The Paul Baerwald School, founded by the Joint Distribution Committee here in 1949 to train Jewish social workers for service in European, Israeli and North African communities, is widening its scope by offering short-term courses in American social welfare throughout Western Europe and North Africa this fall, it was announced here yesterday by Dr. Henry Selver, director of the school, at commencement exercises marking the graduation of the second class to complete the institution’s course of study.
At ceremonies held in the 18th century Chateau de la Maye, in which the school is housed, certificates were distributed to 29 men and women from eight countries in Europe, North Africa and the Near East, including Israel, who will return to their homes to apply their knowledge of American social work methods in their native communities.
Announcing the inauguration of extension courses by the school, Dr. Silver reported that a team of three American faculty members will leave next month for Tunisia and Morocco to conduct intensive in-service training courses for those already working in existing welfare groups. Additional on-the-spot training programs are being planned by the institution during the coming school year in Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. At the same time, the Baerwald School will continue its normal functions, although with a smaller student body, 25 of whom are coming from Israel and North Africa this year.
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