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SARASOTA, FL, (August 18, 2005) – The Vietnam War was the subject of controversy for Americans through several generations. In a new history class at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, former award-winning journalist Harvey Meyerson presents a historical timeline of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, spanning from global western expansion through the nineteenth century to the protests that rocked the nation in the 1960s.

The history class is Wednesdays from 3-5:30 p.m. Aug. 31 through Dec. 14, at USF Sarasota-Manatee at 5700 N. Tamiami Trail, and is available for both degree-seeking and non-degree-seeking students. Students will experience the Vietnam War through videos and contemporary documents. For information, call 359-4330.

Meyerson holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Northwestern University, as well as a master’s and a doctorate in history from Brandeis University. He was a reporter for major newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, and was a foreign correspondent for the Paris bureau of the Chicago Daily News. He has been a consultant for various government entities, a professional history lecturer, and currently serves as a congressional research review specialist for the Office of Congressional Affairs and Counselor to the Director. Meyerson also has published several books on American history and one on Vietnam titled Vinh Long that provides a two-year perspective on the war from a province in the Mekong delta.

The new Campus Center, scheduled to open in fall 2006, will be a 100,000-square-foot facility with 24 classrooms; a 190-seat lecture/exhibition hall; seminar and video-conferencing rooms; computer labs; a daycare center; student gathering places; faculty and staff offices; a technology and learning center; dining facilities; and training facilities for the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Once completed, the Center will offer some 800 courses annually in 39 academic programs.