{"id":57822,"date":"2015-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-engineering-student-sarah-rheault-wins-scholarship-from-german-organization\/"},"modified":"2015-12-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-engineering-student-sarah-rheault-wins-scholarship-from-german-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/uri-engineering-student-sarah-rheault-wins-scholarship-from-german-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 engineering student Sarah Rheault wins scholarship from German organization"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I., December 7, 2015 \u2013 The professors are more formal, students knock their knuckles on desks if they\u2019re pleased with a lecture, and the food, mostly meat and cheese, is much cheaper than in the United States.<\/p>\n


\nThose are some of the impressions of Sarah Rheault, a 溏心vlog免费B站 student who has been studying industrial engineering at Technische Universit\u00e4t in Braunschweig, Germany since September.<\/p>\n


\nEnrolled in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s five-year International Engineering Program, Rheault expects to crack the books all semester, then do an internship in the spring.<\/p>\n


\nLast April, Rheault, of Wakefield, made headlines after winning a grant from the Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows fund to study a foreign language overseas.<\/p>\n


\nRheault is back in the news \u2013 this time as the recipient of a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, or Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, also known as DAAD.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 recently chatted with Rheault about what it\u2019s like to live and study in Germany \u2013 and whether she\u2019s adjusting to all that bratwurst and Limburger cheese.<\/p>\n

How are your classes going?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI\u2019m taking four courses: two German language courses and two engineering courses. The German courses are a conversation course and an intercultural partnership course, in which each American student gets partnered with a German student and we meet once a week and do things together. As for the engineering courses, one is taught in German, \u201cTotal Lifecycle Management,\u201d and the other is taught in English, \u201cAutomotive Production.\u201d<\/p>\n

What’s the big difference between a German classroom and an American one?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nOne quirky difference is that at the end of large lectures in Germany, students applaud the lecturer, but instead of clapping they knock their knuckles on the desks. After my first lecture I was a bit surprised by the sound of 300 students\u2019 knuckles thundering in the lecture hall. I might say that the barrier between professors and students is a little starker. Students behave extremely formally toward professors, and it\u2019s not as normal for students to become friendly with professors.<\/p>\n

Do German professors have a different teaching style?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nNot really. Just like in the United States it seems like every professor has his or her own style.<\/p>\n

It must be great to immerse yourself in the language and culture. Is your German improving?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nDefinitely. Between the two German classes and the three-week intensive language course we did before the beginning of the semester I have absolutely noticed an improvement in my German skills.<\/p>\n

Where are you living? Are you making lots of German friends?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI\u2019m living in a student dorm at the university. Not many German students live in the dorm. It\u2019s mostly international students. However, I am participating in a program that puts me in contact with various Germans looking to improve their English. We meet for coffee and speak a mixture of German and English together. <\/p>\n

Where are you doing your internship next semester?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI have my interview this Friday with Viessmann, an international company in the heating and cooling industry. My first choice for the internship is Deutsche Bahn, Germany\u2019s top rail transport provider, but it\u2019s a bit more difficult to get an internship with them. Either way nothing is set in stone yet.<\/p>\n

Are you homesick?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI am a little homesick but, for the most part, I\u2019m too busy to be homesick. With so many new things to see and do I don\u2019t have a lot of time to sit around and miss home. My parents and brother are visiting for Christmas. <\/p>\n

Final question: How\u2019s the food?<\/b> <\/p>\n


\nThe food is great! Lots of breads, cheeses and meats. Think sandwiches. All in all, it\u2019s not too different from the United States in terms of what you can find in the supermarket, except for the fact that everything is ridiculously cheap here.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Sarah Rheault, of Wakefield, a 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering student who recently received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, or Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Rheault is studying at Technische Universit\u00e4t in Braunschweig, Germany. <\/p>\n


\nPhoto courtesy of Sarah Rheault.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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