USC Shoah Foundation and Texas A&M University To Develop Teaching Fellowships and Intern Program

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Apr 09, 2015, 01:07 ET

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education and Texas A&M University announce a partnership to develop fellowships for professors and a student internship program on the Texas A&M campus.

The A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation will fund the three-year, $75,000 initiative. This fellowship will instruct professors on ways to integrate the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive of Holocaust and other genocide survivors' testimonies into their teaching. The professors chosen for the fellowship may develop new courses or significantly modify existing courses to incorporate the testimonies. Each selected fellow will research the testimonies available at Texas A&M, receive consultation at the Institute for Visual History and Education in Los Angeles, and present their findings at both Texas A&M and USC.

Texas A&M has partnered with the USC Shoah Foundation since 1999 and is one of only 51 universities that has full access to the Visual History Archive, which contains 53,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides. Nancy Brand, president of the A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation believes that "the resources in the Visual History and Education database are powerful, and their lessons remain relevant today. The survivor testimonies will enhance the educational experience at Texas A&M, and our foundation is very pleased to be part of this important initiative."

The donation will also fund the nation's first Holocaust Education internship, under the supervision of Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, executive director of Texas A&M Hillel. The selected student intern will serve as a liaison between the Texas A&M community and the USC Shoah Foundation, publicizing the resources available from the Visual History Archive to students, faculty, administration and the general public. "Hillel at Texas A&M is so excited to house the first Holocaust Education Intern as part of this amazing partnership. We look forward to our intern promoting the vital work of the Shoah Foundation and educating the campus community about the Holocaust," said Rabbi Rosenberg.

Proposals for the fellowship are due by April 24, 2015. Awards will be announced in early May. For any questions, or to submit an application, please contact Kia Hays at [email protected].

About USC Shoah Foundation
USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education is dedicated to making audio- visual interviews with survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides, a compelling voice for education and action. The Institute's current collection of more than 53,000 eyewitness testimonies contained within its Visual History Archive preserves history as told by the people who lived it, and lived through it. Housed at the University of Southern California, within the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Institute works with partners around the world to advance scholarship and research, to provide resources and online tools for educators, and to disseminate the testimonies for educational purposes.

Contact: Josh Grossberg 213-740-6065
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Rob Kuznia 213-740-0965
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