Students from five different sections of Kathy Robinson's Holocaust and Genocide Studies class had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to visit the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. SCTCC students joined a diverse group of over 180 other college students, community leaders, and others from Minnesota and the Dakotas on the trip.
With a generous grant from a community member and sponsorships from the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Minnesota Vikings, and St. Cloud State Holocaust and Genocide Center, Robinson was able to take 10 students on this immersive, annual, one-day trip.
A popular option each semester, the Holocaust and Genocide Studies course taught by Robinson "provides a broad introduction to the Holocaust and contemporary genocide studies." Visiting the museum in person is a perfect expansion of the content covered in the class. With the class's popularity, there are multiple sections, meaning not all students taking the course get to interact with everyone else. One of the highlights of the trip was that students coming from five different sections got to meet and bond over the experience. Robinson relayed the reflection of one student: "The future doesn't seem so grim when you meet the next generation of amazing compassionate students."
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