About Us
The German Culture Center is part of the Center for International Studies at UMSL in cooperation with GOETHE INSTITUT. 
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The
German Culture Center is located on the campus of the University of
Missouri-St. Louis and is a unit of the Center for International
Studies. The GCC is also a "cultural institute" of GOETHE
INSTITUT. Since its founding, the GCC has become a key
institution for area German teachers, for the German American
community, and for those in the general public who wish to know more
about German life, language and culture. Students from the
University of Missouri-St. Louis also make great use of the Center’s
resources, borrowing materials, attending classes at the Center or
visiting the bi-weekly “Kaffeestunden,” which bring together students
and community members to speak German informally over refreshments and
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Eva-Sophia Clark is the assistant at the German Culture Center. Eva is from Kaiserslautern and is a Senior at UMSL studying psychology and sociology. GCC Coordinator says that, “Eva is a marvelous addition to the German Culture Center program. She is very bright and knowledgeable and is absolutely fluent in both German and English. I think it is very important at the GCC to have someone completely up-to-date on life in modern Germany.” Eva is in the office on Thursdays. Drop by and visit, perhaps by coming to one of the Kaffeestunden on the first and third Thursdays of the month. |
Programs
The Center continues to work closely with the Goethe Institut in
Chicago. Thousands have attended GCC workshops and programs, which
often feature German artists and scholars.
The GCC is an active member of the German American
Committee of Saint Louis. This umbrella organization of over
twenty cultural societies helps coordinate area events and plans the
annual German-American Day celebration held in October.
The Center is open to the general public three days
a week. Each year more than 500 visitors come to the GCC to check
out videos from the ever-expanding collection. These videos may
be borrowed, free of charge, for two weeks.
German teachers make extensive use of the Center,
which has become a sort of ombudsman for German educational affairs,
helping promote school events, publicizing course offerings of the
University and other institutions, and announcing job openings or
special requests from local school districts.
Each year, the GCC
offers well-attended workshops for German teachers and works closely
with the Missouri Association of Teachers of German in providing
programs to improve and promote the teaching of German in area schools.
The Center also presents the Goessl Book Award to outstanding students
of German. This year, twelve students received the prize, named
for the late UM-St. Louis Professor, Alfred Goessl.
Mr. Marsh is also a liaison for the University’s
Advanced Credit program. In this capacity he works directly with
teachers and administrators at many local public and parochial schools.
