Bamberg Buddies

You want to …

... make new friends?

... meet American and Canadian students? 

... learn something about American and Canadian cultures?

... see your own culture with fresh eyes?

 

Then the Bamberg Buddies Program is for you!

At the American Studies section in Bamberg we are happy that our university has strong connections to a great number of American and Canadian universities. This means that every semester, up to 30 American and Canadian students come to Bamberg to study for a semester or year—a great chance for all of us!

In order to help the incoming American and Canadian students to feel even more at home here, and to give German and other international students a chance to make American and Canadian friends, we have initiated the Bamberg Buddies Program.

What do we do?

At least seven times a year, we organize informal German-American events—a welcome party at the beginning of each semester, get-togethers for Christmas and Fasching, an Easter surprise, and bicycle tour in May/June and a Fourth of July Party – events at which American, Canadian and German students can get to know each other as a group. Several smaller get-togethers are organized by individual German and American students as well.

Do you want to participate?

If you want to participate, please send an email to judith.rauscher(at)uni-bamberg.de, or just come to our next event.

What is our next event?

May 2013: Keller Tour

...details to be announced soon...

If you want to make sure that you get the newest updates, find and like "Amerikanistik Bamberg" on Facebook.

What have we done so far?

For impressions and pictures of past events please click  here.

What do students think about the program?

... at once the most welcoming community of German speakers I had met, the most joyful and entertaining place to practice my German, and the richest well-spring of kind, funny, generous and easy-going people whom I later learned to call friends. - Christian (USA)

... gerade für mich als nicht-Anglistik-Studierende eine super Angelegenheit! Ich bin eher zufällig über eine Freundin beim Nikolaus-Event zur Gruppe gestoßen und wirklich sehr dankbar dafür! Eine kanadische Studentin hat sogar Weihnachten mit mir und meiner Familie verbracht. Mein Fazit zu Bamberg Buddies: unbedingt hingehen! - Karolin (Uni Bamberg)

.... not only did the Bamberg Buddies show me what fun things you can do in the city, but the program also put me in touch with amazing people who want to learn about my culture while teaching me more about theirs. The events were always fun and relaxed. Thanks! - Alison (Canada)

.... well organized and nicely structured... a must for everyone who is interested in Canada and the US, or who just wants to have fun with new and old friends! - Alex (Uni Bamberg)

... one of the highlights of my semester! I met so many new people, Germans, Americans and Canadians alike! In fact, I met one of the people I hung out with most here in Bamberg at one of the first Buddies events. Everything we've done in the program has been so much fun, and super useful. - Stacie (USA)