2008 Woodie Awards
KU Student Chosen For Prestigious Internship
Joanna Sliwa, graduate student to intern at the Lipper Internship at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
By Donyel L. Griffin
Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: Features
Students at Kean all share a common identity. Since everyone enrolled at Kean University is a student, in a way we all represent one another. With that said, it is only expected that when one of our own succeeds we feel proud of their accomplishments. One such student that has succeeded recently is graduate student Joanna Sliwa, who is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in one of Kean's newest programs, M.A in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The Elizabeth, New Jersey native was chosen to partake in the Lipper Internship Program at Lower Manhattan's Museum of Jewish Heritage. She is one of 16 lucky interns in the program that will learn Jewish history, as well as about the Holocaust, to teach to others. During the length of the prestigious internship, Joanna will study exhibitions at the Museum, attend historical lectures on the topics of 20th century Jewish history and even hear personal testimony from guests who are Holocaust survivors.
After completing the internship, the interns will be able to share their new knowledge of the Holocaust in classrooms throughout their community by gathering middle and high school students to the Museum where they will bring the Jewish experience into perspective through many lessons. "I am thrilled to have been granted the Lipper Internship at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Working in a museum setting and in the classroom educating students about the Holocaust and the lessons we should learn from history is very rewarding for me - a graduate student in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program at Kean", says Joanna about her feelings towards the wonderful opportunity.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage has a three floor Core Exhibition which serves to educate people about the Jewish experience prior to the Holocaust, as well as after. A few of the current exhibitions at the Museum are: A Blessing to One Another: Pope John II and the Jewish People and From the Heart: The Photojournalism of Ruth Gruber, opening January 16. The Lipper Internship Program is made possible by a generous grant from the Gruss Lipper Foundation.
After completing the internship, the interns will be able to share their new knowledge of the Holocaust in classrooms throughout their community by gathering middle and high school students to the Museum where they will bring the Jewish experience into perspective through many lessons. "I am thrilled to have been granted the Lipper Internship at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Working in a museum setting and in the classroom educating students about the Holocaust and the lessons we should learn from history is very rewarding for me - a graduate student in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program at Kean", says Joanna about her feelings towards the wonderful opportunity.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage has a three floor Core Exhibition which serves to educate people about the Jewish experience prior to the Holocaust, as well as after. A few of the current exhibitions at the Museum are: A Blessing to One Another: Pope John II and the Jewish People and From the Heart: The Photojournalism of Ruth Gruber, opening January 16. The Lipper Internship Program is made possible by a generous grant from the Gruss Lipper Foundation.