We are thrilled to announce that the MKI has been named the recipient of a prestigious NEH Challenge Grant to support the MKI Library Project. The award will go toward an endowment for a librarian/archivist position, the remodeling and renovation of the MKI’s new quarters in the University Club, and the purchase of some new acquisitions. The NEH Challenge Grant provides us with $300,000, which we must match over the next few years on a three-to-one basis. Thanks to the generous support of friends and associates, the Library Project Campaign is already well on its way. We are happy about the recognition this award is bringing to the Institute and are looking forward to meeting the next challenge.
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25 Years or 325 Years
The Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MKI) turned 25 years old in October of 2008. Sounds like a long time, but not much compared to the fact that the first German settlement in North America (Germantown, Pennsylvania) was established some 325 years ago.
We've started this blog as a way to showcase some of the work we're doing. We also see it as an opportunity to examine the influence immigrants have had on America—-after all, except for the indigenous people of the Americas, we're all of immigrant stock here.
We'll post some ideas that are running through our heads these days; we hope you'll find them of interest and will feel like offering your own comments.