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HEREYESHIVA COLLEGESYMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

2 Title of Section

Your Mind p. 3

Yeshiva College

Syms School of Business

Your Life p. 27

Student Life

Housing and Dining

Leadership and Community Outreach

New York City Opportunities

p. 44 Next Steps: Affordability, Applying, YU Facts

Yeshiva University provides an education and community like no other—and uniquely prepares you for a successful career.

As the preeminent Jewish university in America, we are set apart by the unique ability to combine Torah study on each student’s individual level with a first-rate secular education and the resources of one of the nation’s top research institutions. Nowhere else will you be challenged to become the best student and Jew you can be.

Our graduates prove the value of what we do here. They emerge from YU well rounded—intellectual, spiritual and connected to the world. The degree they carry is more than the sign of a successful education. It lights the path to a successful life.

If you aspire to have an unparalleled education, if you’re committed to Torah learning and if you want to be a leader in a community of shared values and aspirations, YU is where you belong.

Your Future p. 37

Career Preparation

A Fast Start

Looking Forward

COVER: The story of YU is told through the people of our proud community. See the inside back cover of this book to learn more about them.

Your Spirit p. 15 Undergraduate

Torah Studies

YOUR VALUES SharedYOUR LIFE EnrichedYOUR SUCCESS Celebrated

MORE ThAn AnY OThER UnIVERSITY, YU UndERstands tHE impoRtancE of invEsting in JEwisH EdUcation. tHis is wHY wE aRE so committEd to making a YU EdUcation affoRdablE to EvERY familY in tHE YU commUnitY.

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Your MindYeshiva College • Syms School of Business

Our steadfast commitment to Torah Umadda—the simultaneous pursuit of Torah learning and the best of secular academic knowl-edge—provides young men with an education in liberal arts and sciences and business in robust combination with Torah studies. With an experience firmly rooted in Jewish and American aca-demic traditions, our graduates confidently meet the challenges of leadership in a rapidly changing world.

IN 2010, 108 YU STU-DEnTS COMPLETED SCIEnTIFIC RESEARCh PROjECTS, 23 hAD WORk PUbLIShED In PEER-REVIEWED jOURnALS AnD 14 PRESEnTED AT PROFESSIOnAL COnFEREnCES.

AMONG LAW SCHOOL APPLICANTS FrOM YU, 95 PERCEnT WERE ADMITTED TO AT LEAST OnE AbA-ACCREDITED LAW SChOOL IN 2010.

DISTIngUIShED RECEnT VISITORS TO YU InCLUDE new york times OP-ED COLUMNISTS DAVID BrOOkS AND GAIL COLLINS AND SENATOr jOSEPH LIEBErMAN.

YU OFFErS OFF- CAMPUS hOnORS COURSES IN ENGLAND, FrANCE, IrELAND, ISrAEL, ITALY AND OTHEr ExCITING LOCATIONS.

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Yeshiva CollegeToday’s students expect an outstanding education in the humanities, sciences and social sciences—and Yeshiva College delivers. At YU’s Wilf Campus in Washington Heights, close interaction with faculty ensures that students reap the benefits of a top liberal arts education: the ability to think broadly, synthesize information, solve problems and communicate ideas with clarity and elegance. Here, young men are invigorated by exacting stan-dards, stimulating discussion and opportunities to join professors in original research.

BrOAd ACCESSYeshiva College students enjoy access to the University’s many resources. They take courses at YU’s affiliate graduate schools and bene-fit from the hundreds of scholars, authors, artists, scientists, public officials and business leaders who visit YU to teach and lecture each year.

BESt OF BOtH wOrLdSYU’s liberal arts and sci-ences approach ensures the development of critical thinking and communica-tion skills—while business majors, pre-med and pre-law tracks and joint degree options give students the opportunity to develop practical perspectives or get an early start on a grad-uate degree.

tOrAH INFLUENCEThe tone of Yeshiva College classrooms reflects the presence of Torah priorities and sensibilities. Faculty often contextualize their teaching with references to Jewish law, history and tra-ditions. Professors provide careful and respectful guid-ance and maintain the highest ethical standards in the classroom.

YEShIVA COLLEgE MAjORS

biology chemistry classical languages computer sciences economics English French Hebrew history

jewish studies mathematics music philosophy physics political sciencepsychology sociology

“ We take pride in preparing our students to think critically and analytically and to become citizens of the world while being fully engaged in our religious heritage—its sacred texts, history and culture.”

— Barry Eichler, Dean, Yeshiva College

U.S. NewS & world report ranks YU in the top

tier among the nation’s research universities.

www.yu.edu/yeshiva-college/combined-joint-programs

JUmp-staRt YoUR caREER witH oUR jOInT DEgREE PROgRAMSStudents can accelerate their path to a graduate or professional degree by pursuing one of the joint or combined degree programs offered by YU and in partnership with some of the nation’s leading universities—including Columbia University, johns Hopkins University and New York University.

engineeringjewish educationjewish studiesnursing

optometryphysical therapyphysician assistantpodiatry

social workteaching math and science

Rewarding Research With a passion for scientific inquiry and a penchant for leadership, YC student Yair Saperstein was recently awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. His research,

which ranges across fields from computational chemistry to biochemistry to computer science, includes a summer as a roth Scholar at Einstein and a first-place finish at an international technology competition. To share his passion for science with others, Yair recently founded Project STArT (Students, Teachers, and researchers Teach) Science—a program that places YU students and faculty in science classrooms of local public schools.

72 nEw facUltYover the past five years means smaller classes, more opportunities for mentorship and a wider variety of courses.

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“ This is a community with a great deal of ferment. It’s why our students are intellectually energized. Many of our professors have taught in a number of other top colleges, and they all tell me that the quality of discussion in class here is unrivaled.”

— Dr. Morton Lowengrub, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Yeshiva University

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Yeshiva College

facultyCOMMIttEd tEACHErSSome of the world’s leading minds make their profes-sional homes in Yeshiva College’s classrooms. Though YC faculty in all disciplines are involved in research and scholarship, they share a commitment to teaching undergraduates. They value close interac-tion with their students and the opportunity to engage

with them outside the classroom, whether meet-ing informally to continue a discussion, collaborating on new research or assisting students with next steps.

IMpOrtANt SCHOLArSOver the past five years, YU has increased its undergrad-uate faculty substantially—both in traditional areas of strength and in fields not

previously represented in the curriculum. Joining a faculty of scholars among the finest in their fields, these men and women bring energy and passion to our classrooms and laboratories. They have chosen YU for the opportunity to contrib-ute to an esteemed research university and to play a role in informing the next gener-ation of Jewish leadership.

CREATIVE mindsYeshiva College faculty members not only transmit knowledge; they also convey the spark that leads to its pursuit.

Author of Cities, Citizens, and technologies: Urban life and postmodernity (routledge 2009) and co-editor of Postmodern American Fiction: A norton Anthology (1998), Associate Professor of English Paula Geyh has made important contributions to the field of postmodern American fiction through studies of subjectivity and spatiality.

TYPICAL CLASS SIzE: FEWER ThAn 15 STUDEnTS

UNDErGrADUATE STUDENT-TO-FACULTY rATIO: 8 TO 1

back to basics YU Professor of Psychology Bruno Galantucci was recently awarded more than $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the core design of human information systems. Galantucci’s research aims to understand the origins of speech, writing and sign language by seeing what happens when subjects are forced to interact without the established tools of communication. In addition to facilitating landmark research, the grant creates exciting opportunities for Galantucci’s students, who will join him in conducting experiments and analyzing results.

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student ResearchHANdS-ON LEArNINGYU’s faculty of scholars, scientists and business people often include under-graduates in their research. As a result, students develop powerful analytical skills while contributing to new thinking and discovery. Many publish papers or

present their findings at professional conferences.

MANY OppOrtUNItIESYU students have multiple options for getting involved in research. Many under-graduate men conduct sub-stantial research projects at institutions such as

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Columbia University, Northwestern University and the University of Notre Dame. Others launch independent research projects as part of an honors thesis.

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SEEkIng answERsSupported by close mentorship from YU scholars and scientists, state-of-the art equipment and facilities, and generous funding, students are given the tools they need to ask important questions and pursue meaningful solutions.

gETTIng PUbLIShED

Each year, many YU undergraduate men are named co-authors of published articles. A few recent topics:

• Quasielastic Light Scattering of Platinum Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles

• Interdependent Networks with Identical Degrees of Mutually Dependent Nodes

• The “Traveling Salesman” Problem for Finite-Sized Cities

• Negentropy Generation and Fractality in the Dry Friction of Polished Surfaces

• Hydrophobic Collapse and Cold Denaturation in the jagla Model of Water

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“ My work has given me the opportunity to learn about and develop a novel line of therapies—it will eventually help patients suffering from potentially lethal infections.”

—Daniel, Yeshiva College, roth Scholar

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SuYU summer research fellows last year

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79*

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AlStudents research-ing at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

* number of biology, chemistry and physics courses taught each semester

invEsting in knOWLEDgEYU devotes $220 million each year to support research and discovery.

Supporting Research Established to stimulate student and faculty collabora-tion, the kressel Scholarship provides research stipends to students and their faculty mentors to support projects that span at least one academic year and an intensive summer. Partnering with Accounting Professor joseph kerstein, 2010 kressel winner Or Pikary explored the impact of corporate governance on ethical standards.

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Jay and Jeanie schottenstein Honors programrIGOrOUS LEArNINGThe Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program takes academic experience to its highest level, offering courses and opportunities that challenge and stimulate students while broadening their perspectives.

ExpANSIVE OFFErINGSThe program offers in-depth study from a rich array of disciplines. Students explore theories of political philosophy from Plato to Rousseau, contem-plate the role of religious symbolism in James Joyce’s early works or study the nuances of organometallics in the laboratory. Regard-less of subject, students in honors courses work closely with faculty to

pursue intensive study of a given topic and enjoy the opportunity to learn from a stellar, motivated group of classmates.

MANY OppOrtUNItIESThe Honors Program offers far more than course work. A series of cultural events provides immersion in the arts; a summer enrichment component offers access to internships and research, stateside or abroad. Each honors student collaborates with a professor on an intensive thesis project, engaging deeply with a given scholarly topic or area of research, often pro-ducing writing or research of publishable quality.

“ Even more so than the challenging courses, the inspiring cultural and extra-curricular programs and the terrific, dedicated faculty, it was my fellow honors students who encouraged and pushed me to aspire to great things.”

—Eli, honors student, Yeshiva College

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Profound Experiences A student graduating from YC would have had the opportunity to learn from (and possibly even meet) the following people:

Tommy hilfiger Iconic American fashion designer

james P. Rubin Bloomberg View executive editor and former secretary of state

David E. Sanger new york times chief Washington correspondent

gabriela Shalev Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations

Maria negroni Prominent Latin American poet and scholar

Lord Rabbi jonathan Sacks Chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

HonoRs SChOLARShIPSAcademic scholarship support of up to full tuition is available to top Honors Program applicants.

honors for Everyone To enrich the over-all challenge and quality of the YU educa-tion, 90 percent of Honors Program courses are open to all. Exposing students to topics from across the college’s broad curriculum, honors courses are usually capped at 15 to maximize opportunities for engagement with the professor. A few examples of recent honors courses: Genesis and Literature, Neuroethics, Multimedia Writing for the 21st Century, Evil and Suffering, Modern Physics, Utopias and Dystopias, Early Modern jewish History and The String Quartet.

gLObAL laboRatoRYHonors study can take students around the world. Here, students in YC’s Age of Shakespeare honors course explore London.

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SYMS STUDENTS MAY PUrSUE A 5-YEAR MASTER OF SCIEnCE In ACCOUnTIng

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Syms School of BusinessINtIMAtE ApprOACH With an outstanding fac-ulty, rich curriculum and broad cocurricular offer-ings, the Syms School of Business offers one of the finest undergraduate busi-ness programs in the Northeast. Its classes are small and student-focused, ensuring a degree of interaction between students and faculty rare among undergraduate business programs.

SOLId FOUNdAtIONSyms offers a comprehen-sive education in business fundamentals and practice combined with course work in the liberal arts and Torah studies. Students may pursue a BS in majors

that cover the spectrum of business subjects or may choose to pursue the five-year Master of Science Program in Accounting.

StELLAr prEpArAtIONIn addition to studying business, Syms students complete a core of liberal arts and sciences courses and are enrolled in one of YU’s four undergraduate Torah studies paths for men. As a result, Syms graduates have a unique and powerful foundation in creative problem solving, Torah study and critical thinking as well as a proven work ethic—and are highly sought after by employers looking for individuals with this unique combination of skills and values.

pOwErFUL tEACHINGRespected contributors to the professions they teach, Syms professors bring real-world business experience to their class-rooms, supplementing theory with practical anecdotes and insights into the business world. Syms supplements its full-time faculty with a body of adjunct experts—in real estate, media planning and sports marketing, for example—who bring knowledge and experi-ence in specialized areas and a wider variety of courses than are offered in most undergraduate business programs.

hALAChA on wall stREEtSyms courses benefit from students’ common knowl-edge of jewish law for the consideration of ethical issues—one of the funda- mental aspects of business education and practice.

MAjORSaccounting*financeinformation systemsmanagementmarketing

MInORS accountingentrepreneurshipfinancegeneral businessinformation systemsinternational businessmanagementmarketingreal estate

bUSInESS CLUbSYU’s 11 student-run clubs with a focus on business give students an opportunity to share ideas and deepen their knowledge by working together.

American Advertising Federation

Consulting ClubEntrepreneurship ClubEthics and Halacha for Business Club

Fashion Merchandising Marketing Club

Finance ClubFinancial Management Association

Future Business LeadersManagement ClubMarketingMIS Club

*5-year, 150-credit program; students receive both Bachelor of science and master of science degrees

LEARnIng FROM LEADERS Each year, dozens of business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and other public figures visit Yeshiva University to share experiences and advice with Syms students. A few recent examples:

•Millard Drexler CEO and chairman of the board, j. Crew Group

•Lance hirt Partner, Lindsay Goldberg LLC

•joseph Shenker Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell PC

•nadine Mchugh Managing partner, Mindshare

•josh Weston Honorary chairman and former CEO, Automatic Data Processing

•Victor Alhadeff CEO, Boost eLearning LLC

•Zygmunt Wilf Principal owner, Minnesota Vikings

FROM bOARDROOM TO CLASSROOM A sampling of companies for which Syms School of Business faculty have worked or currently serve as board members, advisers or consultants:

AT&TATC HealthcareBank of New York

Booz Allen Hamilton

Coopers and Lybrand

Deloitte & Touche

Entergy Corporation

GNY Insurance Companies

Harmon Associates

Hebrew Home for the Aged

IBMIDT CorpkPMG

Laventhol krekstein Horwath & Horwath

Lehman Brothers

Lucent Technologies

New York Botanical Gardens

One Worldwide (formerly Ogilvy One) Pitney Bowes

“ At Syms, we focus on the cornerstones of business education: experience-based learn-ing through internships, a values-based focus on ethics in business and close mentoring.”

— Michael Strauss, Associate Director of Student Advising and Administration, Clinical Professor of Management, Syms School of Business

A Leader in Ethics ranked among the top five most prolific business ethics authors in the world by the Journal of Business ethics, Syms School of Business Director and Accounting Professor Moses Pava has guided more than a thousand Syms students through research projects on accounting and business ethics. Pava brings his scholarly background into his classroom teaching—drawing on jewish sources to highlight the critical ethical issues in the study and practice of business.

hOnORS in bUsinEssThe Syms Honors and Leadership Program offers courses designed to challenge students and prepare them for excep-tional career opportunities.

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Your SpiritUndergraduate Torah Studies

Designed to meet the spiritual needs of young men from every back-ground and interest, YU’s four undergraduate Torah studies programs are among the world’s finest. Students explore the beauty of Torah and the depth of Jewish tradition with some of the world’s leading scholars and roshei yeshiva, embracing Torah studies rooted in classical Talmud Torah, Jewish thought and rigorous textual analysis. For those who choose to begin their YU education in Israel, the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program provides guidance, support and community.

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THErE ArE APPrOxI-MATELY 15 ShAChARIT MInYAnIM EVERY DAY ON THE WILF CAMPUS, STArTING AS EArLY AS 6:30 A.M.

APPrOxIMATELY 80 PERCEnT OF YU STUDEnTS SPEnD ThEIR FIRST YEAR In ISRAEL AS MEMBErS OF YU’S S. DANIEL ABrAHAM ISrAEL PrOGrAM.

YU’S UNDErGrADUATE TOrAH STUDIES FACULTY INCLUDES MORE ThAn 75 LEADIng ROShEI YEShIVA AnD ACA-DEMIC SChOLARS.

YU’S ANNUAL STUDENT-rUN SEFOrIM SALE FEATUrES MOrE THAN 10,000 UnIqUE TITLES.

ThE FInEST facilitiEsOpened in 2009, the jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for jewish Study is a place for faculty and students to study and share ideas. It contains a spectacular beit midrash, two large, modern lecture halls, 50 faculty offices, 11 classrooms, and seminar and conference facilities.

Undergraduate Torah StudiesONE tOrAHYeshiva University offers preeminent programs in undergraduate Torah stud-ies, exposing young men to the beauty of Torah and the depth of Jewish tradition. Designed to deepen stu-dents’ ethical and philo-sophical insights, the programs provide training in rigorous thought, expo-sure to research methods and opportunities for independent work.

FOUr prOGrAMSTo accommodate the vary-ing backgrounds, goals and aspirations of our students, YU offers four undergradu-ate Jewish studies paths for men, each with its own learning style and curricu-lar emphasis. All four pro-grams are grounded in classical Talmud Torah and an intensive analysis of classic Jewish texts.

twO EdUCAtIONSYeshiva University men receive an integrated edu-cation of Torah and college studies. Their efforts are rewarded through develop-ment of Torah knowledge, worldview and character. This Torah Umadda philos-ophy allows and encour-ages our students to strive for profound personal growth while preparing them to lead ethical and moral lives.

Torah Leadership Students from all four Torah studies paths may participate in the Student Organization of Yeshiva (SOY) and jewish Studies Council, which work together to meet the religious needs of YU men. In addition to creating a unified atmosphere of Torah and jewish identity at YU, SOY organizes campus events, Shabbatonim and chessed initiatives; publishes four scholarly journals; and runs the yearly Seforim Sale.

“ The need for Yeshiva University as an intellectual and Torah center for the world has never been more evident. We are providing superb Torah study, high-quality academic exploration and an environment of nobility, inspiration and success.”

—richard M. joel, President and Bravmann Family University Professor, Yeshiva University

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SEATS IN THE MANY BATEI MIDrASH ACrOSS THE WILF CAMPUS: 1,100

SHIUrIM AVAILABLE AT WWW.YUTOrAH.OrG: 50,000+

Shaping jewish ThoughtYU students are the future of jewish ideas, and the University’s new zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought provides them with the resources to develop into the next generation of great jewish thinkers. Students take advantage of the center’s interdisciplinary courses, fellowships, advanced tutorials, independent study courses, summer seminars and travel abroad opportunities—exploring the moral, philosophical and theological questions of our age while gaining the tools to disseminate jewish ideas throughout the world.

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YEShIVA PROgRAM/MAZER SChOOL OF TALMUDIC STUDIES (MYP)

This path offers an advanced and sophisticated classical yeshiva experience. Students engage in exegesis of Talmud with outstanding roshei yeshiva educated in the finest institutes of our world. The most extensive of the programs, MYP offers the deepest exposure to traditional learning.

ThE jAMES STRIAR SChOOL/ MEChInAh PROgRAM

This path is intended for students new to Hebrew language and textual study who aspire to attain a

broad-based Jewish philosoph-ical and text education. Led by a dynamic, caring faculty and with daily mentoring from students at YU’s rabbinical seminary, the Mechinah Program provides nurturing and support, inspiring students to appreciate the beauty, warmth and wisdom of traditional Judaism.

ISAAC bREUER COLLEgE OF hEbRAIC STUDIES (IbC)

Intended for students seeking an advanced and structured—yet flexible—program in the major areas of Jewish learning and practice, IBC offers a wide range of Jewish studies course work in a traditional college classroom setting. Students are empowered to attain the broad knowledge base and skills necessary for serious study of classic Jewish texts.

IRVIng I. STOnE bEIT MIDRASh PROgRAM (SbMP)

SBMP was initiated by students returning from Israel excited to learn in the beit midrash

but wanting an alternative to the Yeshiva program. Structured in the shiur/chavruta format, the program offers self-directed study of Gemara, Tanach, Machshevet Yisrael (Jewish thought, ethics and philosophy) and Halacha (Jewish law). Schedules afford students greater flexibility for their college studies.

Undergraduate Torah Studies

programsYU’s undergraduate Torah studies offer men the benefits of a unified, supportive yeshiva with various paths of study appropriate for students from any background and interest: the Yeshiva Program, for those interested in a classical approach; the Mechinah Program, for those new to Torah studies; Isaac Breuer College, for those looking to cover a range of Torah subjects from an academic perspective; and the Stone Beit Midrash Program, for students who want a shiur/chavruta model that allows more time for Halacha, Tanach and college studies. Students may move between these paths as their interests evolve or their facility with the material increases. All four programs build skills that lead to lifelong Jewish learning.

“ Yeshiva University is the only place where you find Yeshiva—the classi-cal beit midrash of old—and a top-tier college ... ‘The beauty of japhet in the tent of Shem.’”

— rabbi zevulun Charlop, Dean Emeritus of rIETS, Special Adviser to the President on Yeshiva Affairs

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gathering knowledge YU is home to one of the world’s great judaic/Hebraic research collections, particularly in the areas of Bible, rabbinics, jewish history, jewish philosophy and Hebrew. Collections include more than 300,000 printed volumes in a variety of languages, dating from the 15th century.

IN ADDITION TO A BACHELOr’S DEGrEE, EVErY YU STUDENT GrADUATES WITH A CERTIFICATE In jEWISh LEARnIng.

“ The Torah education at Yeshiva University, in terms of both faculty and students, epitomizes the gold standard of excellence—a veritable flowering of Torah combined with a dedication to Yirat Shamayim.”

—rabbi Yona reiss, Max and Marion Grill Dean of rIETS

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Undergraduate Torah Studies

facultydEVOtEd tEACHErSYU’s undergraduate Torah studies faculty includes more than 75 leading roshei yeshiva and academic scholars. Many are prod-ucts of YU’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and are, as a result, deeply commit-ted to and immersed in the tenets of Torah Umadda.

LEAdING SCHOLArSIn addition to undergoing the most advanced rabbini-cal training or academic study, YU’s undergraduate Torah studies faculty are prolific Torah scholars who author books and articles, make public presentations and serve as visiting schol-ars at institutions around the world. Distinguished by a tremendous breadth of intellectual grasp, interests and knowledge, they teach, lecture and publish across a variety of subjects and con-texts—ranging from eso-teric articles appearing in

Talmudic journals to books on popular culture appear-ing on Amazon.com.

SpIrItUAL MENtOrSMany faculty members are pulpit rabbis in the most distinguished synagogues, continually aware of and engaged with the needs of their communities. Their students are exposed to the teaching and ideas of those with direct and ongoing exposure to the issues at the forefront of Jewish life and the ability to address them.

Students respect their faculty not just as accom-plished scholars, but as moral exemplars, looking to them for guidance on how to live ethical lives. The structure of the learning and the commitment of the faculty result in relation-ships that personalize, deepen and distinguish each student’s education.

A LIVIng lEgEndYU rosh yeshiva, noted Talmudic scholar, prominent posek and halachic adviser for the kashrut division of the Orthodox Union, rabbi Hershel Schachter is a world-renowned authority on religious law.

rABBIS OrDAINED AT rIETS SINCE 1906: 2,900

Learning With the best YU students benefit

from the tradition and resources of the rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (rIETS), one of the world’s leading institu-tions for instruction in advanced Talmudic and halachic methodology. Many members of the YU faculty and world-renowned rabbis received semicha from rIETS.

HOUrS BEIT MIDrASH IS OPEN: 24/7

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S. Daniel Abraham Israel ProgrampOwErFUL BEGINNINGThe land of Israel, central to the past, present and future of the Jewish people, plays an integral role in the Yeshiva University educa-tion. Approximately 80 per-cent of incoming students spend their first year as YU students at an Israeli yeshiva prior to beginning their studies in New York. By the time they graduate, more than 85 percent will have studied there.

VALUABLE FOUNdAtIONStudy in Israel represents an opportunity to establish a connection to one’s spiri-tual past and to build a foundational facility with Hebrew, Aramaic and the study of Gemara prior to beginning Jewish studies in New York. For many, the experience brings new con-text and meaning to 12 years of Jewish studies. For almost all, it represents a time of discovery, growth and transformation.

CONStANt SUppOrtYU’s S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program offers struc-ture, support and guidance for students who choose to begin their YU education in Israel. The University maintains partnerships with more than 40 yeshivot and seminaries, communi-cating regularly with administrators and repre-sentatives from each. Among other benefits, being a member of the pro-gram means always having a built-in support network when far from home.

ExPERIEnCIng isRaElStudents in the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program have the opportunity to visit important sites around the country. Here, YU students daven at sunrise.

“ The YU counselors in Israel were always there for me. They helped me get used to life in jerusalem and worked with me to choose courses and plan for college next fall. My parents really appreciated how much support I was getting, especially since I was halfway around the world.”

—Matthew, student, Yeshiva College

Your home away from home On a hillside overlook-ing the heart of jerusalem, YU’s Caroline and joseph S. Gruss Institute provides sup-port to the more than 600 students beginning their YU education in Israel as part of the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program. Gruss is home to YU’s staff of five full-time coun-selors who serve as student liaisons, plan academic and recreational programs and regularly visit YU’s partner yeshivot to offer support and academic advising. Gruss con-tains a beautiful beit midrash that is used by YU rabbinical graduate students.

in tHE YEShIVAAmong YU’s partner yeshivot in Israel, each SDA Israel Program student can find a learning environment well-suited to his backgrounds, interests and ambitions.

Israel Up Close For S. Daniel Abraham Program students who have never been to Israel, the year represents an incredible opportunity to embrace and celebrate the culture, history and sacred landmarks of the place at the heart of their beliefs, traditions and values. Many partner yeshivot are around jerusalem and the center region, making it easy to explore and experience the city.

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NUMBEr OF STUDENTS IN YU’S ISrAEL PrOGrAM: 600+

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israel program benefitsACAdEMIC CrEdIt

For Israel Program students, a year or more of study in Israel translates into one year of elective credit at YU. As a result, most students returning to New York after study in Israel enter YU as sophomores. Non-Israel Program stu-dents may apply for transfer credit should they choose to attend YU. For students enrolled in the program, credit earned in Israel appears directly on their YU transcript.

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Members of YU’s Jerusalem staff regularly visit each yeshiva to offer academic advising, career planning assis-tance, counseling and help with any issues or concerns that may arise during the transition to life in Israel.

EVErYtHING ELSE

In addition to the many practical benefits, the SDA Israel Program gives students access to YU roshei yeshiva and liberal arts and business faculty who visit Israel several times each year. It also sponsors lectures and shiurim featuring prominent rabbeim and lecturers at Yeshiva University’s Gruss Institute in Jerusalem. Students may also participate in a variety of YU-sponsored programs, ranging in nature from academic to extracurricular to chessed—all designed to enhance the Israel experience.

gIVIng backduring—and often after—their time learning in Israel, YU students give back. Here, YU students on YU’s QUESt program help build a playground in Chalutza in southern Israel.

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JUlY in jERUSALEM This program provides young men in YU’s Mechinah Program an inexpensive, fun way to spend the summer learning, touring and volunteering in Israel. Students hone jewish learning skills through workshops, lectures, and traditional beit midrash and chavruta study.

Divrei Torah Each week, YU’s Israel Program staff members send out an e-mail blast of student-written divrei Torah to yeshivot all over Israel, providing Israel Program students opportunities to enhance their learning through creative, in-depth study of parshat hashavua, share insights with their friends at other yeshivot and gain new chiddushim to share at the Shabbat table. At the end of the year, all of the articles are professionally bound into a handsome sefer called Peiros Ha’aretz.

“ The Israel year is a piv-otal and transformative moment in a student’s life. Our Israel staff strives to nurture and enrich the experience by providing students with support and guidance throughout the year and preparing them to transition back to YU’s campus in New York.”

— Stephanie Strauss, Associate Director, S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program

financial SUPPORTIsrael Program participants are formally enrolled YU students. This status makes them eligible for certain types of federal and state financial aid for which they would not otherwise qualify. Further, for those who want to spend four years at YU after the year in Israel (Israel +4), YU offers additional funding to ease the financial burden.

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YU’s partner yeshivot span a range of sizes and learning

styles, but each prepares young men for success

when they return to complete their college

education in New York.

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Your LifeStudent Life • Housing and Dining • Leadership and

Community Outreach • New York City Opportunities

At Yeshiva University, students don’t have to choose between their cultural and spiritual priorities and a full college experience. Here, the integrated life extends beyond the classroom and beit midrash to the sidewalks, cafeterias, playing fields and dorm rooms of YU—and across the globe through service learning missions. Whatever they pursue, students live in a place that understands and celebrates their traditions and values while enjoying, shaping and improving their world.

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BOTH THE U.S. AND ISrAELI POSTAL SErVICES HAVE ISSUED STAMPS COM-MEMOrATING YU’S COnTRIbUTIOnS TO SOCIETY.

THE FIrST MEN’S COLLEGE UNDEr jEWISH AUSPICES IN THE UNITED STATES, YU FIELDED THE FIRST ORThODOx jEWISh COLLEgE bASEbALL TEAM IN 1935.

WOrkING WITH THE CENTEr FOr THE jEWISH FUTUrE, MORE ThAn 700 YU STUDEnTS TOOk PART In ALTERnATIVE SPRIng bREAk MIS-SIOnS Or TOrAH TOUrS FOr SIMCHAT TOrAH AND SHAVUOT.

AN ESTIMATED 13,250 PIECES OF gEFILTE FISh ArE CONSUMED ANNUALLY BY YU STUDENTS ON SHABBAT.

ACAdEMIC• Actuarial Science Club• American Chemical

Society• Association for

Psychological Science (APS)

• Bio Club• Biology Majors Board• Book Club• Computer Science

Club• Economics• Environmental Club• History Club

• j. Dunner Political Science Society

• Math Club• Medical Ethics Society• Neuroscience Club• Nonfiction Book Club• Philosophy Club• Physics and

Engineering• Political Science• Pre-Dental Society• Pre-Law Club• Psi Chi Club

(International Honors Society in Psychology)

• Psychology Club

rELIGIOUS• Chabad Club• Hazzanut Club• Israel Club• Shiva Minyan

Association• A Torah Exploration of

Ideas, Questions and Understanding

LEAdErSHIp trAINING• QUEST• Torah Leadership

Network (TLN)• Torah Tours

SErVICE• Active Minds• Foundation for

International Medical relief of Children, YU Chapter

• Shine• Social justice • Soldiers in Exile• STAND• Students Helping

Students• Yakum• YU Chessed Club

ArtS• Creative Writing Club• Possibilities• Song Writing Club

StUdENt GOVErNMENt• Student Organization

of Yeshiva• Syms School of

Business Student Association

• Yeshiva College Student Association

• Yeshiva Student Court• Yeshiva Student Union

CULtUrAL• Canadian• French• Moroccan• Persian• russian• Spanish• Syrian

COMMUNICAtIONS•Beis yitzchak•Commentator (student

newspaper) • Debate Club•Gesher•kol Hamevaser

(jewish thought magazine)

• Mock Trial

• WYUr• YU Debate Society

MEN’S VArSItY SpOrtS• baseball• basketball• cross country• fencing• golf• soccer• tennis• volleyball• wrestling

rECrEAtIONAL SpOrtS• baseball• basketball• fencing

• football• hockey• softball• swimming• table tennis• volleyball

INtrAMUrAL SpOrtS• basketball• bumper pool• fencing • flag football• floor hockey• ice hockey• “Iron Man”

competition• roller hockey• softball• table tennis• volleyball

“ When October comes around, things here are scheduled for you. You don’t have to miss an entire month of classes because of the holidays.”

— joshua, student, Yeshiva College

Dance to the music“Candlelight,” a video by YU’s sensational a cappella group, The Maccabeats, became an overnight YouTube sensation, racking up 3.5 million views in two weeks (and 5.7 million to date) and enjoying coverage by CBS, CNN and NBC’s today show.

lEt’s CELEbRATEOne of the hallmarks of life at YU is shared celebration with people who share your traditions, culture and community.

NUMBEr OF ON-CAMPUS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AT YU EACH YEAr: 1,400

BUSIEST TIME IN MAx STErN ATHLETIC CENTEr: MIDnIghT

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Student LifeBELONGING tO A pLACEThe Wilf Campus commu-nity is distinguished by an openness and warmth found on no other campus in the world. Here, you’ll be surrounded by others who share your values, your traditions and your commitment to Torah. Everything at YU—from the academic calendar to the makeup and focus of student organizations to the food served in the cafete-rias—celebrates the pat-terns and priorities of Modern Orthodox life.

dOING wHAt YOU LOVECocurricular involvement is a central component of the YU undergraduate experi-ence. More than 100 organi-zations for men include student government; clubs stressing political activism, the arts, religious study or cultural awareness; the Commentator, Wilf ’s student newspaper; and WYUR, YU’s student- run radio station.

GIVING BACkThere is a strong culture of chessed at YU. Students give freely of their time and

energy to help New York’s less fortunate through a vari-ety of fund-raising, tutoring and mentoring programs.

pLAYING HArdYU offers nine intercolle-giate varsity sports for undergraduate men as well as a variety of club and intra-mural sports. Known as the Maccabees, YU teams play in the Skyline Conference. As in all aspects of life at YU, athletic schedules coordi-nate with the Jewish calen-dar; athletic events are never scheduled during Shabbat or Jewish holidays.

Shabbat Enhancement Program YU supports weekly Shabbat activities focused on creating a relaxed, peaceful environment for communal celebration. On average, more than 500 students stay for Shabbos; men gather on the Wilf Campus or travel to the women’s Beren Campus in midtown Manhattan for joint Shabbat programs, which are often built around YU clubs and areas of common interest for students. In addition to delicious meals, the programs often include speakers, forums, discussion and opportunities for chessed.

hAVE An IDEA? nEEd somE HElpjust drop an e-mail to Answers@yu.edu—with any question, concern or suggestion regarding all areas of life at YU.

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Student Clubs and OrganizationsYU’s 100+ student-run clubs and organizations for men mean constant opportunities for leadership, learning, arts, service, sports and celebration. Students can join an existing club or start their own. There’s always something happening on campus.

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Housing and DiningrESIdENtIAL LIFEResidential life is an essen-tial component of the YU experience. Friendships forged in the residence halls lend a richness to the college experience that transcends class- room learning.

Wilf ’s three residence halls are all in close proximity to the main academic build-ings. Each has lounge space, student mailboxes, Wi-Fi Internet access and 24-hour security. All three are within a short walk of a campus shuttle stop.

ON-SItE SUppOrtAlways available for sup-port, resident advisers also plan events—such as movie night or a shiur by a rosh yeshiva—with an eye to enhancing the residential experience and meeting community needs.

CAMpUS EVENtSEach year, the Office of Housing and Residence Life sponsors a number of popular events, including the nationally acclaimed Cholent Cook-Off, the YU Mini Open (mini-golf tour-nament) and Midnight

Madness (a relaxing, fun community celebration during finals week).

dINING YU Dining Services offers a variety of healthy, delicious food. Using “Caf Cards,” students may eat in either of the two cafeterias, pur-chase food from the YU-run convenience store, visit Nagel Bagels late into the night or get credit at nearby restaurants such as Lake Como Pizza, Golan Heights and Chop Chop. Caf Cards also work on the Beren Campus.

A LIVIng commUnitYHubs of student gathering and places to unwind, YU’s residence halls are lively at all hours.

SQUArE FOOTAGE OF NEWLY rENOVATED SPACE AT YU: 300,000

Student Support and Counseling Services YU is a family, and we take care of our own. Through YU’s Office of Academic Support, students can work with a learning specialist to hone reading, writing and study skills. The Writing Center offers feedback on papers or helps students improve their compositional skills. The Here 2 Help (H2H) peer mentorship program pairs first-year students with upperclass students in their area of academic interest. And top-flight professional counselors at YU’s Counseling Center help students deal with pressures, problems or concerns. All of these resources are available at no additional cost.

Supporting new studentsTo ease the transition to college and help ensure academic and personal success, all first-time-on-campus students live together in the nurturing living-learning community of rubin Hall. rubin’s resident advisers regularly plan events and pro-grams geared to help first-time students adjust to life and study at Yeshiva University. Additionally, programs and support services sponsored by the Career Development Center, Writing Center and Academic Advisement are all offered regularly in rubin Hall.

gOOD livingYU’s residence halls are comfortable, safe and conveniently located a short walk from the classrooms, dining halls, library and beit midrash.

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Leadership and Community OutreachSErVING tHE wOrLdYU’s commitment to improving the world is evi-denced by the many service and outreach programs implemented by the University and its students. Points of focus include youth leadership training and building and support-ing Jewish communities around the globe.

EMpOwErING CHANGEThe umbrella organization for YU’s leadership and

community outreach efforts, the Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) offers many ways to get involved. Each year, more than 1,500 YU students participate in outreach around the world, including intersession trips to Israel, Nicaragua and Ukraine and many other countries. Recent trips include visits to Brazil and New Orleans, and summer kollelim were held in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Chicago and many other

U.S. cities. Drawing on the mentoring and advising skills they develop through CJF’s Social and Organizational Leadership Training programs, YU stu-dents make a profound dif-ference in the lives of people, young and old. Working with faculty and roshei yeshiva, students contribute their ideas, energy and intellect as YU confronts the important questions and issues facing today’s world.

LEArNING BY LEAdINGIn addition to making an impact on the lives of others, students involved in YU leadership and com-munity outreach initiatives further their own develop-ment. Participation builds self-confidence, maturity and interpersonal insight—skills that follow students throughout their lives. YU produces individuals with the self-awareness and per-spective needed for capable leadership.

“ As our students travel around the world helping those in need, the most important journey they take is one of self-discovery.”

— rabbi kenneth Brander, The David Mitzner Dean, Yeshiva University Center for the jewish Future

THE NExT gEnERATIOnOne of the favorite and most important forms of chessed pursued by YU students is reaching out to children, whether tutoring, mentoring or just being a role model.

sERving ISRAELFor many YU students, there is no greater service than giving back to their spiritual homeland—through service learning trips in central Israel, for example.

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Leadership and Community Outreach InitiativesYU students participate in dozens of initiatives aimed at shaping perceptions, behaviors and ideas that have a bearing on the future of the jewish people—and society at large.

QUALItY EdUCAtIONAL SkILLS trAINING (QUESt)QUEST trains YU students to lead discussions of critical issues for jewish teens—including self-esteem, body image, communication, relationships, sexuality and substance abuse.

tEACH FOr ISrAELYU students reach out to yeshiva high schools nationwide, teaching Israel advocacy and awareness around issues such as reli-gious zionism, media bias and Israeli government and history.

tOrAH LEArNING NEtwOrk (tLN)YU students share their passion for Torah learning with high school students around the country—through Shabbatonim, mishmar programs and other special events.

SCHrEIBEr tOrAH tOUrSThis initiative sends YU students to jewish communities around the world to promote outreach, awareness, fellowship and chessed.

Counterpoint Israel During recent summer and winter breaks, more than 200 students in YU’s Counterpoint Israel Program worked in the Negev and the Golan/Galil, reaching out to the local community.

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POPULATION: 8,175,133 OrTHODOx COMMUNITY: 378,000+ ACrES OF MUNICIPAL PArkLAND: 2,800

BrOADWAY THEATErS: 39 COLLEGE STUDENTS: 594,000 PrOFESSIONAL SPOrTS TEAMS: 8

ArTS AND CULTUrAL OrGANIzATIONS: 2,000+ ArT GALLErIES: 500+ FOrTUNE 500 COMPANIES: 45

kOSHEr EATErIES: 1,000+ rIDES ON NYC SUBWAY IN 2010: 1.6 bILLIOn LANGUAGES SPOkEN: 800

lifE in ThE CITYWhatever your interest, passion or cause, New York has it. The world’s greatest city affords endless opportunities for YU’s men and women to gather for fellowship or fun.

bEREn CAMPUS (stern college for women)

WILF CAMPUS (Yeshiva college)

two campUsEs/sHaREd REsoURcEsYU is one university with two undergraduate campuses. to give students access to the benefits of both wilf and beren, YU vans shuttle students back and forth, making up to 40 trips a day, each day of the week (the last ride is at 2 a.m.). the free shuttles make it easy for men and women to share academic and library resources and to participate in extracurricular activities, chessed or shabbat programs.

New York City OpportunitiesA GrEAt CItYOne of the world’s great cities, New York provides countless opportunities for students—culturally, profes-sionally, recreationally and Jewishly. The Wilf Campus’s Washington Heights neighborhood in upper Manhattan is stim-ulating, dynamic and cultur-ally rich. Students enjoy getting together over coffee,

eating schwarma late at night at Golan Heights and playing games of pickup basketball.

A FULL LIFEFrom Carnegie Hall to Yankee Stadium, New York offers the best of high and popular culture and every-thing in between. Many of the world’s premier muse-ums, performance venues,

athletic teams and institu-tions of higher learning make their homes here. Those seeking internships have their pick of leading companies, nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations.

A SAFE pLACEYU makes access to the city safe and convenient. The University runs a fleet of

vans that shuttle students between the Wilf and Beren campuses, as well as to Penn Station and the Port Authority bus terminal. Car services are sometimes employed by YU to trans-port students safely around the city. New York’s exten-sive subway system puts the abundant resources of the city within reach of all students.

20–45-minute drive (depend-ing on traffic)

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Your FutureCareer Preparation • A Fast Start • Looking Forward

The power of a Yeshiva University education is revealed in the paths taken by our graduates, aspiring men who thrive in their pro-fessions while building strong families and playing important roles in their communities. The prestige, depth and rigor of a YU degree opens doors throughout their lives, underpinning their dreams and decisions and paving the way to countless opportunities.

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OVEr THE PAST 18 MONTHS, YU STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED 145 bUSInESS-RELATED InTERnShIPS WITH 117 OF NEW YOrk CITY’S LEADING COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND OrGANIzATIONS.

YC’S 2010 gRADUATES ARE PURSUIng SCIEnCE PhD’S AT jOHNS HOPkINS UNIVErSITY, THE UNIVErSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ALBErT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AMONG OTHErS.

AMONG YU’S 2010 GrADUATES, 95.6 PERCEnT WERE PROFESSIOnALLY EMPLOYED, In gRADUATE SChOOL OR bOTh WITHIN SIx MONTHS OF GrADUATION.

YESHIVA UNIVErSITY’S ALUMnI bODY—58,462 AnD gROWIng—rEPrE-SENTS A POWErFUL GLOBAL NETWOrk FOr MENTOrSHIP, CArEEr ADVICE, NETWOrkING, INTErNSHIPS AND jOB PLACEMENT.

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ALUMNI AND EMPLOYEE PArTNErS IN VOLUNTEEr DATABASE, AVAILABLE TO HELP STUDENTS: 250+

ANNUAL CArEEr DEVELOPMENT EVENTS: 100+

“ We take students from minute one through gradua-tion and beyond, supporting their progress toward the goals they have in mind and providing the resources they need to get there.”

— Marc Goldman, Director, Career Development Center

Career PreparationCOMpLEtE prEpArAtIONFrom day one, YU helps students prepare for their lives after college. From a professional Career Development Center to a battery of preprofessional advisers, YU students get the advice they need when they need it.

CLOSE AdVISINGCareer success begins with good advice. Everyone at YU, from professors to administrators to resident advisers, takes a personal interest in students, offer-ing mentorship that includes help with thinking about—and preparing for—next steps.

ALUMNI NEtwOrkINGYU’s nearly 60,000 alumni give generously to YU stu-dents through mentoring, networking, opportunities for career shadowing and internships and even employment. YU is a family; alumni advocate for students as one of their own.

tHE YU PIPELInEYU’s Career Development Center brings YU alumni from such leading firms as Goldman Sachs, jPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse, Alliance Bernstein, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Bank of America to campus to meet with students and help them learn about— and prepare for—careers in the financial sector.

FOUR-YEAR PLAnTo help students manage the complex process of choosing and preparing for a career, YU offers a four-year career planning timeline—ensuring that students are asking the right questions at the right point in the process. Opportunities for internships and mentoring from distinguished alumni and faculty are available throughout a student’s YU journey.

fREsHman/ sopHomoRE YEaRs• Explore majors and career

areas of interest• Collect information on careers• Conduct self-assessment

exercises and take career inventories

• Develop your résumé• Apply for summer jobs and

internships• Shadow people in careers of

interest—for example, careers in the financial sector

JUnioR YEaR• research and apply for

internships • Attend career fairs• Informally interview

professionals• Meet with a career counselor• Attend interview, job search

and networking workshops• Make a preliminary decision

about your career direction

sEnioR YEaR• Attend workshops on job search,

interview preparation, recruiting and graduate school

• Have a mock interview with Career Development Center

• Continue networking to develop contacts and leads

• remain current in your field• Attend career fairs • Assess long- and short-term goals• Search, apply and interview for jobs• Meet with a CDC counselor to

discuss offers

citY of OPPORTUnITYYU students explore careers and make professional connections through internships with the many businesses, cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations to be found in the New York City area.

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CArEEr dEVELOpMENt CENtEr (CdC)YU’s CDC helps students with résumé preparation, interview skills, job search strategies, graduate school selection and applications, and alumni con-nections. CDC offers career fairs, alumni panels, professional development workshops and mini-conferences to educate students about particular indus-tries. The CDC’s Four-Year Plan helps students stay on track.

prEprOFESSIONAL prOGrAMS YU offers top-flight pre- professional advising to those interested in pursuing careers in health professions, law and engineering. Dedicated advisers in these areas meet with stu-dents regularly—starting early in their YU careers—to discuss goals, course selection, intern-ships, career mentoring opportu-nities and, when the time comes, graduate or professional school.

jOINt dEGrEE prOGrAMSYU offers joint bachelor’s- masters degree programs with the University’s graduate schools in the fields of accounting, jewish education, jewish studies and social work. In these programs, qualified upperclassmen take courses at YU’s graduate schools and simultaneously receive credit toward their undergraduate and graduate degrees.

COMBINEd dEGrEE prOGrAMSStudents wanting to get a head start on certain professions may pursue com-bined programs with other institutions. Options include economics and business administration, engineering, occupational therapy, nursing, podiatry, optometry, dentistry, physician assistant studies, social work, nursing and physical therapy.

Tools for SuccessYU offers preprofessional preparation, accelerated degree programs and personalized career advising to help students get ready for their next step, whatever it might be.

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IS THE MEAn STARTIng SALARY FOr YU ACCOUNTING MAjOrS IN THE CLASS OF 2010.

$52,230tOp MEtHOdS YU’S 2010 GrAdUAtES USEd tO FINd jOBS*

* Data from yU Career Development Center’s Class of 2010 Post-Graduation Destination survey.

51%ALUMNI/ NETWOrkING

17% OTHEr

9% ON-CAMPUS rECrUITING

5% INTErNSHIP

10% YU jOB POSTINGS SITE

4% YU jOB FAIr

4% MULTIPLE SOUrCES

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Members of the YU class of 2011 are pursuing dental degrees at NYU, University of Maryland and University of Pennsylvania.

PErCENT OF DEnTAL SChOOL

APPLICAnTS FrOM YESHIVA WErE ADMITTED IN 2011.

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A Fast StartYU graduates don’t have to wait to begin their careers. More than 95 percent of the class of 2010 was either profession-ally employed or in graduate school within six months of gradu-ation. They are working for the leading firms and studying at the finest universities. As they begin their careers, they join the ranks of a proud and accomplished alumni body—a powerful network of men and women who share their traditions and val-ues, who give freely of their time and experience and who take genuine pleasure in helping YU’s next generation get started.

MEdICAL ANd OStEOpAtHIC SCHOOL pLACEMENtIn 2011, YU students were admitted to the following medical and osteopathic schools ranked by U.s. news & world report among the nation’s top 50:

Boston UniversityCase Western reserve University

University of ChicagoColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeHarvard UniversityUniversity of MarylandUniversity of MiamiNew York UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghTemple UniversityYeshiva University (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

PErCENT OF MEDICAL

SChOOL APPLICAnTS FrOM YESHIVA UNIVErSITY WErE ADMITTED IN 2011 (NATIONAL AVErAGE: 50%).

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LAw SCHOOL pLACEMENtIn 2010, YU students were admitted to the following law schools ranked by U.s. news & world report among the nation’s top 50:

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University)

Boston CollegeBoston UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

Columbia UniversityCornell UniversityDuke UniversityEmory UniversityFordham University

Georgetown UniversityGeorge Washington University

Harvard Law SchoolUniversity of MarylandUniversity of MichiganNew York UniversityOhio State UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Southern California

Stanford UniversityWashington University

PErCENT OF LAW SChOOL APPLI-CAnTS FrOM YESHIVA UNIVErSITY WErE ADMITTED TO AT LEAST ONE

ABA-ACCrEDITED LAW SCHOOL IN 2010.95

44%GrADUATE SCHOOL

38%EMPLOYMENT

18%BOTH

gREat ExPECTATIOnSThe proud men of Yeshiva University’s alumni community lead rich, successful lives in every profession. Equipped with an education that sharpened their minds while furthering their jewish identity and strengthening their ethical core, Yeshiva University alumni are lead-ers in business, medicine, law, science and education, as well as prominent figures in jewish life and learning.

Here are four YU alumni whose professional lives are just beginning.

MEIR FLAnCbAUM ’06Doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at rutgers and intern at NYU’s Child Study Center at Bellevue Hospital

“ YU provided the academic foundation I needed to jump-start my career in psychology while continuing to learn Torah, attend shiurim and grow spiritually.”

MIChAEL SIEV ’11First-year medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

“ YU’s small class sizes and excellent teachers combined to provide me with a firm background in the sciences and the arts. The relationship I forged with my professors helped me truly learn and retain information, which is very helpful in medical school.”

ZEV LAPIn ’10Founder of Storage Bucket, LCC, a company offering convenient summer storage for college students

“ Syms allowed me the opportunity to explore the many aspects of business that are vital in starting a company, while YU’s warmth and support fostered the ambition, growth and audacity I needed to actually launch a start-up.”

COMPAnIES RECRUIT ON CAMPUS EACH YEAr.100

EMpLOYMENtYU graduates from the class of 2010 are currently working for the following companies, institutions and organizations (among others):

Ariel Property AdvisorsAvanadeBellevue HospitalBeth Israel Hospital Oncology Department

CNNCape SecuritiesCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

Casimir CapitalCedars-Sinai Medical CenterChubb Group of Insurance Companies

Deloitte & Touche

Deutsche BankErnst & Young Goldman SachsjPMorgan ChaseMorgan StanleyMount Sinai Medical CenterNew York LifeNews America HoldingOppenheimer HoldingsPricewaterhouseCoopersTeach for AmericaTeri jonUBS Investment BankVantage Press Inc.

lEgacY of SUCCESSYC graduates enjoy tremendous success in every aspect of their lives. Acceptance rates to graduate and professional schools are nearly unmatched—as are job placement rates. Top companies, including many among the Fortune 500, recruit YU seniors even before they graduate. Our alumni thrive in their careers, gravitate toward leadership positions and strengthen their communities and families.

RAFFI ROSEnZWEIg ’07First-year student at Harvard Law School

“ YU introduced me to ideas—and more importantly, to people passionate about those ideas—that deeply impacted my religious outlook. I learned about judaism in a sophisticated and stimulating way.”

nEARLY EVERY gRADUATE OF YU’S CLASS OF 2010 IS CUrrENTLY WOrkING, STUDYING Or BOTH.1YEAr

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YC graduate ARI LAMM put a punctuation mark on his successful YU career by winning the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, which he’s using to pursue a mas-ter’s degree in Hebrew and judaic studies at University College London School of Oriental and African Studies. Specifically, Ari is focusing on the historical context of the Babylonian Talmud dur-ing the Persian Empire. He hopes to pursue a career in academia, law or the rabbinate— or possibly all three.

PErCENT OF YU EDUCA-

TION MAjOrS IN THE CLASS OF 2010 ArE CURREnTLY EMPLOYED, ATTEnD-Ing gRADUATE SChOOL OR bOTh.

100OF YU’S 2010 GrADUATES WHO SOUGHT gRADU-ATE SChOOL ADMISSIOn, PEr-CENT CUrrENTLY ENrOLLED: 96

All lists based on most current data available.

Heirs to a bold legacy, our graduates leave YU prepared for a complete, successful Jewish life. Intellectually powerful and spiritually grounded, they affirm the value of a YU education by thriving in their careers, anchoring their communities and improving their world.

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jOSh SLADOWSkY ’07YU major: finance

Currently: trader, International Equities and ADRs, jP Morgan

“ My YU experience was rewarding on many levels. Academically, I gained a strong foundation in finance. Spiritually, I was able to learn and grow in a warm environment with the guidance of wonderful rabbeim and professors.”

nOAM WEISSMAn ’08YU major: history

Graduate school: attending Azrieli graduate School of jewish Education and Administration

Currently: teacher, director of curriculum development for the judaic Studies program and director of the honors judaic studies program, Shalhevet high School

“ When choosing a college, I realized that YU was the only institution in the United States that could provide high-level academic courses and jewish courses.”

ChAIM ThIEL ’03YU major: finance

Graduate school: jD from new York University School of Law

Currently: MbA candidate at the Columbia business School

“ I’ve been fortunate to attend NYU Law School and now Columbia Business School, both of which have strong alumni networks. But the network I built during my time at YU has proved to be the most powerful.”

SIMChA gROSS ’10YU major: jewish studies

Graduate school: beginning PhD in ancient judaism at Yale; master’s in rabbinic literature at bernard Revel graduate School of jewish Studies

Currently: PhD candidate in Yale’s Department of Religious Studies

“ My YU professors—undergraduate and graduate—inspired my interest in the field of judaic studies and guided me along the way, for which I am eternally grateful.”

AVI LEVInE ’03YU major: biology

Graduate school: MD from harvard Medical School

Currently: second-year internal medicine resident at Mount Sinai hospital

“ My YU experience helped solidify the core judaic principles that shape my belief system while allowing me to balance and coalesce my professional and intellectual pursuits into one cohesive existence.”

Looking Forward

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next StepsFinancial Aid • Applying • YU Facts

As your high school years conclude, a new journey begins. We are here to answer your questions, discuss your goals and interests, and introduce you to this great university. We’ll also help you and your family navigate the process of applying for financial aid. Remember our pledge: we will put together an aid package that makes it pos-sible for you to attend YU.

FInAnCIAL AID

Yeshiva University aid packages consist of a combination of aca-demic and need-based scholar-ships from YU (more than $35 million annually), loans and need-based grants from the govern-ment, and campus jobs held by YU students.

nEED-bASED AID

YU also awards support based on your family’s financial situa-tion. More than two-thirds of YU students receive some sort of need-based financial aid, and approximately 75 percent of those who apply for need-based assistance are awarded such aid. In determining a family’s abil-ity to pay, YU takes into account such factors as savings, the amount being spent on tuition for siblings enrolled in day school or college, the costs of caring for elderly family members and even recent business diffi-culties. The bottom line: even families with high levels of income can be eligible for need-based assistance.

To apply for need-based aid, families must fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a form used by the government to determine Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)—the amount that a family is expected to contribute toward the cost of education. If the EFC is less than the cost of YU, then YU will help you make up the dif-ference by putting together an aid package that includes YU and government grants to help meet this financial need. The FAFSA may be accessed online at www.fafsa.gov.

The priority deadline for new stu-dents applying for financial aid is February 15. Aid awards are mailed beginning in mid-March.

ACADEMIC SChOLARShIPS

YU awards a variety of scholar-ships based on excellence in academic studies and jewish learning. Interested students may apply to the Distinguished Scholars Program to seek eligibil-ity for the Honors Program and compete for these scholarships, which range from $5,000 to full tuition. Students do not apply for specific scholarships but are granted support from a general fund—which totals nearly $5 mil-lion a year in merit scholarship assistance. Depending on aca-demic standing, students may continue to receive awards for up to four years of study.

LOAnS

In addition to need-based grant monies, you may be eligible for a number of state and federal loans. Interest is deferred on some loans until six months after a student completes his or her education (including graduate study), and rates are generally favorable. Families do not need to apply for these loans indepen-dently. They are included as part of the financial aid package put together by YU.

WORk STUDY

Work-study is a program that enables Yeshiva University stu-dents to work on campus to help pay for books, supplies or living expenses. Work-study jobs run the gamut from shelving books in the library to working as a faculty research assistant. Students typi-cally work between 5 and 15 hours per week and make between seven and eight dollars an hour, though a few skill-specific jobs are available that pay more. Work schedules are capped at 15 hours per week during the aca-demic year to ensure that the job does not conflict with the demands of dual-curricular study.

More than 200 YU undergradu-ate students are employed each year through the work-study pro-gram. Each student is awarded a work-study component of $1,500 with his or her initial financial aid package.

InTERnATIOnAL STUDEnT AID

YU awards a limited amount of financial assistance to non-U.S. citizens. In lieu of the FAFSA, non-U.S. citizens must file the International Student Financial Aid Application (ISFAA), available at www.yu.edu/osf/forms.

WE WAnT TO hELP

If you are uncertain about any aspect of the aid application process, please contact us to discuss your family’s situation. We are here to make applying for financial aid as straightfor-ward and painless as possible. Please do not hesitate to con-tact the Office of Student Finance at 212.960.5399 or via e-mail at studentaid@yu.edu.

FINANCIAL AId CHECkLIStApplying for financial aid doesn’t have to be complicated. The following checklist outlines the steps to follow (and when to complete them).

t Visit Yeshiva University (anytime)

t Investigate outside scholarships and par-ents’ employee tuition benefits (anytime)

t Apply to Yeshiva University (by october 15, December 15 or February 1)

t File the FAFSA (as soon as possible after January 1)

t receive FAFSA data (three to five days after filing)

t Learn of your accep-tance to Yeshiva University (mid- December for october 15 deadline; mid- February for December 15 deadline; April 1 for February 1 deadline)

t receive a financial aid award letter (beginning mid-march on a rolling basis)

t Notify Yeshiva University of your decision to enroll (by may 1)

t Call family members to share the good news! (as soon as possible)

“ Our financial aid coun-selor took the time to get to know us and put together an aid package that made YU possible. We are so proud to see Avi preparing for a career and growing religiously.”

— Parents of Avi, Yeshiva College

AffordabilityWe make the following guarantee: no qualified applicant will be turned away for financial reasons. YU will put together a financial aid package that will make this extraordinary education affordable for each student.

ThE LOng viEwA glance out the window of Wilf Campus’s Belfer Hall reminds students of their Manhattan setting and all of its cultural, professional and recreational riches.

PErCENT OF YU UNDErGrADUATES WHO GET HELP WITH TUITION: 78

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ApplyingVISITIng YU

We encourage interested students and their families to visit campus and learn more about YU. Faculty, current students and staff enjoy engaging prospective stu-dents and their families in discussing YU’s academic programs, community and the application or financial aid processes. Student hosts serve as guides to vis-iting students and families.

APPLYIng TO YU

The Committee on Admissions seeks students whose contributions to school and community dem-onstrate that they would both benefit from and con-tribute to the Yeshiva University community. In determining a student’s aca-demic qualifications for admissions, we review the high school scholastic record, SAT (and SAT Subject Tests, if available) or ACT scores, the results of statewide tests such as the New York State regents Examinations, the essay and the interview. The appli-cant’s character, personality and contributions to school and community life are also

factored into the admission decision.

In order for an application to be processed, the applicant must complete the required interview and submit the following items to the Office of Admissions:• Completed application

and essay• $65 application fee• Official SAT or ACT

scores• Official high school

transcript

gEnERAL ADMISSIOn

Candidates for admission may apply online at any time after completion of their junior year of high school, but should apply no later than February 1 of their senior year for admission for the September following graduation. Candidates should present a high school average of at least 85 and a combined critical reasoning and mathematics score of at least 1100 on the SAT or at least 24 on the ACT.

EARLY ADMISSIOn

High school juniors with a superior academic record

who are interested in begin-ning Yeshiva College or Syms School of Business may apply for Early Admission. Candidates should present a high school average of 90 and a combined critical reasoning and mathematics score of 1270 on the SAT or at least 28 on the ACT.

In addition to the general admission requirements, applicants for Early Admission must submit a let-ter of recommendation from their high school principal or college guidance counselor supporting the candidate’s reasons and qualifications for applying early.

TRAnSFER ADMISSIOn

Any candidate wishing for transfer admission to Yeshiva College or Syms School of Business must be in good academic standing at his current university with at least a B average. In addi-tion to the general admis-sions requirements, transfer students must submit offi-cial copies of transcripts for all course work completed at another college or university. Official SAT

scores must be submitted for transfer students with less than 48 credits or four full-time semesters of college course work.

InTERnATIOnAL ADMISSIOn

Non-U.S. citizens must fulfill the same basic application requirements as U.S. citi-zens. In addition, interna-tional applicants must:• Have transcripts and

other official documenta-tion officially translated into English (if not in English or Hebrew) and sent directly to the Office of Admissions

• Canadian students are required to submit official score reports for the SAT1

• International students whose dominant language is not English and who have resided in the United States for less than three years must take the TOEFEL test and score a minimum of 82 (to include a minimum score of 21 in both reading and writing). Scores must be submitted directly by the testing ser-vice (code 2990). For information on the TOEFL, visit www.toefl.org.

InTERVIEWS

All applicants, regardless of status, must have an inter-view with a YU admissions officer. Interviews may be scheduled by calling the Office of Admissions at 212.960.5277.

APPLICATIOn DEADLInES AnD nOTIFICATIOn DATES

Applications for the fall semester are processed in three stages:• Applicants whose

applications are complete by October 15 will be informed of a decision by mid-December

• Applicants whose applications are complete by December 15 will be informed of a decision by mid-February

• Applicants whose applications are complete by February 1 will be informed of a decision by April 1

Applicants to the Honors Program for Early Decision must be complete by November 1 and will be informed of a decision by December 15.

Applications for the spring semester must be complete by November 15 for notifica-tion mid-December.

hOnORS PROgRAM ADMISSIOnS

Students applying to the jay and jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program may either apply while in high school or while engaged in post-high school study in Israel. All applicants must have main-tained a 90 percent average in high school and have earned a combined SAT score (critical reasoning and mathematics) of 1400 or an ACT composite score of at least 32. Interested students must also demonstrate a commitment to Yeshiva University’s philosophy of Torah Umadda and exhibit leadership potential through their extracurricular activities and community involvement.

Yeshiva University awards substantial academic schol-arship support to qualified undergraduates based on demonstrated academic achievement, leadership potential and community service. Candidates for the Honors Program are auto-matically considered for a

range of highly competitive scholarships. Acceptance into the Honors Program and awards of academic scholar-ships are determined by the Faculty Honors Committee.

In addition to the basic application requirements, the following are required of Honors Program applicants: • Honors application

supplement • Two essays and short-

answer questions in lieu of the general admissions essay

• Two written letters of nomination

• Honors Program interview

The Honors Program inter-view can fulfill the admis-sions interview requirement; the reverse is not the case. Applicants must schedule an honors interview to be held on one of the Honors Days. All application materials must be submitted to the Office of Admissions prior to the interview date.

To be considered for the Honors Program, all components of the general application and Honors Program application must be completed by February 1.

ISRAEL PROgRAM ADMISSIOnS

Students who wish to partic-ipate in the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program must complete three steps:• Apply and be accepted to

Yeshiva University through the regular application process

• Apply independently to the Israeli institution they hope to attend

• Once accepted to both institutions, submit the S. Daniel Abraham Israel par-ticipation form, a copy of an acceptance letter from the Israel school and a $250 enrollment deposit

COnTACT US

We are here to help you. Contact the Office of Admissions at 212.960.5277 or e-mail us at yuadmit@yu.edu with any questions or concerns. Information about visiting, applying and interviewing can be found online by visit-ing www.yu.edu/admissions.

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AT A gLAnCE

A private, independent, PhD-granting research university founded in 1886, Yeshiva University offers dual-curricular undergraduate education com-bining general and jewish studies based on the philoso-phy of Torah Umadda.

Yeshiva University is ranked among the nation’s top-tier research universities by U.s. news & world report.

ThE UnIVERSITY

In addition to the under- graduate colleges—Yeshiva College, Syms School of Business and Stern College for Women—the University includes the following gradu-ate and professional schools: • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• Azrieli Graduate School of jewish Education and Administration

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

• Bernard revel Graduate School of jewish Studies

• Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology

• rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (an affiliate of the University)

• Wurzweiler School of Social Work

UnDERgRADUATE EnROLLMEnT

• 1,500 men and 1,350 women enrolled at YU’s New York campuses and in the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program

UnDERgRADUATE MAjORS FOR MEn

Majors• accounting• biology• chemistry• classical languages• computer sciences• economics• English• finance• French• Hebrew• history• information systems• jewish studies • management• marketing• mathematics• music• philosophy• physics• political science• psychology• sociology

Additional business Minors• entrepreneurship• general business• international business• real estate

joint and Combined Degree Programs• engineering • jewish education• jewish studies • nursing• optometry

• physical therapy • physician assistant • podiatry• social work• teaching math and science

UnDERgRADUATE TORAh STUDIES

• Isaac Breuer College• Mazer Yeshiva Program• The james Striar School/Mechinah Program

• Stone Beit Midrash Program

ACADEMIC hIghLIghTS

• 100 percent of classes taught by faculty, not teaching assistants

• 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio • average class size less than 15 students

• almost all faculty hold a doc-torate or the highest degree in their field

CAMPUSES

Yeshiva University maintains two undergraduate campuses in New York. The Beren Campus of Stern College for Women is in Murray Hill, a vibrant neigh-borhood in midtown Manhattan. The Wilf Campus in northern Manhattan’s Washington Heights is home to Yeshiva College, the rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (rIETS) and several graduate schools. In addition, YU supports students in the S. Daniel Abraham Program in Israel from the YU Israel Campus in jerusalem.

MEn’S VARSITY AThLETICS

As a member of the Skyline conference, Yeshiva University fields nine NCAA Division III varsity teams for men, including:• baseball• basketball• cross country• fencing• golf• soccer• tennis• volleyball• wrestling

YU MUSEUM

Free to YU students, the Yeshiva University Museum celebrates the intellectual and artistic achievements of 3,000 years of jewish experience.

YU LIbRARIES

YU’s network of libraries sup-ports learning and research in secular and jewish studies, and includes one of the world’s great judaic research collections, with more than 300,000 printed volumes in a variety of languages.

S. DAnIEL AbRAhAM ISRAEL PROgRAM

YU grants a full year of college credit for a year of study at an Israeli yeshiva. Students receive academic advising and programming in Israel, as well as assistance transitioning back to study in New York.

2011-2012 TUITIOn AnD FEES

• Undergraduate tuition: $34,200

• room: $5,000–$7,650 (depending on residence hall)

• resident meal plan: $3,000• Fees: $1,000

COnTACT US

To learn more about YU, plan a visit or get help with your appli-cation, feel free to contact us at:

Office of Admissions Yeshiva University 500 West 185th Street Suite 101 New York, NY 10033

phone: 212.960.5277 fax: 212.960.0086 e-mail: yuadmit@yu.edu Web site: www.yu.edu/ admissions

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YU Facts

A YU education is defined not just by the knowledge and wisdom you acquire in our classrooms and beit midrash, but also by the people who touch your life during your time here: the teachers who enrich your mind, the mentors who inspire you, the alumni who open doors and the fellow students who become your lifelong friends.

DR. nORMAn LAMMChancellor of YU and rosh ha-Yeshiva

DAVID ATkIn, YCNorth Miami Beach, FL

bEnjAMIn gUIgUI, YCMarseille, France

jACOb nOVIkOV, YCFranklin, MA

ORI kAnEFSkY, YCLos Angeles, CA

RAbbI jACOb j. SChACTERProfessor of jewish History and jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the jewish Future

ADAM kUgELMAn, YCWoodmere, NY

ELI LEbOWICZ, YCChicago, IL

AShER LInDEnbAUM, YCTeaneck, Nj

gAbRIEL CWILIChDirector of jay and jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program and Professor of Physics

RAjI VISWAnAThAnProfessor and Chair of Chemistry

ADAM nEWTOnStanton Professor and Chair of Literature and the Humanities

RAbbI hERShEL SChAChTER, Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud at rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

DAnIEL ShERMAn, YCWynnewood, PA