Address: P.O. Box 32146
Edwin Duncan Hall, Room 118
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Phone: 828-262-2311
Fax: 828-262-6803
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Website: https://holocaust.appstate.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Center4JHPS/?fref=ts
Director/Person-in-Charge: Amy Hudnall, Interim Director, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Staff Members:
Dr. Zohara Boyd
Dr. Rosemary Horowitz
Year Established: 2002
Type of Organization or Mission: To develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers, and the community. The Office seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding, and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement.
Services: Sponsorship of the annual "Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Holocaust Symposium" for public school teachers, Appalachian students and faculty, and the community; Organization of public lectures, enrichment seminars, weekend workshops, campus exhibits, and special events for academic and community audiences; Sponsorship of outreach presentations and teacher development workshops for public school teachers and the community; Support of undergraduate curricular offerings in Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies on and off campus and development of an undergraduate minor; Organization of research symposia and scholarly conferences; Development of a Teaching Resource Center; Research endeavors for students at Holocaust research centers in the U.S. and Europe; Supporting courses on the Holocaust, Modern Genocide, and Judaism
