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October 16, 2023 鈥� It is no ordinary birthday celebration. And for one Marist student in particular, it was extraordinary.

Every Oct. 11, the marks Eleanor Roosevelt鈥檚 birthday with a solemn ceremony in the picturesque Rose Garden. This year, Krystyna Lubrano '24 took part in that ceremony, laying a wreath at Roosevelt鈥檚 grave monument to mark her 139th birthday.

鈥淚 feel incredibly grateful,鈥� said Lubrano. 鈥淭o be even a small part of the legacy of such an incredible woman is an honor.鈥�

Krystyna Lubrano '24 (seated at far left) and other participants and audience members in the Rose Garden of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Site in Hyde Park. Photo by Nelson Echeverria/澳门六合彩app.

The invitation to participate capped off a successful internship and research experience for Lubrano, a history major who will graduate next spring. Most undergraduates never have the opportunity to work in a presidential library, but Lubrano got an unmatched behind-the-scenes look into the history of the nation and the world.

鈥淭he idea of this program is to get our interns to experience what it鈥檚 like to work in a historic location and what that means in terms of bringing the story alive,鈥� said Jeffrey Urbin, Education Director at the . 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got the documents, you鈥檝e got the artifacts, and in education, our job is to make it pertinent to students.鈥�

Seeing how some of the more troubling aspects of President Roosevelt鈥檚 legacy were presented was one of the most memorable parts of Lubrano鈥檚 experience.

鈥淥ne of the reasons I am so passionate about what I study is because of the satisfaction that comes from uncovering an untold perspective, and getting to tell a story that had been previously silenced,鈥� she said.

Krystyna Lubrano '24 in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library. Photo by Nelson Echeverria/澳门六合彩app.

The interest in these areas led Lubrano to her honors research project about the impact of New Deal housing policies on the modern-day U.S. education system.

This project led her right back to the Roosevelt Library, where her internship coordinator, Urbin, helped her apply to do research in .

With Urbin鈥檚 support, Lubrano had the opportunity to read declassified FBI files from 1943 discussing racial issues in the country.

Lubrano鈥檚 hands-on experience at the Roosevelt Library is part of a longstanding and rich relationship between the historic site and the Department of History and School of Liberal Arts at Marist. That relationship is marked by Professor of History David Woolner鈥檚 position as Senior Fellow and Resident Historian of the , and by a robust internship program coordinated by Dr. Steve Garabedian, Associate Professor of History.

鈥淚 work with Jeffrey Urbin each spring to ensure the library gets quality interns, and, in turn, to ensure our interns have an enriching semester of experiential learning,鈥� said Dr. Garabedian.

Krystyna Lubrano '24 stands with Jeffrey Urbin, Education Director for the Roosevelt Library next to a bust of the former president. Photo by Nelson Echeverria/澳门六合彩app.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e getting real job experience,鈥� remarked Urbin. 鈥淭he idea is to get students to perform in a wide variety of different settings, working with a wide variety of people, and develop skills they鈥檙e going to need when they get out into the real world.鈥�

Beyond internships, the Department of History offers the FDR Research Seminar, an upper-level history course in the fall that includes archival research at the Roosevelt Library. It is a culminating experience for many history majors in which they focus on a specific topic, receive their own research cards from the library, and work closely with archivists and 澳门六合彩app faculty to do high-level historical work.

鈥淭he archivists are incredibly helpful to our students, who gain a sense of the national significance of historical preservation and interpretation,鈥� said Dr. Robyn Rosen, who teaches the seminar. 

The grave monument for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the Rose Garden of the Roosevelt Historic Site. Photo by Nelson Echeverria/澳门六合彩app.

Lubrano鈥檚 experiences were just the start of her commitment to equity, both in the study of history and in the present. In November, she will present her research at the in Chicago.

At Marist, as Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the (SGA), she develops programs to increase student awareness of these issues.

She previously contributed to a DEI workshop piloted by Dr. Sasha Biro, and is now planning a panel discussion to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the one of the guiding documents for the United Nations.

鈥淭he declaration has an incredible impact around the world,鈥� said Lubrano. "Eleanor Roosevelt was instrumental in its drafting, and I believe it is important to recognize the global change that started just down the road from 澳门六合彩app in Hyde Park.鈥�