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After almost five years of free service, the GLOWdatabase at www.LearnGerman.US had to be removed from the Internet until enough maintenance funds could be obtained.

Thanks to generous contributions from various sources, the data bank is now back on the Internet after a hiatus of only ten days! Although additional donations are still needed, enough was received to warrant the necessary one-time server purchase, GLOW's annual maintenance cost, and the $3300 needed for the 2008 GLOW Achievement winners (65 at $50 apiece). Of special note is the donation from the German American Cultural Society and its president Eric Braeden, the popular German-American TV star on The Young and the Restless.

Click on Donation, if you wish to help support the cause of learning German and reward the young people who are among the best German learners in the country.

Check out the 2008 Honor Roll of this year's winners who come from 42 states and several types of schools here at www.GLOWservice.net. There is also a Photo Gallery of student winners, some GLOW volunteers, and supporters, including Mr. Braeden. Each of the student winners receives a $50 gift certificate from Borders/Walden Books and a year's subscription (worth $25.00) to German World Magazine. The teachers of the winners will also receive a German World subscription at their school address.

This service for the German language in the USA is

· Endorsed by American & German agencies

· Volunteer-based and non-profit

Inclusive of all kinds of German programs

Our Mission

GLOW is free to all and serves:

Everybody active or interested
in the field of German language teaching

Students searching for German programs

Clients for tutors and translators

Job searchers.

Schools and companies seeking employees

The GLOWdatabase includes:

almost all German programs in the USA
job seekers
tutors and translators looking for clients

The newsletter GLOWbriefing

reaches out three times a year to those on the
database beginning in fall 2008

- To unite the German-teaching profession by communication
- To include all forms of German teaching programs
- To deliver important news from various agencies including:
American Association of Teachers of German
Goethe Institute
Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen (ZfA)
German Embassy and Consulates
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Modern Language Association
Others serving the profession.

The National GLOWawards

The GLOW National German Achievement Award initiative
identifies and honors 50-100 students in the spring each year.
The honorees are selected by each chapter of the AATG,
directors of Saturday schools, and, in some cases, teachers
and other agencies. The winning students each receive
a special certificate, a Gift Certificate to Borders, a year's
subscription to German World Magazine www.german-world.com
(a $25.00 value) and the placement of their name, school,
and teacher on the GLOWservice web Honor Roll, and the
right to put down a national award on college applications.
In addition, the teachers of the winners also receive a GW
subscription.

GLOW wishes to acknowledge the contributions of TV and
film star Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless),
Frank Mueller of the ZfA (Center German Programs Abroad),
Petra Schuermann of German World, and Julianne Beauvais,
Claremont, CA.

Salutation: Former German Consul General Los Angeles
Dr. Hans-Juergen Wendler

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