Dean of Students
Social and Community Programs
Social Programs Coordinator - Yael Lezmi
Social and Community Programs - Hadas Programs
Hadassah College has dedicated itself to community involvement programs for students in the Hadassah College Community and for the citizens of Jerusalem. This is manifested in student participation in community involvement programs within the college and the city using their professional abilities attained through their studies and development of personal abilities.
Participation in these projects makes the student eligible for various scholarships available at Hadassah College. The College believes in the great importance of community involvement, and encourages students to become active in community social projects. Cooperation and mutual help impart a wonderful sense of giving and assisting one's fellow man.
We believe that above and beyond the financial gain for each student, these programs have a social, communal and personal benefit, which is equally important. The projects enable students to become aware of the general problems within the community and to learn to help, listen, and understand its citizens. These activities benefit the entire community and the Israeli society in general.
Two types of scholarships are available to students who volunteer:
1. Need-based scholarships
These scholarships are given on the basis of the student's socio-economic status. The student volunteers on a limited basis in various capacities within the college or in the vicinity of the college. Activities are divided into four categories:
- Activities benefiting students based on mutual help within the college. These activities include tutoring students with learning challenges, students returning from reserve duty or a long-term illness, pre-academic students, and students with physical challenges (hearing or sight challenged).
- Activities within different departments (setting up an exhibition, etc.) or in the Information Resource Center (arranging books in one's specific department, etc.).
- Operation of the computer room in the Children's ward at Bikur Holim hospital (within walking distance of the College)
- Activities for small groups with special needs.
2. Hadas Program Scholarships
Within the framework of this program, students participate in various activities on a weekly basis in the College and within the city. These activities entitle the student to a reduction of 50% of their tuition fees
The community programs where students volunteer are as follows:
Perach
Perach is a nationwide big brother / big sister project which aims to bridge social or educational gaps, supply enrichment programs for youth in need, encourage awareness of educational issues among students, and assist students in financing their studies.
- Personal Mentoring: Students are paired with a child in need of social, educational, or emotional support, and spend a set amount of time weekly with their "little brother" or "little sister", in their homes
- Perach - Communications: A unique program open to students in the Departments of Printing and Computer Graphics, Cinema and Television Production, and Industrial Design. This project relies on the professional skills of the participants; students offer tutorials on various field-related topics in campus computer labs.
- Perach - Leshem: This program offers assistance to learning-disabled students. Tutorials take place on campus.
Hi-Tech Clubs
In cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality, the Jerusalem Fund, and Intel Students in this track offer computer tutorials in schools throughout the city for high school students who do not have access to computers in their homes. This includes Internet research, homework, and upkeep of school websites.
Students for Students
This program is designed to offer individual or small group mentoring to students in our pre-academic programs and freshmen students in one of our academic departments. Students with high academic skills are paired with these students to give them a needed boost.
Volunteering in Homes for the Aged
Students throughout the city volunteer in homes for the ages. They participate in daily activities as well as accompany them on various errands.
Tutoring of Children with Physical Challenges
Children with visual, audio, or speech, or linguistic disabilities are paired with Hadassah College students who assist them in learning to cope with their disabilities, under the auspices of a professional staff. The children's development and progress is recorded and followed up by our faculty.
Work in Non-Profit Organizations
Students assist the organization in their public relations building a website or designing various public relations brochures as well as assisting with any needed activities in the organization.
Intel Clubhouse
In cooperation with Intel, the Boston Museum of Science, the Neve Yaakov Community Center, and the Jerusalem Fund
Participants in this project offer an innovative alternative to after school classes in the form of a workshop. This workshop offers a creative environment, which encourages self-study, where students can center on topics of personal interest, develop creative thought process skills, and build their confidence through the use of technology. Activities are held once a week for four hours in the Neve Yaakov computer club. Participating departments: Print and Computer Graphics, Photography and Digital Media.
MICHA Jerusalem
In cooperation with the Gruss Fund
MICHA, an organization that helps children with hearing impairments, offers students of our new Department of Communication Disorders the opportunity to volunteer. Services offered by MICHA include treatment, education, and guidance for both the children as well as their families, from diagnosis through to their joining the mainstream educational system. Participants work mornings at MICHA - with group and private guidance - and afternoons at the children's' homes as "big brothers" or "big sisters".
Battered Women's Shelter
Educational tutoring and social activities for children at the shelter, teaching literacy to the women at the shelter.
Student Projects with High Schools in Jerusalem
Projects such as developing a security system for a school together with Sonarian-Hadassah, working with young girls towards majoring in sciences or mentoring students.
Research and Development
Industrial design for the elderly, hearing impaired and the physically challenged.
Some programs are in collaboration with the Jerusalem Foundation, the Gross Foundation and the Municipality of Jerusalem
Registration for Social Involvement Program 2006-7
Registration for Perach is done directly online at www.perach.org.il.
A list of the available social involvement programs (Hadas programs) will be publicized in August on the college's website. Registration for these programs will be done through the college's Internet site online or on application forms provided by Yael Lezmi. Student applying for Hadas programs will be screened for the appropriate program.
Office Hours:
Yael Lezmi
Esther Gottesman Center of Technology
First Floor, Room 102
Monday-Thursday 9:00 -12:00
Telephone: 6291308
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