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Over the summer, Brandeis was one of many Boston-based institutions accused of perpetrating the colonization of Palestine. This accusation, among others, came from a new initiative titled the Mapping Project.
While campus may have been void of students this summer, facilities staff were showing up consistently to complete various projects and address different issues on campus. Following a three month break, students may notice some changes to the University underway or already completed.
The University has elected 90 new members to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Of the honorees, 82 are part of the Class of 2022, nine of them having been inducted last year, and the remaining eight are in the Class of 2023.
Christine Mann Darden
The University hosted its first-ever “[Re]Commencement,” giving graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021 to celebrate their graduation. Alumni were invited back to campus on Sunday, May 22 to convene in Gosman Sports and Convention Center, granting them an almost-normal commencement ceremony. Brandeis alum Marta Kauffman ’78 H’20, who co-wrote the famous television series “Friends” and received an honorary degree in 2020, gave the [Re]Commencement address.
The sweltering May heat of the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center did not deter the Class of 2022’s enthusiasm for being the first in-person Commencement ceremony since 2019.
The Feldbergs, founding donors of the University whose gifts helped Brandeis emerge as a university in 1948, made a donation towards renovating the Feldberg Lounge in the Hassenfeld Conference Center. The Feldberg Lounge, built in 1955, was the first space on campus the Feldbergs funded. The lounge, adjacent to the Stein, underwent renovations beginning this past October and was opened to students in April.
On May 3, her last day in office, Student Union President Krupa Sourirajan ’23 gave the opening remarks for the end of the spring 2022 semester’s State of the Union address. Following Sourirajan, members of the outgoing executive board made brief comments on their work over the past semester.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Even amidst the bustle of the end of the semester, Brandeis students and faculty found time to get involved in the pro-choice movement after the leaked draft from the Supreme Court revealed a potential overturn of the landmark case Roe v. Wade.
Amidst the Russia-Ukraine war, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took time to speak with members of the Association of American Universities about the future of the Ukrainian education system. More specifically, he discussed how Ukrainians and members of higher education institutions in America can help rebuild and support higher education in Ukraine.
Over the past academic year, at least 15 administrators and department heads have left their positions or have announced that they will be leaving soon to pursue work elsewhere.
The Student Union Senate discussed three clubs and passed a Senate Money Resolution for items related to the Midday Buffet event at its April 24 meeting, the last of the year.
Harvest Table Culinary Group was unanimously voted in by the Dining Services Request for Proposals Committee to become Brandeis’ new food vendor, according to an April 14 email from Vice President of Campus Planning and Operations Lois Stanley. The new contract will begin in July 2022, and Harvest Table’s arrival on campus is eagerly anticipated by students, who have become disenchanted with the current vendor and catering giant, Sodexo.
Brandeis Earth Week, presented by the Office of Sustainability and the Center for Spiritual Life, was part of an international effort to focus on environmental issues. Earth Week is an extension of Earth Day, which occurs every year on April 22. According to the Earth Day website, the event was founded in 1970 by Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) who wanted “to infuse the energy of student anti-war protests with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution.” In conjunction with Davis Hayes, a young activist at the time, Nelson and Hayes organized a teach-in on college campuses on April 22, 1970. The movement grew until 1990 when Earth Day went international, with 200 million people in 141 countries participating.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
In response to the war in Ukraine, the Brandeis International Business School has launched a new $1 million scholarship called the “Peace Scholarship Fund.” The fund will grant a full scholarship for up to 10 graduate students to complete their education at IBS. The current plan is to award the first scholarships to graduate students this coming fall semester.
On April 26, University President Ron Liebowitz sent an email to the Brandeis community reporting on highlights from the April Board of Trustees meeting.
As the last generation of Holocaust survivors continues to shrink, many students such as Aimee Schwartz ’22 understand the importance of keeping survivors’ stories alive and continuing to educate others on the atrocity. Schwartz is a leader of the Holocaust Remembrance Committee at Brandeis, a Hillel affiliate group, which was founded in 2021 and has since “spearheaded an array of events including speakers, film showings, and symbolic art activities,” according to their website.
Sen. Eric Lesser (D-MA) visited Brandeis on Thursday, April 7, at an event hosted by Brandeis Democrats to talk about his work as a state senator and his campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.