by msoden52 | 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...
by Kristi Austin | Jan 5, 2018 | Newsletters
As the year winds down, I look back with so much gratitude, especially when I remember the new friends I’ve made. The months seemed to fly by, as if on skates. It was late fall before I realized that I hadn’t sent a recent newsletter, so I have some catching up to do....
by msoden52 | 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...
by msoden52 | 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:...
by NWBWordsmith | Jan 1, 2015 | Teachers
Having a great conversation with Professor Eugene Fidell, Senior Research Scholar in Law & Florence Rogatz Visisiting Lecuturer in Law at Yale University and Rabbi Shmully Hecht, one of the founders of Eliezer: the Jewish Society at Yale One of the highlights...
by NWBWordsmith | 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...
by NWBWordsmith | Dec 23, 2014 | Teachers
My dear friend, Carla Davis, invited me recently to speak to the Bryan Parkway Book Club. Look what a lovely bouquet and card they sent as a special thanks for the program. Did I tell you that I love flowers?
by NWBWordsmith | Dec 21, 2014 | Teachers
Abigail “Abby” Reasor (pictured on the right) recently earned her Girl Scouts of America Silver Award by developing the first-of-its-kind Holocaust education patch in Virginia. Abby is a member of Troop 793, which is led by her mother, Erin. Abby was...
by NWBWordsmith | Sep 9, 2014 | Teachers
The Virginia Holocaust Museum (VHM) in Richmond, VA, holds two week-long seminars each summer that are generally attended by about 30, or more, teachers and individuals interested in enlarging their knowledge of Holocaust education. Three graduate credits can...
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