Frank McStay (Austin College Class of '11, B.A. in International Relations with minors in German and Leadership Studies) Frank also worked for Austin College and is now a graduate student in Public Affairs in New York:
"Few students would argue that language is the only element
in a foreign language program at a college. At Austin College, my experience in
the German program was part language, part cultural values, part political,
part history, and part economics, among many other parts. It is the diversity
of all these parts, rather than the whole, that influenced me the most
throughout my German minor at Austin College. Being challenged by a program
that incorporated works of Nietzsche, that examined the socio-economic conditions
surrounding the Wall of Berlin, and that discussed the theoretical attributes
of individual identity, is what I enjoyed the most about learning German at
Austin College. The liberal arts, within the German program, experience was
engaging, peaking my interest and thinking. The differences between course
material and figuring out how they all fit together is what drove my language
development, love for German, and multicultural perspective.
Students of German at Austin College learn much more than
just a language. Rather, they develop a multicultural lens. It is this lens or perspective
that I have been able to carry forward with me and use to analyze a variety of
situations. Moreover, it is a critical part of my identity today."
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