The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel

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• The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel

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Location
Emek Yezreel College

• In Yezreel Valley (Emek Yezreel), in Israels
  northern region a few miles from Afula

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Background

• 1965 College established to meet local adult
  education needs in the north
• 1973-1994 served as a regional branch of Haifa
  University
• 1994 Israels Council of Higher Education
  recognized College as an independent academic
  institution authorized to grant B.A. degrees in
  several academic fields

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Max Stern College Mission Characteristics

• Colleges mission is to narrow social gaps in
  Israel by providing undergraduate education to
  first generation students young people from
  Jewish and Arab families for whom higher
  education was not in past generations a viable
  option.
• Promotion of culture, industry and opportunity in
  Israels northern peripheral areas.
• Idyllic, informal campus atmosphere supplemented
  by the opportunity to gain a solid, accredited
  B.A. degree.

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Academic Departments

• Economics and Business Management
• Behavioral Sciences
• -Psychology, Criminology, Education
• Health Administration
• Human Services
• Social Sciences and Multidsciplinary Studies
• - Computers and Information Systems
• - Communications
• - Jewish People and World Culture
• - Women and Gender Studies
• Sociology Anthropology
• Political Science

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Faculty

• Over 70 full time staff members more than 200
  part-time staff members
• Faculty members are involved in community
  development projects, as part of the Colleges
  mission to narrow gaps, and develop Israels
  peripheral northern area

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Students

• Currently 3600 B.A degree students
• Jews from kibbutz and moshav communities, cities
  and low income development towns new immigrants
  and veteran Israelis
• Non-Jewish student population is 23 of student
  body
• Student body is a microcosm of Israeli society
  level of interaction on campus is a model of
  coexistence between Jewish-Arab groups

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Community Involvement At the Max Stern College
of Emek Yezreel During the 2006-2007 academic
year, a record number of students are involved in
community involvement projects 1200
students. Community involvement projects,
operated by the College's Dean of Students
office, relate to three main subject areas 1.
Initiating and promoting projects to empower
select population groups, and integrate them in
academia.
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Community Involvement At the Max Stern College
of Emek Yezreel 2. Initiating and promoting
projects which involve students in community
spheres, in specific areas of
expertise. 3.Integrating students in existing
projects operated by organizations, social
welfare and education institutions, and
cultural frameworks.
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• Community Projects

• Production of statistical yearbook for northern
  region cost NIS 300,000
• Keda Project pre-academic studies program for
  immigrants from CIS
• Forum for council heads from Jewish and Arab
  regions, in response to October 2000 events
• Design for Childrens Ward of Ha-emek Hospital
  (by Goren Graphic School students)
• Pre-academic studies in Hebrew, math and English
  for Arab students
• Arab women empowerment project

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Community Projects, Continued

• Work by faculty members in local public school on
  classroom violence prevention. Work done with
  elderly care center
• Academic and professional training program for
  public sector workers and security sphere
  workers Ongoing one-day seminars on local,
  community issues
• Student business initiative project in
  conjunction with Grinspoon Foundation of
  Springfield MA
• Action Research team empowerment project with
  local Arab and Jewish communities, including Umm
  al Fahm
• Connections with Hartford, Southern New England,
  Sarasota and other North American Jewish
  communities, partly in conjunction with
  Partnership 2000

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• Empowerment Projects for Select
• Population Groups
• Single parent empowerment project, in
  collaboration with the Sacta- Rashi- Foundation.
  13 students. Single parent participants receive
  economic assistance (tuition aid), and tutorial
  support provided by outstanding College students
• Academia Project, in collaboration with the
  Academia Foundation and the Sacta-Rashi
  Foundation 17 participants. The project's goal
  is to empower students from the periphery
  participants receive tuition aid, and tutorial
  help provided by outstanding College student
  peers, and individualized help
• In the Academia and Katzir projects, students
  are involved in community involvement projects
  within the Perach framework, or the College's
  community involvement unit

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Special Projects Initiated by the Dean of
Students Office Environmental Affairs
activities Reading skills project for third
graders students support elementary school
pupils who have been identified as having reading
skills issues, Support is given on an
individualized level, with professional
supervision Tutorial lessons for College
students and pre-academic studies students
provided by outstanding College student
peers Emerging educational leadership project
((??"? Perach participants receive professional
training in social leadership, relating to
community empowerment areas.
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Special Projects Initiated by the Dean of
Students Office Documentation and filming of
Holocaust survivors especially for
Communications students
Writing of life stories of senior citizen
residents of the Jezreel Valley
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Involvement of Students in Existing Community
Activities Undertaken by Organizations/Social
Welfare and Education Institutions Arab and
Jewish students are linked with organizations and
institutions from the region, on the basis of
their interests, abilities, places of residence,
and other criteria. Some such activity spheres
include Civil Guard Support for children and
youth with special needs, connected with a
variety of NPOs Women's Organizations
Assistance to New Immigrants in Jewish Agency
absorption centers Assistance for senior citizens

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Special Projects Initiated by the Dean of
Students Office Horizons in the Valley Project
social counseling and individualized support
for new immigrants from Ethiopia, who are
enrolled in pre-academic studies at the College
Children and youth at risk Individual and
group tutoring afternoon activity in primary
schools and community centers
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Campus lay-out and dimensions Located in Afula

• 25,000 meters of built-up facilities
• 6 classroom buildings
• Academic and regional library
• 2 administrative buildings
• 1200 parking spaces
• Student services center
• 2 cafeterias

• 72 classrooms
• 3 auditoriums
• 18 computer labs
• Photography studio
• 4 TV-Film editing studios
• 2 radio studios

• Dormitories
• 6,500sq. meters
• 280 beds
• Public facility club,
• laundry, offices, mail room

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