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...have lasting effects. As the Harvard Hillel Birthright Israel Campus Coordinator, Jason D. Pressberg is dedicated to being personally available to guide participants through the registration process, the pre-departure orientation, and the actual trip, which he helps to lead. In order to perpetuate the trip’s mission, Pressberg encourages participants to develop their Jewish identities when they return from Israel by being active in Hillel and Birthright alumni events.Pressberg himself went on a different Taglit-Birthright trip several years ago, which he said gave him a distinctive perspective on the organization. Pressberg recalled that when he returned...
...Group. “They’ve been really phenomenal so far,” Potter said of the company’s new publisher. “Avalon is really supportive of our new focus on study abroad and they are very committed to bringing our student mission to the fore.” Although this recent change in publishers has coincided with the economic downturn, Potter believes that the challenge can actually be an advantage. “Let’s Go will also probably attract a wider readership, as more people will be traveling according...
...larger scheme of things, it must be remembered that the custodial staff cuts do not occur in a vacuum. If cuts are not made here, they will be made somewhere else. The educational mission of Harvard must be the main determinant when considering what programs and staff to eliminated, and cutting outsourced custodial labor is a reasonable place to reduce spending. Harvard spokesperson Kevin Galvin explained that the cuts are due to “unprecedented fiscal situation [at] Harvard” that is causing the university to carefully consider funding for each of the programs it administers...
...university whose mission is to educate, the educators should be the first priority during downsizing. Eliminating custodial staff will not have the academic consequences of decreased faculty hiring, hopefully allowing Harvard students to still receive a high quality academic experience regardless of the economic state outside of Harvard...
...Obama thanked Canada for its contributions to the war in Afghanistan, where the country has lost 108 soldiers. But at their first meeting, he did not press Harper to extend Canada's military mission in that country, which expires...