The internship application for Fall 2014 is now available online! SPOHP’s semester-long academic internship is open to all interested students. Applications are due May 1, 2014.
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March 12, “Scott Camil: Resistance & Liberation” By Eugenia Hawk, Intern On March 12, 2014, SPOHP hosted a presentation by Vietnam veteran and political activist Scott Camil. The UF Center for Women’s Studies provided the beautiful Ustler Hall atrium, in which the demonstration took place, and by the time Camil began speaking, the entire room was packed […]
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“Several give stark accounts of segregation-era racism,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, March 12, 2014. The Gainesville Sun highlighted SPOHP’s public history program, “The Florida Civil Rights Struggle: Past & Present,” on March 12. The program featured four panelists: John Due, Dan Harmeling, Vivian Filer, and Rosemary Florence, civil rights activists looking back on […]
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The Gainesville Sun highlights student and staff work in a feature this week for the March 12 civil rights program focusing on the value of involving students in local history work.
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“UF students get immersed in the history of civil rights,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, March 10, 2014. In preparation for the upcoming public history program, “The Florida Civil Rights Struggle: Past & Present,” on Wednesday, March 12, the Gainesville Sun highlighted student and staff work in civil rights research and event organizing. Featuring interviews with […]
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Emily Nyren, an intern alumni from Spring 2013, has volunteered for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program through summer and fall 2013, and now in her last semester at the University of Florida. Emily writes for the Events and Public Programs Archive, recording SPOHP events in online features that include photo galleries and press coverage. She […]
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Intern alumni and volunteer Emily Nyren covered the Jan. 15 “Trouble the Water” public event.
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January 15, 2014, “Trouble the Water” Film Screening & Symposium By Emily Nyren, Intern Alumni and Volunteer On January 15, 2014, SPOHP hosted renowned documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin for a film screening and symposium related to her award-winning film, “Trouble the Water.” In the afternoon, the UF Center for Women’s Studies held a symposium discussion, and […]
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The internship application for Spring 2014 is now available online! SPOHP’s semester-long academic internship is open to all interested students. Applications are due December 1, 2013.
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The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida announces the release of a new documentary, “The Fire Within: The Rebuilding of a Downtown Community,” which tells the story of the destruction and rebirth of Trinity Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Florida. The documentary can be viewed on SPOHP’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQOh_zNGzg. On Thursday, April […]
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