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Members of the University’s administration joined students in the Shapiro Campus Center atrium on Thursday night to stand in solidarity with those affected by sexual violence. The Prevention Advocacy Resource Center (PARC) announced the We Believe You Vigil in an Oct. 10 email, just one day before the event.
Sharline Nabulime became the first AfricanAmerican to join the Waltham City Council, as well as Ward 6’s first refugee councilor and first female representative, according to an Oct. 11 Waltham Patch article.
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On the first night of a two-day event celebrating the Center for German and European Studies’ 20th anniversary, members of the Brandeis community gathered to hear German Ambassador Emily Haber discuss the importance of the continued communication and allyship between the United States and Europe in the aftermath of World War II.
On Sept. 26, the Brandeis Board of Trustees elected four new members, bringing the total Board to six officers, 33 trustees, five faculty representatives, three student representatives and nine trustees emeriti. The Board serves as “the final authority on all aspects of the university’s operations,” according to the University’s website. The Board of Trustees, in additon to other duties, is responsible for electing the University’s president and for holding the president accountable for all academic, administrative, financial, and other activities.
In a Sept. 4 email to the Brandeis community, University president Ron Liebowitz announced the creation of the Office of Equal Opportunity, which is expected to be operational by spring 2019. The Justice spoke with Dr. Mark Brimhall-Vargas, the University’s chief diversity officer and vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, about the creation of this new office. The OEO will report to the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Jeffrey Ward was recently named the University’s interim Athletics director, according to an email sent by President Liebowitz on Sept. 4, 2018.
On Sept. 13, 41 candidates ran in the Student Union election for 19 open seats in the Senate, Allocations Board, CEEF Board, Alumni Board and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Biographies of the candidates were released by the Student Union prior to the election, and the winners were announced in a Sept. 14 email to the Brandeis community.
Nicole Carter, the newly appointed head coach for Brandeis University’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, arrived on campus last Monday ready to dive into work.
On some of the hottest days of the summer, the Brandeis community is asked to join a campus-wide effort to reduce energy consumption called “Turn It Off days.” This program aims to both reduce carbon emissions and save the University money on its electrical bill.
“I hope you cannot go through an international business school and think that tariffs are a good idea,” said David P. Kelly, the chief global strategist and head of the global market insights strategy team for J.P. Morgan Chase, to a room of wide-eyed Brandeis students. The audience had gathered for an hour of conversation about the state of the economy, and while words terms like “treasury securities” and “normalization path” don’t usually raise eyebrows, on Thursday evening, talk of “rising debt” and the “gig economy” had some Brandeis students on the edge of their seats.
Kicking off their season on Saturday Sept. 1, the Brandeis University women’s soccer team is warming up to a successful season. The women have been working hard to make this an amazing season, and they began with two matches. The first was against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sept.1, and the second was against Lasell College on Sept. 2.
Chava Alberstein