A Very Special Thank You

More than 150 people recently attended Florida Atlantic University’s Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education (CHHRE) annual Educator Appreciation Dinner at the Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel. 

The dinner celebrated the exceptional work of K-12 teachers supported by FAU’s CHHRE and honored the 2021 Gutterman Family Outstanding Holocaust Educators. The highly competitive award is funded by Arthur Gutterman, a benefactor whose generous contributions help sustain the Gutterman Family’s CHHRE’s community and professional learning programs.  

This year’s award recipients were Dr. Louise Ball, Social Studies Curriculum Supervisor, Broward County Public Schools and Amanda Ladd, Park Vista High School; and Susan Prieto, Eagles Landing Middle School, School District of Palm Beach County.

“Research has demonstrated that students who learn about the Holocaust in school demonstrate higher critical thinking skills, a greater sense of social responsibility as well as civic engagement,” says Michael Horswell, Ph.D., dean of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.  “FAU is on a journey to become the nation’s leader in creating and assuring peace, justice and human rights – for all. Holocaust education, with its concomitant fight against antisemitism and other forms of hate, will always be central to that mission.”

The award recognizes educators who have demonstrated a positive impact on their school and the wider community within the field of Holocaust, genocide and human rights education.  It honors individuals who actively, by their example and through teaching these difficult subjects, strengthen South Florida students’ world-citizenship and capacity to uphold the dignity of all persons.

The Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote respect for all people through the study of Holocaust, genocide and human rights, and is an integral unit of FAU’s Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative.  

For more  information, contact Linda Medvin at 561-297-2929 or lmedvin@fau.edu.