After three great years as DANK National’s webmaster, it is come time for me to make my exit. I am proud of what I was able to create for DANK over the last several years and as a result this decision wasn’t made lightly. There are exciting things I Read more »
I am sure that many of you heard about AFS International, the organization that arranges Student Exchanges between the US and other foreign countries. Many of the high school exchange students that I knew were hosted through AFS. Last month at German Fest in Milwaukee I had the pleasure to Read more »
On December 23 of last year, the DANK National Board held a special board meeting to elect Robert Miske of the Milwaukee chapter as National Treasurer. The position became vacant by the resignation of Maria Thompson, who resigned because of personal reasons. We sincerely thank Maria for dutifully exercising Read more »
My final days in the DANK office have been very busy as well as productive. After mailing out all of those dues invoices, we have already received some back! How quick! I enjoy opening the dues envelopes because the members at DANK have some real personality. It is fun to Read more »
This week at DANK has been very productive. We have completely finished the dues drive. All of those envelopes and paper cuts – auf wiedersehen. After all the envelopes were stuffed, I got to vacuum the office. It was very dusty in the office from the bits of paper flying Read more »
It is dues season. At this time of the year, every member receives what is similar to an invoice, inviting them to continue their membership with DANK. Although it is a very exciting time at DANK, with Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching with a seeming sense of immediacy (did anyone else Read more »
This week at DANK has been pretty exciting. I got to stuff envelopes and send them to the chapter presidents about the options that are available for holiday ads in the German -American Journal. The office has this really cool mail machine that I have never seen before. It can Read more »
The day I began my internship, I was nervous. Only travelling to the location one time before for my interview, I had an idea of how far away the location was yet was unsure of the travel times at this time in the day, especially since the CTA is Read more »