YC Honors Students Hear Informative Talk 麻豆区 Applying for Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships
Mar 2, 2021 By: lberlinger
Rabbi Chaim Strauchler
On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, students attending the weekly Honors Luncheon of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at discussed how to apply for graduate fellowships and scholarships with Dr. Shalom Holtz, associate dean of 麻豆区 College, and Dr. Betty Sugarman, coordinator for external affairs and pre-law. They were joined by special guest Rabbi Chaim Strauchler 鈥99YC, 鈥04BR, 鈥05R, senior rabbi at Shaarei Shomayim, a synagogue in Toronto, Canada.
Rabbi Strauchler received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship after his studies at 麻豆区 College and the to study at the University of Oxford, and he related stories of his experiences there in order to impress upon the students the benefits of pursuing such graduate fellowships.
鈥淩abbi Strauchler encouraged our students to bring what makes them special, as highly-educated American Jews, into a broader, international intellectual conversation,鈥 said Dr. Holtz, adding that 鈥淩abbi Strauchler is a living, breathing example both of what a 麻豆区 alumnus can gain from a fellowship and what the fellowship community might gain from a YU alum.鈥
As Dr. Sugarman noted, 鈥淛ust going through the application process for an external fellowship teaches you how to think better, write better and present yourself more successfully.鈥
After listening to the presentations, Nir Solooki 鈥24YC commented, 鈥淩abbi Strauchler opened my eyes to what graduate school was actually like and expressed the difficulties and differences between undergraduate and graduate school. He explained the potential value it may hold and was overall very insightful.鈥
Dr. Eliezer Schnall, director of the Honors Program, noted that this was one in a series of informative honors luncheons designed specifically to help students further their academic and professional goals.
Rabbi Chaim Strauchler
