Pellissippi State German students to study abroad
Two Pellissippi State students soon will be putting their foreign language skills to work—literally. Amanda Baggett and Jill Baker Ladaa, both second-semester German students here, have each been honored with fellowships to work and study in Germany this summer.Amanda Baggett has been chosen for WISP—Work Immersion Study Program—a Community College Initiative in Germany. Baggett will take a four-week intensive language course in Schwaebisch Hall in South Germany and then work as a paid intern for a German company for two months. WISP is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German, the Goethe Institute, CDS International, Landesstiftung Baden-Wuerttenberg and the Danial Renn Foundation.
Jill Baker Ladaa will travel to Dresden, Germany, as a goodwill ambassador on behalf of the Oak Ridge Rotary Club. Ladaa, who is director of the Keystone Adult Day Program in Oak Ridge, applied for the ambassadorship through the Rotary International Foundation. During her three-month trip to Germany, she will study at the Goethe Institute and conduct research in serving the needs of seniors.
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