Student groups both opposing and supporting the selection of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren as the main commencement speaker met separately with President Jehuda Reinharz during his office hours last Friday, following student protests against Oren in front of the Bernstein-Marcus Administration Center and at Wednesday's opening of the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts and outside of Bernstein Marcus.
CORRECTIONS APPENDEDThe Class of 2010, which in its first year at Brandeis lined up to hear President Jimmy Carter and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz discuss their divergent opinions about Middle East policy, will have Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren as the keynote speaker at its commencement ceremony.
CLARIFICATION APPENDEDThe Faculty Senate supported the Student Union's Pass/Fail Plus proposal, but the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee has tabled discussion about final approval of the proposal until next year due to continued concerns about its implementation, Dean of Arts and Sciences and UCC chair Adam Jaffe said in an interview with the Justice.
It will take Brandeis another 25 years to have a pool of alumni comparable to that of older private universities that can rely on more alumni for fundraising, according to an initial report by the Faculty Development Advisory Committee that highlights both the successes and challenges of the Office of Development and Fundraising.
At a March 23 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a $356 million University operating budget for fiscal 2011 as well as the Brandeis 2020 committee's recommendations that were accepted by Provost Marty Krauss.
The Committee for the Support of Teaching is considering a policy change that would officially allow undergraduate teaching assistants who receive academic credit for their roles as teaching assistants to grade assignments in a limited capacity, according to a proposal discussed by department chairs March 11.
The International Business School, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and the Rabb School for Continuing Studies all plan to raise their enrollments over the next five years in order to increase their revenue and direct contributions to the University's overall budget, the directors of the school said at last Thursday's faculty meeting.
The Centers and Institutes Review Committee has begun to gather information about the 24 centers and institutes at Brandeis that report to the Dean of Arts and Sciences or the provost, committee chair Prof.
University President Jehuda Reinharz intends to propose to the Board of Trustees the creation of a "raise pool" for faculty and staff making under $150,000 in base compensation, he announced at Thursday's special faculty-only meeting, according to a University press release.
Provost Marty Krauss has decided to accept all the recommendations for academic changes proposed by the Brandeis 2020 Committee, with a slight modification to a proposal regarding the Anthropology Ph.D.
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