About German Bridge

German Bridge began several years ago as a dream of uniting two related, yet hitherto un-connected, realities. Business and trade connections between Germany and Michigan were accelerating. Our Junior Year in Munich had been preparing students with the intercultural skills and experiences needed to become globally competent for more than 50 years.

What if we were to build a new bridge of understanding and cooperation between the world of academia and the world of business? As an initiative developed by a study abroad program within a college of liberal arts, how would such an effort be received within the business community, and what might be its chances for success?

Working closely with Prof. Dallas Kenny, who was simultaneously developing a World Bridge Foreign Language Technology Center initiative, the director of the Junior Year in Munich, Prof. Mark Ferguson, began work on designing the unique features of German Bridge - die neue Brücke that could build upon JYM's 50 year presence in Munich.

 

The dream of building a new German Bridge has become reality. Today, German Bridge brings together people from previously unconnected disciplines and professions who share a common interest in strengthening German-American relations through education, student exchange, and mutually beneficial partnership building.

 

With the creation of the German Bridge initiative in Detroit, as well as the completion of the German Bridge Conference Center, new forms of cooperation on both sides of the Atlantic are now possible through German Bridge Partnerships.

As new constellations of synergies and partnerships emerge within a new Europe, Wayne State's new German Bridge promises to become a central gathering place and resource center for people who share a common interest in strong German-American relations in a changing world.

 

 

 

 

German Bridge - die neue Brücke, was developed by
Prof. Mark Ferguson,
who also designed and maintains the German Bridge website.

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