by | Aug 16, 2020 | Teachers

Blog by msoden52 | Aug 16, 2020BlogCurabitur ultricies blandit nisi ut convallis. Integer in augue feugiat laoreet risus. Etiam tempus lorem luctus hendrerit. Looking Back at 2017 With Gratitude by Kristi Austin | Jan 5, 2018As the year winds down, I look back with so...

Alumna pens award winning booking about the holocaust

by | May 18, 2015 | Teachers

By William Lineberry The Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture May 11, 2015 10:54 am Nancy Beasley’s career as a journalist started with a wager—one that she lost. In 1979, Beasley’s husband bet her $10 and a haircut that she could get a job as a reporter...

Lohmann: A powerful story that won’t let her go

by | Apr 6, 2015 | Teachers

You just never know when something will grab hold of your life and take you on a wild, rewarding, unforgettable ride. Nancy Wright Beasley half-jokingly describes that scenario in her life as “Izzy driving the bus” — a reference to her first book: “Izzy’s Fire:...

“Izzy’s Fire” goes to Brazil

by | Dec 31, 2014 | Teachers

Camila Shiffl, a history teacher in Brazil, was so interested in studying Holocaust history that she paid her own way to Richmond to participate in the Alexander Lebenstein Teacher Education Institute held each year at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond. Since...