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January 25th 2012 - The participants of the SPRING batch 2011/12 visited the DASA Working World Exhibition in Dortmund. Together with Dr. Anne Weber, the managing director of SPRING, the students discovered the world of work from the occupational safety and health point of view. The interactive exhibition is part of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and provides an overview on how the future of work will look like.

December 16th 2011 - The former SPRING graduate Samjhana Bista from Nepal received the Martin-Schmeißer-Medal 2011 for her excellent Master thesis with international context. After studying in Dortmund and at our Chilean partner university in Valdivia she finished her SPRING Master in 2010. Her Master thesis delivers an important input for the worldwide discussion on the conflict between diversity and socio-economic interests of indigenous populations.
Because of her professional obligations in Nepal Samjhana Bista could not accept the medal herself but has sent her husband Ramji Bogati, currently a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Spatial Planning, to represent her during the award
ceremony.
(Photo: Rector TU Dortmund University Prof. Urlsula Gather (left), Ramji Bogati (middle), Prorector Diversity Management Pof. Barbara Welzel (right))

November 10th 2011 - Dr. Genet Alem was awarded the DAAD-prize 2011 of the Technical University of Dortmund. Originally born in Ethiopia, she studied architecture in Cuba and passed the SPRING Master programme in Dortmund. In 2011 Prof. Einhard Schmidt-Kallert awarded her a PhD. The award is given to foreign students with social engangement beyond their studies. While working for her doctoral thesis she founded a Peer-Review-Programme for English-speaking PhD candidates and prepared presentations on different topics. She also organized meetings and leisure activities, which were very popular among other students.
(Photo: Dr. Genet Alem (left), Rector TU Dortmund University Prof. Urlsula Gather (right))