International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025
This month, we celebrate “International Holocaust Remembrance Day" on January 27th. International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the millions of Holocaust victims and enjoins individuals to promote programs to prevent further genocides.
Access Torch
Student
Emily Hamel
Emily Hamel is a fall 2024 graduate of the Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) program with a minor in Jewish Studies, as well as our Access Torch for the month of January. Hamel is passionate about both early childhood education and Jewish history and culture.
Access Champion
Faculty/Staff
Dr. Karrin Hanshew
Karrin Hanshew, Associate Professor in the Department of History, is our Access Champion for the month of January. As a historian of modern Europe with a focus on Germany and its political and economic reconstructive efforts in the wake of World War II and the Nazi reign, she is an integral part of students’ education on the consequences of fascism and joining together as a society to combat injustice and everyday threats to democracy.
Access Spotlight
Alumni
Daniel Baum
Our Access Spotlight this month is on Daniel Baum, an Attorney at the Jones Day law firm in Detroit, and a proud alumnus of the College of Social Science with degrees in Public Policy and Jewish Studies. His maternal grandparents both are survivors of the Holocaust.