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$10.8 million grant to provide academic scholarships
by Harry Shipps
Staff writer
News | 3/31/09
Posted online at 7:19 AM EST on 3/31/09
Brandeis has received a $10.8 million grant that will establish an institute and provide about 200 scholarships for Russian-speaking Jewish undergraduates, graduate students, Ph.D candidates and participants in the school's high school summer programs, according to a University press release March 25, 2009.
The organization is called the Brandeis Genesis Institute for Russian-Speaking Jewry, and the grant came from the Genesis Philanthropy Group, according to the release. Vice President of the Office of Global Affairs Daniel Terris said that the exact procedures for granting scholarships had not yet been worked out, citing the fact that the grant was received a very short time ago.
According to the University's press release, "The Genesis grant will fund scholarships for between 36 and 60 undergraduates, 14 master's degree candidates, six Ph.D. candidates and 132 participants in Brandeis summer programs for high school youth over the next five years, starting in 2009."
Founded in 2007, the Genesis Philanthropy Group focuses on issues of Russian Jewry in the former Soviet Union, North America and Israel. The Group's website states: "The mission of Genesis Philanthropy Group is to develop and enhance Jewish identity among Russian-speaking Jews worldwide. … We are committed to supporting and launching projects, programming, and institutions that are focused on ensuring that Jewish culture, heritage, and values are preserved in Russian-speaking Jewish communities across the globe."
Terris said, "Students who accept [the scholarships] will participate in a series of extracurricular activities on Jewish education, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition." Those activities will include retreats, speakers and other experiences to engage students intellectually and physically in the Jewish community.
The BGI is described on the University Web site as focusing on "developing and sustaining the Jewish identity of Russian-speakers [that] is at the center of the BGI's mission."
The organization is called the Brandeis Genesis Institute for Russian-Speaking Jewry, and the grant came from the Genesis Philanthropy Group, according to the release. Vice President of the Office of Global Affairs Daniel Terris said that the exact procedures for granting scholarships had not yet been worked out, citing the fact that the grant was received a very short time ago.
According to the University's press release, "The Genesis grant will fund scholarships for between 36 and 60 undergraduates, 14 master's degree candidates, six Ph.D. candidates and 132 participants in Brandeis summer programs for high school youth over the next five years, starting in 2009."
Founded in 2007, the Genesis Philanthropy Group focuses on issues of Russian Jewry in the former Soviet Union, North America and Israel. The Group's website states: "The mission of Genesis Philanthropy Group is to develop and enhance Jewish identity among Russian-speaking Jews worldwide. … We are committed to supporting and launching projects, programming, and institutions that are focused on ensuring that Jewish culture, heritage, and values are preserved in Russian-speaking Jewish communities across the globe."
Terris said, "Students who accept [the scholarships] will participate in a series of extracurricular activities on Jewish education, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition." Those activities will include retreats, speakers and other experiences to engage students intellectually and physically in the Jewish community.
The BGI is described on the University Web site as focusing on "developing and sustaining the Jewish identity of Russian-speakers [that] is at the center of the BGI's mission."
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Lexa Jaffe-Klusman
posted 4/01/09 @ 6:03 AM EST
April Fool's Day? - Also my mother's birthday- so I'm sensitive to this particular date. But a dangerous joke when it comes to Brandeis' reputation... (Continued…)
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