The Gazette, James!

Yes, Miss Sophie.
Not only can Miss Sophie enjoy this latest edition of The Gazette, but you can too! Mix up the "same procedure as every year" with eco-friendly gift ideas, a Christmas interview with Tamara and Grant, a fantasy book review, and lots more!

Decembly Flyer Online

Check out our brandnew DECEMBLY RELOADED FLYER!

Decembly Reloaded

Ho ho ho!

The first snow rings in this years christmas season. Decembly, the x-mas gathering of the English Department will happen again this year.
You are hereby cordially invited to enjoy the company of warm and friendly people.

WHEN? Tuesday, December 16th 2008 - 6pm
WHERE? S 114

Bring and share your favorite food and beverages. Questions? Feel free to contact the Decembly-Staff or visit our decembly blog (http://ph-decembly.blogspot.com)

We're looking forward to see you :)

Gazette Deadline

Let your voice be heard! Write an article for the Gazette. Send all articles to mackintosh@ph-weingarten.de by December 10th for it to be printed in 2008's final issue.

English Sneak - Update

Today we're going to go to see the Sneak-Preview (most probably Madagascar 2)! Here some additional facts:

Date: 01.12.2008
Time: 7pm (meeting point), 8.30pm (film start)
Meeting point: NZ (Innenhof"parkplatz")
How: Carpooling

For more information contact Mario (graumario@ph-weingarten.de)

THANKSGIVING 2008 - First Pictures

Just a few hours ago a handful of people from the English Department celebrated Thanksgiving together. Here are some first impressions for you, a little article about the evening will follow soon.

Just a small part of all the big, delicious things we had.

Ms Mackintosh & Saskia

Saskia & Mario

Lena opens the buffet.

Wow! This is a lot of stuff to eat!

Out Now: The Gazette

We just published the latest issue of the Gazette. Find interesting aticles about the Ulmer Münster, British Food or Free Time Activites in Weingarten.

Download here (pdf/6.3MB)

English Sneak Preview

Hi folks!

A little mouse told me a few days ago there will be a Sneak-Preview at Cineplex FN in English! After we had such a great time watching "James Bond" we should meet again ;)

A Sneak-Preview is a special event, taking place every Monday at Cineplex Friedrichshafen. You'll pay a special price (5€) and have no clue which film will be shown. No risk no fun!

So on December 1st, the sneak will be in English and I think the film will be a pretty good one - but no promises ;)

If you're interested, please contact me on graumario@ph-weingarten.de. Like last time we need drivers, so please tell me if you could drive or need someone to give you a lift.

Hope to see you soon!

Cheers,

Mario - StuFa English

PS: Please check out our group at StudiVZ called "DIE PH CINEASTEN"

Bake Sale Success!

Over 270 Euros was raised at the bake sale! We're working on an appointment to hand the money over to the Ravensburger Tafel. It's very likely that we'll have the press there, too! We'll let you know when that's happening and hope you can join us!

THANKSGIVING is coming!

Celebrate Thanksgiving with the Lunchbox team on Thursday, November 27th at 18:00 in S 329. Bring something yummy to share at this fall feast!

James Bond - Quantum of Solace

• WHEN? Thursday, November 13th, 2008 - movie starts at 20.15 we meet at 19.00 at the NZ
• WHO? Everyone who's interested
• WHERE? Cineplex Friedrichshafen (we meet at the NZ and drive there together)
• HOW? Carpooling (hopefully there will be enough drivers!)
• COST? Update: The distributer of the film vetoed group prices! We made a deal with the manager of Cineplex to give us a discount of 2 Euros so the price will be 5 €. Still a good bargain!
  

If you are interested, please sign up on the "list of agents" at the bottom of the stairwell going up to S 328 or send an e-Mail (graumario@ph-weingarten.de).

Please let us know if you can drive (we need drivers!) and how many people you take with you.

You can check out the group "DIE PH CINEASTEN" at StudiVZ, too.

Bake Sale this Tuesday!

The Trick or Treat season is over, but that doesn't mean you need to deprive your sweet tooth!
Drop by the Cafeteria (NZ building) on Tuesday, November 11 between 9 and 14 for a piece of classic marble cake, a zany zucchini brownie, or a marvelous muffin.
The English StuFA, PHenglish Blog, and student volunteers will be having a bake sale to raise money for the Red Cross Ravensburger Tafel. Stop by and satisfy your between class snack attack and help those in need.

More Classes Available Next Week

As of November 10^th, the English department will offer two additional courses:

1. Modul 5.1. Advanced Language Competence: literature based
Instructor: Daniel Allmayer, Mondays 14:15-15:45 S 329

2.Modul 2.3 Developing Advanced Oral Skills
Instructor: Daniel Allmayer, Mondays 16:15 – 17:45 S 102

A Quantum of Solace now in FN's Cineplex

This just in: Cineplex Friedrichshafen will show the latest James Bond movie "A Quantum of Solace" in original language!
According to their website it'll be shown starting from November 6th. Find more info in cineplex.de.

Bake Sale

Do something good and get something sweet! The PHENGLISH Team & STuFA are having a bake sale on Tuesday, November 11th and all of the money earned will go to the Red Cross Ravensburger Tafel. The stand will be at the NZ cafeteria from 9:00 to 14:30. Our goal is to raise 100 Euros! We need your help to reach this goal. Let's give back to the community with this project! If you can help out by baking a delicious treat or working the stand, please contact Ms. Mackintosh: mackintosh@ph-weingarten.de for more info.

Happy Halloween!

"This is Halloween, this is Halloween. HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN!"To learn more about All Hallow's Eve, check out the creepy History Channel Minisite about Halloween. Have a boo-tiful day!

StuFa News

On Thursday, the 23rd students of the English Department met. After some questions about general things Nadine and Jennifer were reelected and three new members were elected to be the StuFa in winter semester 08/09: Max, Tanja and Mario.
We announced the Lunchbox which is taking place next Thursday 1 pm in S329.

Another thing all of you can really look forward to are movie evenings exclusively planned for English Students. Stay tuned for your personal invitation.
Let the activities begin! We planned lots of things for you, so stay tuned :)

The Lunchbox next Thursday

The witches, goblins, and ghosts are coming. Are you ready? Join Lena and Annika at the Lunchbox next Thursday at 13:00 in S 329 to get ready for Halloween! Bring your lunch and/or something to share. Boo there!

Allmayer Classes

Have you heard? Ms. Allmayer's classes are on hold until a substitute is found. BUT, the good news is that the classes still taking place are:
Module 2 Developing Advanced Writing Skills Tuesdays at 11:15 room S 329
Module 6 Practising Oral Skills Wednesdays at 11:15 room S 329.
Oh, and there are the Vertiefendes Seminar zu M1.2 Sprachlabor courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30-there's still space in the Thursday class.

StuFa First Meeting

Hey you! It's time to get involved. Come to the StuFa meeting next Thursday, the 23rd at 13:00 in Schlossbau S 012. See you there!

Ms. Allmayer's Current Condition

Ms. Allmayer returned home yesterday, a day later than expected, with mixed news. The good news is that the tumour has been removed. However, doctors also told her that 6 out of the 12 lymph nodes are cancerous. Ms. Allmayer will be undergoing daily radiation treatments for the next few weeks which should "hit them on the head," as she says. She will also be taking daily treatment medication for the next five years.

Ms. Allmayer out this week

We've just heard that Ms. Allmayer has been written ill for the rest of the week. She sent an e-mail out about her condition last week and it's posted on the bulletin board outside of her office. The bad news, it looks like she'll be out for a while. More news to come as soon as we've got it.

Ruth Allmayer Update

We've got a little news about Ms. Allmayer. As many of you know, she has been fighting cancer since earlier this year. She had some major surgery last week and is doing fine. And she will be released from the hospital later today. She thanks everyone for their warm and caring messages and hopes to be back at the PH soon, but it all depends on how things go. If you would like to send Ms. Allmayer a card or anything, you can contact Ms. Mackintosh.

Welcome to the first ever Phenglish Blog!

The purpose of this blog is to:

• inform you about upcoming events
• share the latest news with you
  
• organize activities like The Lunchbox
• and give you the opportunity to get involved.

We hope you find it fun and helpful. We look forward to reading your comments and meeting you at one of our events.