Our Mission Statement On October 12th, 1999, a group of undergraduate German students organized themselves into a band of interested, enthusiastic members of Der Deutsche Klub, or the German Club. The German Club was registered as an official Student Organization on Oct. 21, 1999. The Department of German Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison has long been recognized as an influential center for research and scholarship at the Graduate level, and it is the intention of the German Club to also foster that enthusiasm for German, Swiss, and Austrian culture among all UW students.