July 14, 2011
Daniel Rosenstein ’12 interns for executive director at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Daniel Rosenstein '12, left, poses with Rick Hirschhaut, executive director of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education...
Daniel Rosenstein ’12, currently involved in his third internship, has taken his cultural and career interests and built an impressive portfolio of professional relationships. As a history and education major and active member of the College’s Hillel group, Rosenstein has used his connections at Lake Forest College to open doors for internship opportunities.
Rosenstein first interned at the Chicago History Museum, working directly with the chief curator. He spent his fall 2010 semester creating a working portfolio of the museum’s collection on Jewish Chicago, helping prepare for a new exhibit to open October 2012.
“This internship was an amazing practical experience for work in public history,” he said. “Learning from others helped me understand the significance of growing as a professional in a nonprofit institution.”
Through the education department, he also interned as a pre-service eighth grade social studies teacher at a Waukegan public middle school last spring. “The goal of this internship parallels with a core value of the department: to become a teacher that appreciates culturally responsive instruction and learning,” Rosenstein said.
Rosenstein is currently interning at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, where he works closely with the executive director, Rick Hirschhaut. This learning experience is provided by the Harriet and Maurice Lewis Family Summer Intern Program, which connects Jewish college students with opportunities where they can grow as professionals and engage in Jewish community service projects. Rosenstein went through a competitive application process to become one of the 27 paid scholars this summer.
“I have a lot more responsibility than I thought I was going to get,” Rosenstein said. He collaborates with the education team that planned the teachers’ education institute, networks with donors and dignitaries on behalf of the museum, and continues his research on the Jewish community with their marketing and operations teams, too. He also collaborated with commissioners as part of governor Pat Quinn’s Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Rosenstein plans on writing a thesis this fall on the research he has collected during his internship at the Holocaust Museum on the emerging curriculum in Holocaust and genocide education.
“The combination of opportunities within the Lake Forest College community and work experience beyond campus will give me that ever-important edge in the workforce,” Rosenstein said.