholarship award to an outstanding undergraduate or graduate student in the GSU German Department.

A three-year grant to support The Halle Foundation German Initiative at Georgia Tech.  The grant will be used to help students afford the global component of the Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies (ALIS) Bachelor of Science degree which will be inaugurated in Fall 2011. The ALIS program will incorporate an applied focus with experiences abroad and will collaborate as an interdisciplinary partner with other units across Georgia Tech.

Rotarians in Georgia promote world peace through understanding by offering scholarships to international students for one year of study in Georgia colleges and universities.  Grant supports a Servant Leadership Conference in January 2012 focusing on each student making a difference in their home community.

Grant supports an international seminar “Communities and Crisis –
Inclusive Development Through Sport” which is organized by the
International Council of Sport and Physical Education and Kennesaw State University, to be held in Rheinsberg, Germany. The seminar focuses on interventions in post disaster communities and emphasizes how Sport allows communities to provide a normalization after disaster.  Diversity, inclusion of people with disabilities, community building and cultural competency are all addressed as they relate to sport in post-trauma communities. 

The mission of the German Cultural Center is to foster cultural
relationships between German-speaking and American people and to promote a better understanding of German culture, language and society.  In order to enhance the quality of the language education program offered by the Goethe-Zentrum, grant will support the purchase of two "Smart Boards", a modern integrated technology that will not only enhance classroom learning but also enable distance learning.  Grant also provides funds for promotion and marketing of the language program.

The Waldorf School of Atlanta offers a richly creative curriculum with
a blend of academic studies, fine and performing arts, and practical
arts for students Pre-K through eighth grade.  Started in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany, Waldorf schools are based on the work of Dr. Rudolf Steiner, and are worldwide.  Due to budget challenges, the Atlanta school had to suspend its German language classes.  Grant supports the establishment of an after-school German Club to fill the void until the full German program can be reinstated.  The German Club program will be offered to all grades.

Support for the 2011-2012 Oglethorpe University exchange with
Dortmund University in Dortmund, Germany.  Students from
Oglethorpe study in Germany, a teaching assistant from Dortmund
University serves as German instructor at Oglethorpe, and German
students attend Oglethorpe University.  Grant also provides a
scholarship fund to assist with student study abroad in Germany.

Support for the MIT-Germany Highlights for High Schools Initiative.
MIT students will teach science, math, engineering, and technology
subjects at German high schools and will stay with German host families. Fifteen undergraduate students will teach at 7-10 high schools in groups of two.  The program will take place during the Independent Activities Period in January 2012 and will offer a three-week immersion experience for the students.

All German majors at Washington and Lee University are encouraged to avail themselves of an opportunity to study in a German speaking country.  The four-week Spring Term study abroad courses in Germany offer a total immersion academic program.  A two-year grant supports students who will participate in the spring 2012 and 2013 programs in Germany.  The Spring Term courses offer unparalleled learning experiences and cross-cultural connections.