By bike and deed – Munich

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Last Friday, the “Day for Good Teaching” took place at the LMU. As in previous years, outstanding lecturers from various faculties and students received awards. There were a total of 15 award winners or teams. This year’s teaching innovation award went to, among others Lena Daumann (Photo). In her lecture “Bioinorganic Chemistry”, the professor inspires her students with methodical elements for basic science, according to a statement from the LMU. For example, they could develop exam questions themselves in advance and collect points in science communication projects. The jury was impressed that the lecturer uses the “Socrative” app in her lessons, with which she can identify possible learning gaps in the students. In addition, a mental health concept developed by Daumann is an integral part of the lecture. In addition, the following were awarded: Professors of Chair II of the Anatomical Institute for “Histolog@”, a digital teaching of microscopic anatomy; the introductory course to the Masters in Introduction to Environment and Society at the Rachel Carson Center; the one-week course founded by Professor Helmut Satzger in 2021 at the “Munich Climate (Law) School” (MCS) and the joint project “Online and face-to-face training of teacher-parent conversations with standardized actors in the biology teacher training course, which fills a gap in the biology teacher training course The day will be organized by Vice-President Oliver Jahraus and is intended to promote discussion about innovative teaching and networking between teachers across disciplines.

Good purpose

Thomas Müller has won twelve German championships, making him the soccer player who has received the most awards. In 2014 he even became world champion. Now he had to admit defeat against DJ Bobo on the lawn in mid-July. However, not while playing football, but on a golf course near Munich. In addition to Müller and the Swiss musician, winter athletes Felix Neureuther and Thomas Dreßen took part in the charity tournament organized by the “Nicolaidis YoungWings” foundation. A total of 125,000 euros was raised for grieving children, young people and adults.

Strong role model

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The LaMonachia Business Award is presented every two years to three female laureates. This year the jury, consisting of 19 women and three men from politics and business, selected: Catherine Demeter, board member of the Edith-Haberland-Wagner-Foundation and chairwoman of the general meeting of Augustiner-Bräu Wagner KG for ten years. In addition to managing the traditional brewery, she has also distinguished herself with her social and cultural commitment. Christina Ramgraber, founder and managing director of sira childcare. She has set up a medium-sized company in an area with a major shortage of skilled workers and employs around 130 people in 36 mini-daycare centers. The third prizewinner is a multiple founder: Gunes Seyfarth is the owner of the Community Kitchen and managing director of the management consultancy MacGyvers. The prize, a decorative lion and 3,000 euros is intended to make the economic achievements of women in Munich visible and create role models.

Notable successor

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Iris Berben’s successor isn’t all that bad. Whereby predecessor of Michael “Bully” Herbig it’s not even that bad. The actress chaired the jury at the Günter Rohrbach Film Prize and is now handing it over to a successor who is at least as well-known. Of course, they are all a little inferior to their namesake. Günter Rohrbach, film producer, holds the age record for the three film greats. The man is now 94 years old and in the last five decades he has shaped a film landscape in Germany in which Berben and Herbig were then able to appear. For example with “The Boat”, which won six Oscars, or “The Neverending Story”. In the case of television productions, for example, there was “Das Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel”, in which the outgoing juror Berben also took part. It was therefore almost logical and almost inevitable that there should be a Günter Rohrbach Prize, which has been awarded in Rohrbach’s hometown of Neunkirchen since 2011. According to a press release, the award has been given to films that are at least 80 minutes long and have to do with the world of work and society. There are five categories, including best film and best actor, which Herbig could certainly have been involved with in the past. With “The Shoe of Manitou” he has already made the most successful German cinema film. If Herbig, who has just been awarded the honorary prize at the Bavarian Film Prize, i.e. a kind of Bavarian Order of Merit in the industry, takes over as chairman of the jury, he is probably only preparing for what is also coming up: the Bully Herbig Film Prize.

Long journey

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The three podcast hosts of the “Bergfreunde” have set themselves a legendary Tour de France pass. Last year they hiked across the Alps, this year they want to cycle from Munich to Paris in 20 days. That’s around 1,500 kilometers and well over 10,000 meters in altitude before they arrive on the Champs Élysée with their bikes. Catherine Kestler planned the route. Along with Catherine Schauer and Antonia Schlosser, a tent and a camera team in their luggage, they started in Thalkirchen. They document their journey on Instagram and in a daily podcast episode. A television documentary about the tour will follow in autumn.