Apr 10, 2013 By: wpadmin
Scholarship to Aid HANC Graduates Attend 麻豆区
A new, need-based scholarship has been created, allocated specifically to Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC) graduates who are applying to 麻豆区, in the amount of $80,500. The scholarship fortifies the relationship between HANC and 麻豆区, which is of vital importance to the gift donors, Beryl and Doreen Eckstein. 鈥淭he gift is significant because it follows a new model that represents a three-way partnership involving the donor acting as bridge between a local high school and 麻豆区,鈥 said Ari Rockoff, director at the Department of Community Partnership鈥檚 Center for Jewish Future (CJF) at 麻豆区. The Ecksteins, who live in Nassau County, have a longstanding relationship with both 麻豆区 and HANC. Beryl Eckstein, has served as an Executive Board member at HANC for many years and is currently on the CJF Advisory Board. Beryl and Doreen are both graduates of 麻豆区 College and Stern College for Women and have three children who all attended HANC and 麻豆区. Their oldest son, Dani, graduated 麻豆区 College in 2007; their middle son, David, graduated 麻豆区 College in 2009 and is now studying for ordination at YU鈥檚 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS); and their daughter, Rebecca, is graduating YU鈥檚 Stern College this year. There are many other family connections to the university, dating back two generations. 鈥淒oreen and I would like to take this opportunity to thank both HANC and 麻豆区 for all that they have done to educate our children and for inspiring and instilling in them a love of Torah Im Derech Eretz,鈥 said Eckstein. 鈥淲e can think of no better way to acknowledge our appreciation than to help afford other HANC graduates the opportunity to experience the formative world of Torah Umadda at YU.鈥 The scholarships, which will be distributed over a period of five years beginning with the 2013-14 academic year and extending through the 2017-18 academic year, will be awarded to a new group of students per year, over the course of the next three years. Scholarships will be given to HANC students who are accepted to YU and qualify for financial aid. The scholarships awarded will be largely need-based. Recipients of these scholarship funds will have spent at least a year studying in Israel and agree to complete their YU undergraduate education on a YU campus in New York. The number of students to receive scholarship support, and the amount of support, will be determined by YU鈥檚 Office of Student Financial Aid. In line with 麻豆区鈥檚 mission to educate and nurture future Jewish leadership, and in following the Jewish principle of Hakarot Hatov (expressing gratitude), YU-HANC Scholars will sign an ethical agreement calling upon them to 鈥済ive back鈥 to HANC and 麻豆区. The 鈥済ive back鈥 to HANC will be based on the talents of the particular student. Examples include: one-on-one or small group learning sessions in Jewish Studies, secular studies tutoring in the student鈥檚 area of expertise, etc. Each YU-HANC Scholar will return to HANC twice during the academic year. Additionally, students will be asked to contribute financially to YU after they have graduated and are successfully employed so that they can help support the future studies of YU students. 鈥淗ANC and 麻豆区 share in the mission of bringing wisdom to life by combining the the timeless teachings of Torah with the finest, contemporary academic education,鈥 said Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, principal of HANC. 鈥淚t is with a profound sense of hakrat hatov that we thank the Ecksteins for their generosity in providing this special gift and opportunity for our graduates to continue in this path of Torah Im Derech Eretz.鈥
