97403-0346 Donations designated for our department make many program enrichments possible such as guest speakers, graduate student travel to scholarly meetings, and supplemental instructional material. Recent gifts have funded lectures from Professor Jeffrey Sammons from Yale University, Professor Professor Helmut Schneider from the University of Bonn, Professor Paul Michael Luetzeler from Washington University in St. Louis, and a reading by the German author Felicitas Hoppe from her lastest collection of short stories. Additionally, several videos for the film classes and books for the library have been purchased, as well as the initiationan the the outreach program which facilitates communication and shares resources with Oregon's Germanic language high school teachers. The Scandinavian program depends on gifts from donors to enhance our academic programs for language students. Recent gifts have funded lectures from guests such as Heidie von Born, a leading author in Sweden, and Anna Makkonen, a Finnish literary scholar and author.
Donations further allow supplementary videos and books with a Scandinavian focus to be purchased.
You are also invited to join the Friends of Scandinavian Studies.