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2006
Volume 26 Number 3 Fall 2005 Dedicated to the Support of Brandeis University and its Libraries
Join us at Brandeis
University for a magical three-day adventure. Connect with your BUNWC colleagues for inspiration, education, and memorable times.
Stay tuned for more details.
BUNWC partners with University in new science initiative
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Thanks a Thousand
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hether you are in
Sarasota or Seattle, you will find that these are exciting times for the 42,000 members of the Brandeis University
National Women’s Committee.
Imagine sitting in your living room watching a professionally produced videotape of Don Lee’s provocative discussion on his book Yellow , which was assigned to all incoming freshmen this fall as part of the Helen and Philip Brecher
New Student Forum. You will feel as though you are in the
Spingold Theater Center filled with these Brandeis students.
Think of coming to the
Brandeis campus for a training session led by a team of volunteer advisors and then being able to review the presentation at a later time.
Brandeis University is making this possible by offering a video that captures the presentation.
These are just two of the ways that BUNWC’s stronger ties to the University will benefit the organization in such areas as programming, marketing and membership, fundraising, chapter support, and technology.
“The University is providing us with the resources to look out a new window onto a vista of possibilities,” said Shari
Langenthal Meehan ’76,
BUNWC’s new executive director. “Our greater access to the University’s resources leads to fresh opportunities.” options grow and technological advances create a virtual Brandeis campus for every chapter.
Meehan believes members will feel closer to Brandeis than ever before as programming
“We will be, in essence, importing the intellectual richness of Brandeis to the chapters,” she said. “This will allow the chapters to strengthen their bonds to
Brandeis to allow them to fully enjoy the campus experience.”
The National
Women’s
Committee comes home to the Library.
Brandeis students study in the glow of
BUNWC’s new offices in the Goldfarb
Library.
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President
Joyce Krasnow, Los Angeles, CA
Executive Director
Shari Langenthal Meehan ‘76
781-736-4162, smeehan@brandeis.edu
Chapter Funds Team
Elaine Bernstein, Aventura, FL, Vice President
Judy Diamond ‘55, Senior Development
Officer
781-736-4167, jdiamond@brandeis.edu
Program Team
Sue Karp, Scottsdale, AZ, Vice President
Beth Bernstein, M.A. ’90, Director of
Programming and Publications
781-736-4190, bernstein@brandeis.edu
Membership Team
Dr. Dorothy Pierce, Boca Raton, FL, Vice
President
Barbara Selwyn, Director of Marketing
781-736-4168, bselwyn@brandeis.edu
Leadership Team
Barbara Sherer, Bellevue, WA, Vice President
Barbara Katz, Office Manager
781-736-4164, katz@brandeis.edu
Major Funds Team
Eleanor L. Shuman, Newton Highlands, MA,
Vice President
Janice Fineman, Director of Development
781-736-4179, fineman@brandeis.edu
Chapter Support Team
Jill Swiler, St. Paul, MN, Vice President
Ellie Levingston, Assistant to the Executive
Director
781-736-4169, eleanor@brandeis.edu
Treasurer
Bernice Smilowitz, New York, NY
Barbara Gilman, Accounting Manager
781-736-4165, bgilman@brandeis.edu
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www.brandeis.edu/bunwc
Editor-in-Chief of Imprint
Beth Bernstein, M.A. ’90
Writers
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David E. Nathan
Mary Pat Prado
Barbara Selwyn
Mission Statement
Brandeis University National Women’s
Committee provides financial support for
Brandeis University and its Libraries. It connects Brandeis, a nonsectarian university founded by the American Jewish community, to its members and their communities through programs that reflect the ideals of social justice and academic excellence.
Produced by the Office of Communications
by Joyce Krasnow
BUNWC members have played a key role in support of cuttingedge research at Brandeis. Your fundraising efforts have made it possible for the Brandeis University
National Women’s Committee to provide funds for research journals that are the lifeblood of scientific research and communication. I’m excited to bring to you a brand new
BUNWC project to support, one that will benefit the University and has the potential to benefit all mankind.
Because I know of your passion and commitment for advancing medical research, our organization is accepting a challenge in the race to conquer the diseases of aging—
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, and vision and memory—with a commitment to raise $2 million toward the University’s ambitious new $100 million Science Initiative.
Half of the funds we raise will support a state-of-the-art laboratory devoted to research in neurodegenerative diseases that will carry the BUNWC name.
The other half will establish a much-needed Endowed Medical
Science Journal Fund. The research conducted in the BUNWC laboratory will be part of a broad study of aging. It will explore cellular and systems-level functioning of the brain and nervous system, as well as the individual and societal impact of aging.
The members of BUNWC have long demonstrated heartfelt zeal for advancing medical research. I know you will join me enthusiastically in meeting this fundraising goal through your individual support and by helping your chapter meet its challenge.
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A highlight of BUNWC’s
National Conference was the “hooding” of
Carol Kern as a new
Fellow of Brandeis
University, honoring her contributions to the
University as BUNWC
National President,
2002–04. Brandeis Fellows number more than 200 men and women from across the country, adding to the strength of the
University through their gifts, expertise, and commitment.
In photo: (left) Joyce
Krasnow, BUNWC
National President;
Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis
University President; and
Carol Kern.
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I n an age of streaming, blogging, and podcasting, the Brandeis
Libraries are facing the challenges of a new information environment hand-in-hand with a strong new partner. Forging the ideal marriage of content and technology, the Libraries have merged with the University’s
Information Technology Services to form the new Library and Technology
Services division (LTS). LTS employs
100 staff and 200 student assistants.
“We increasingly deliver content through technology,” explains Chief
University Librarian Susan V.
Wawrzaszek. “With this merger, we’re erasing the artificial lines drawn between the two so that we can provide students and faculty with the seamless help they need with questions that demand the very best in library services and the most advanced technology.”
“Our patrons don’t care if theirs is a technology or content question,” adds Perry O. Hanson, vice president and vice provost for libraries and information technology. “So we’ve integrated the two to provide everyone with one-stop shopping.
They shouldn’t have to guess where to direct their questions.” it easier for faculty members and students to get all the help they need in one location.
“We’ve started to look at how our staff should be working with faculty and students to make the most of information resources and information technologies,”
Wawrzaszek points out. “For example, a number of courses now require that students create websites, so they need more help from both technologists and librarians in finding information resources and dealing with the information technology.”
Anthropology Professor Mark
Auslander’s students are on the cutting edge, using their iPods to create a guide to an historic African-
American area in the suburbs of
Boston. Students will create digital audio, incorporating commentary, local choir music, and interviews that can be podcast, so that interested persons can use their iPods or MP3 players to take a guided tour of the neighborhood. Class assignments such as this are now resulting in information resources available to everyone.
Wawrzaszek says that several challenges will be better met by the combined resources of the merged departments: identity management that ensures users are authorized for access to electronic resources; improved customer service; and the integration of the latest technology into instructional support.
“I’m finding that these new technologies really help my students learn how to write and think clearly,” says Professor Auslander. “Doing these very short audio pieces makes their writing so much better. The discipline that sound imposes is just great. This is the joy of teaching at
Brandeis. You come up with an idea at the last minute and you get the support you need.”
One of the most visible signs of the merger is a new Instructional
Technology Resource Center on the first floor of the main Goldfarb
Library that is staffed by instructional technologists. The close proximity of technologists and librarians make
Wawrzaszek and Hanson are confident that their vision for
Library and Technology Services will continue the tradition of providing cutting-edge support and resources to the Brandeis community.
LTS staff member Chris Anderson (right) helps students with a project.
In an era when students are driving learning as opposed to the old college model of professors lecturing and students listening, university libraries are starting to develop “learning commons,” open areas that promote the exchange of ideas among students.
According to Perry Hanson and
Sue Wawrzaszek, the Library and
Technology Services division’s “info commons” model for Brandeis might include the following:
• A concierge to direct people where to go for various services
• Reference assistance
• Instructional technology assistance
• Computer repair help
• Desktop computer help
• Multipurpose rooms
• Small video conferencing rooms
• Small classrooms
• Workstations for singles or groups
• Comfortable lounge seating
• Wired and wireless environment
• Print reference resources
• Browsing collections of films and music
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This year’s Rabb Seminar will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2006, at 10:30 am, and will feature worldrenowned author and journalist,
Thomas L. Friedman ’75. A threetime Pulitzer Prize winner, his most recent book, The World is Flat: A
Brief History of the Twenty-First
Century, was released in April 2005.
His foreign affairs column, which appears twice a week in the New
York Times, is syndicated to 700 other newspapers worldwide.
Tickets are $30 each with a limit of four (4) tickets per transaction. VISA,
American Express, MasterCard, and
Discover cards are accepted.
The seminar will be held at the
Weiner Banquet Center’s Gimelstob
Ballroom at the Kravis Center’s
Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach.
Parking at the Kravis Center is free, and valet parking will be available for a fee.
BUNWC members can purchase general admission tickets beginning
December 1 at the Kravis Center Box
Office located at 701 Okeechobee
Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm,
Monday through Saturday, and on
Sunday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The box office is located at the western entrance of the building.
Tickets may also be purchased by phone (561-832-7469 or 800-572-
8471), by fax (561-833-0681), by mail, or online at www.kravis.org.
There are 600 tickets available at the box office. This will be a popular event and you are urged to purchase tickets early.
Light refreshments will be served in the morning.
If you have any questions, please contact Jeanette Smith at
781-736-4046.
Students in Politics 164a, Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle
East, are learning about various perspectives on the Middle East conflict from some of the region’s leading thinkers.
During the first half of this semester,
Professor Shai Feldman, director of the Crown Center for Middle
East Studies at Brandeis, and Dr.
Abdel Monem Said Aly, director of
Al-Ahram Center for Political and
Strategic Studies in Cairo, will focus on the regional dimension of the
Arab-Israeli conflicts and the efforts to resolve it.
Feldman and Dr. Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in
Ramallah, will teach the second half of the semester, focusing on the
Palestinian-Israeli dimension of the conflict.
The Crown Center for Middle East
Studies at Brandeis expands the study of the region beyond Arab-
Israeli tensions to include economic development, ethnic relations, regional security, and social and geopolitical questions. The Center’s academic mission is to produce new insights into and understanding of the region while providing the highest level of training for future generations of scholars.
Veteran newspaper reporter, Pam
Cytrynbaum, 39, from Northwestern
University’s famed Medill Innocence
Project, nationally known for its pioneering investigative work to free wrongly convicted inmates, is spending the academic year at
Brandeis. She is here through the
Brandeis Institute for Investigative
Journalism to study the feasibility of establishing an innocence project as part of the Institute. She is also teaching two journalism classes in the
Department of American Studies.
Florence Graves, founding director of the Institute, the nation’s first investigative reporting center based at a university, believes creating the
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project here would make for a perfect marriage given its commitment to social justice.
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Yellow was the topic.
Colorful was the talk.
Author Don Lee informed and entertained incoming Brandeis students at the 13th annual Helen and Philip Brecher New Student
Forum, engaging them in a provocative discussion of his highly acclaimed collection of short stories depicting Asian-American culture.
Lee’s presentation drew a standing ovation from the capacity crowd at the Spingold Theater Center’s main stage. Afterward, students lined up at microphones positioned around the theater to ask questions.
Lee told the audience that the title of his collection, which was published in 2001, is often misunderstood.
“To me, the title,
Although his characters are Asian-
American, their experiences are universal. “You could take away the ethnicity and the stories would still work,” he said.
Yellow
“We all feel alienated. We all feel like outsiders. I write about fears common to us all.”
, is more about stories than race,” Lee said.
“It’s about cowardice and paralysis, about people who were too afraid to live their lives.
Lee closed his discussion with words of advice for the students.
American Judaism: A History by
Jonathan Sarna, Joseph H. and Belle
R. Braun Professor of American
Jewish History at Brandeis, traces
Jewish religious life in America from its beginnings in colonial America until the present time. The book is now available in both hardcover and paperback. “Sometimes things will go your way, sometimes they won’t,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to fall in love or take a road less traveled. It’s an extraordinary world; don’t be afraid to seize it.”
The New Student Forum, made possible by a generous endowment from the Helen and Philip Brecher
Fund, is designed to generate an early and lasting sense of intellectual community at Brandeis by bringing together the entire first-year class with members of the faculty.
BUNWC members have the opportunity to read and discuss
Yellow in chapter study groups throughout the country. Your chapter can duplicate what the first-year class at Brandeis had on campus: lively discussions on a contemporary topic, questions for discussion prepared by Brandeis faculty, a short video of author Don Lee addressing the students, and the feeling of being a part of the Brandeis experience.
For more information about Yellow contact your chapter study group
, chair or the Program Department in the National Office at 781-736-4190 or bernstein@brandeis.edu.
American Judaism: A Reader’s Guide , prepared by Dr. Sarna’s graduate student, Rachel Gordan, under his direction, is now available to members of the Brandeis University
National Women’s Committee.
The guide summarizes the central themes of each chapter and poses stimulating questions for discussion.
“The work of the National Women’s
Committee in building up the resources of the Brandeis University
Library was instrumental in my ability to produce American
Judaism: A History ,” Dr. Sarna writes.
“A great many of the books, articles, and documents that I used (in my book) are found in the Brandeis
University Library, thanks to the generosity of BUNWC.
Including our many microform and online resources, the Brandeis
Library now boasts one of the foremost collections of Judaica
Americana in the world. I salute
BUNWC for its remarkable efforts on behalf of our library and the
University.”
A third-generation Korean-American,
Lee said he has faced the dilemma common among members of immigrant communities: Do you assimilate or do you maintain your culture?
“It’s something we all try to grapple with,” he said. “I probably tried to deny it (his heritage), then I embraced it.”
Don Lee, author of Yellow
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Melissa Moore (left), associate professor of biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Investigator, with one of her students. Almost 40 percent of students entering Brandeis have a strong interest in studying science or medicine. The Brandeis
Science Initiative will provide substantial funding for new undergraduate teaching facilities and the redesign of curricula to better emphasize interdisciplinary work.
A n acknowledged powerhouse of scientific research, Brandeis is taking science to a whole new level with a major initiative designed to make it the number one university for interdisciplinary research within the life, physical, and information sciences.
The National Women’s Committee has made a commitment to participate in this $100 million effort by raising $1 million in support of a state-of-the-art laboratory devoted to research in neurodegenerative diseases that will carry the BUNWC name and $1 million to an Endowed
Medical Science Journal Fund.
Work in the BUNWC laboratory will be part of a broad study of aging. It will explore cellular and systems-level functioning of the brain and nervous system, as well as the individual and societal impact of aging. The study will target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Lou
Gehrig’s Disease, and Retinal and
Macular Degeneration, as well as the impact of aging on vision, hearing, memory, balance, personality, emotional change, and health care and other public policy issues.
Building on a half century of pioneering research that has led to the creation by Brandeis scientists of several new scientific fields, the initiative will include a re-imagined and re-engineered science complex, new undergraduate teaching facilities, state-of-the-art laboratory space, and a physical environment that facilitates the kind of “random intellectual collisions” that drive the pace of discovery in scientific research.
“We are committed to maintaining the strength and vitality of our core scientific disciplines, but it is at the interface of disciplines that the most profound advances often occur,” Marty Krauss, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, said of the new science initiative. “We are broadening the interdisciplinary model to include contributions from the social sciences and the humanities.”
Widely recognized by the scientific community as a leader in basic research, Brandeis is ranked second in the country in the percentage of faculty who are members of the most prestigious scientific academies (the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy
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Life
Mind
of Arts and Sciences, and Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science). It is ranked first in the percentage of
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Investigators, an elite group of biomedical researchers who receive very generous, long-term funding for their laboratories. Brandeis also has a greater concentration of National
Institutes of Health special awards and funding per scientist than almost any other research university in the country.
The Brandeis science faculty has a long-standing tradition of interdisciplinary work, which takes advantage of the relatively small size of the University to achieve an impact well beyond the sum of its parts. For example, for more than 30 years, the Rosenstiel Basic
Medical Sciences Research Center has brought together biochemists, biologists, physicists, and chemists in a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to combating disease. In recent years, its scientists have pinpointed an on/off switch in diphtheria that holds the promise of antibiotics that won’t induce bacterial resistance; rendered mammography machines much more effective by replacing traditional photographic film with a new digital mammography camera; and greatly expanded the scope of leukemia research by inducing a form of the disease in mice that’s strikingly similar to ones seen in humans.
Advancing medical research at
Brandeis is the focus of the National
Women’s Committee’s new science initiative. BUNWC will raise a total of $2 million, $1 million to name a laboratory in the University’s new
Center on Aging and Age-Related
Neurodegenerative Disease, and $1 million to create an Endowed Medical
Science Journal Fund.
Researchers from seven different departments at the Volen National
Center for Complex Systems have been collaborating for ten years on the study of the brain and intelligence, from molecules and neurons to memory and other complex human behaviors. The faculty there have done pioneering work in the development of the modern field of computational neuroscience, which uses mathematical modeling and computer simulations to describe the functioning of neurobiological systems.
Former BUNWC president Carol Kern of the Phoenix Chapter, chair of the new initiative, said of the undertaking,
“We feel privileged to be part of the University’s ambitious effort to make Brandeis number one in interdisciplinary research. Members of the National Women’s Committee are so passionate about supporting the great medical research conducted at Brandeis that I know we will be successful. I am looking forward to working with our chapters and members to make this goal a reality.” have demonstrated that mild, agerelated hearing declines can have an impact on the memory of older adults.
Groundbreaking research at Volen includes studies of the plasticity and stability of neural circuits, which is a key to understanding how behavior remains constant, even though the brain may change, due to growth, on the one hand, or aging, on the other.
Volen researchers have also made important strides in elucidating the relationship between sensory change and cognitive change associated with normal aging and how sensory and cognitive function interact. For example, scientists at the Center
“This new initiative will be truly interdisciplinary,” said Volen
Center director Arthur Wingfield, who studies memory and aging. “Brandeis is a very special place. Through our broadened study of aging and age-related neurodegenerative disease we’re going to be able to train a new generation of scientists and scholars who will have a breadth of understanding of aging second to none.”
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Meadowbrook, NY, Chapter
The Meadowbrook, NY, Chapter held a fundraising luncheon, “Jews of
Exotic Lands,” that featured model synagogues, fashions, jewelry, food, dances, and songs from Diaspora countries around the world. Also highlighted were Jews of influence throughout the ages in remote areas of the globe.
Cape Cod Chapter
Summer on Cape Cod is synonymous with a good book—this summer the Cape Cod Chapter ran a series of book and author events featuring Cape Cod authors Marilyn
Land, The Dollmaker , and Mariann
Tadmor, Murder in Machu Picchu and
Murder in Barbados .
Los Angeles Chapter
The Los Angeles Men’s Group continues to thrive with increasing membership, stimulating programming and great fundraising.
Las Vegas Chapter
Happy 10th anniversary to the Las
Vegas Chapter, which is planning a year of special events.
King’s Point/Tamarac Chapter
Evelyn Gates of King’s Point/Tamarac provided almost 20 feet of pennies in support of Library Work Scholar.
Saddleback Chapter
The Saddleback Chapter welcomes
Seymour Wellikson, the first man to serve as a chapter president of
BUNWC.
Spring 200, the Boston Chapter recognized and honored these distinguished women whose achievements enrich and enhance the quality of life in the Boston community. Left to right:
Helaine Saperstein, event chair; Tina Packer, founder and director of Shakespeare & Company;
Ellen Zane, president and CEO, Tufts-New England Medical Center; Joyce Krasnow, BUNWC president; Jill Medvedow, director, Institute for Contemporary Art; and Susan Wornick, TV news anchor and consumer reporter.
The fledgling used bookstore in Lake
Worth, Florida, is continuing its successful community outreach book club programs due to popular demand. A lecture about first mothers was presented in recognition and anticipation of the last election. A capacity crowd was in attendance when
Elizabeth Brundage presented her first novel, a psychological thriller, The Doctor’s
Wife . Pictured are Elizabeth Brundage
(right) with her mom, Joan, a member of the Lakes Chapter.
Correction: Laguna Hills, CA, member Helene Iberall’s name was misspelled in our last issue of
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What President Judy Stern has accomplished with the Wellworth
Chapter is, by anyone’s standard, an incredible achievement. Former member and vice president of the
Trails Chapter, Judy moved into a new community in southeastern
Florida, an area that is experiencing rapid growth of active adult residences. She knew almost instantly that the time was right to start a new BUNWC chapter.
People were eager to make social connections while feeling the personal satisfaction of helping to support a meaningful cause:
Brandeis University and its Libraries.
Former Florida region president Charlotte
Schiff (left) congratulates Wellworth’s VP of Membership, Nancy Braksmeyer and
President Judy Stern (right).
With her emblematic enthusiasm and leadership skills, Judy successfully translated her vision into reality.
Assisted by Nancy Braksmeyer,
Wellworth’s VP of membership, and the mentoring of seasoned
BUNWC member Ruth Jatkoff and region leaders, Judy has helped
Wellworth set records for the number of members who have joined the
Chapter in such a short period of time. Unparalleled in BUNWC’s history, Wellworth now has over 400 members, 40+ study groups, and plans for a full season of special events and fundraisers to benefit the
University.
BUNWC, like all of America, is on the move. Current and prospective members are moving to the Sunbelt and retirement communities as they seek warmer temperatures, year-round recreation, and, for many, a more affordable lifestyle.
The National Women’s Committee is capitalizing on these demographic shifts, providing fertile ground to “seed” new
BUNWC chapters.
Booming areas of the country continue to be the cities of Las
Vegas, Phoenix, Orange County
(CA), and Florida’s Palm Coast
(Jacksonville to Daytona). These are already home to many successful BUNWC chapters. More surprising has been the recent growth of new communities in
Pennsylvania’s Bucks County,
Austin, Denver, and Southeastern
New Jersey.
To learn more about starting a new BUNWC group, contact
Dottie Pierce, BUNWC’s VP of membership, (561-852-9720, dottiepierce@adelphia.com) or
Barbara Selwyn (781-736-4168, bselwyn@brandeis.edu).
A group of motivated and capable people from southern California’s
Conejo Valley are moving ahead to create what all expect will be a new
BUNWC chapter. Laura Benedon, president’s councilor of Brandeis, long-time BUNWC board member, and area resident, knew that Conejo was a growing community, ready for a BUNWC chapter. Moreover, the neighboring San Fernando Valley
Chapter has grown to over 1500 members. Certainly there would be others who would be interested in joining the National Women’s
Committee.
Collaborating with former national president, Gayle Wise, former national treasurer, Dorothy Katz, and Jenna Katz, Western Region president, Laura has helped the group appoint a slate of officers and begin planning activities for the months ahead.
A winning team for Conejo Valley’s Chapter in Formation. From left to right:
Laura Benedon, BUNWC board member;
Dorothy Katz, former national treasurer;
Carrie Mataraza, Conejo Valley Chapter presidium; and Gayle Wise, former national president.
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Dear Friends,
It’s good to be back at Brandeis
University, and to be a part of the dynamic Brandeis University National
Women’s Committee (BUNWC). I am delighted with the bright and airy new home of the National Women’s
Committee in the Goldfarb-Farber
Library. For me, this library evokes memories of the special time I spent in it with my late grandfather. Not wanting his “precious cargo” to be studying alone in the library late at night, Grandpa would pack up his newspapers and magazines and spend hours sitting next to me in the comfortable silence of love. My career has, indeed, come “full circle.” these changes affect the nonprofit world, as well. It seems that every article I read lately about nonprofits concerns a shift from their traditional culture to adopting a business approach that focuses on increasing revenues and membership. BUNWC is experiencing the same transition.
I am reminded of Spencer Johnson’s parable about change, Who Moved
My Cheese? This tale focuses on four characters that set out through
“the maze” in search of “cheese” to nourish them and make them happy.
Sniff and Scurry savored “new cheese” much sooner than Hem and
Haw. Unlike Hem and Haw, they did not replace their running shoes with slippers and get comfortable with
“old cheese,” which was slowly eaten up. Instead, they tied their running shoes together and hung them around their necks so they could get to them quickly, whenever they were needed.
During Orientation, incoming first-year students met with the author and faculty for lively discussion. BUNWC members also took part in a discussion of Yellow in their own chapters, using materials provided by Brandeis faculty.
Our Brandeis videographer filmed the event so that study group members can enjoy this unique experience.
The Yellow event was the first in a series of “Meet the Author” programs that will be held on campus throughout the coming year. We are arranging with the University to record additional sessions for BUNWC members.
You will notice that this edition of
Imprint has a different look and feel.
This new format was designed by
BUNWC and the University’s Office of Communications. The addition of original and exciting stories by
Brandeis news writers will connect you even more with events on campus.
Imagine that when Eliezer Ben
Yehuda revived Hebrew as a language more than 100 years ago, he did not have words for computer ( machshev ), jet lag
( yaefet ), or videocassette ( kaletet )!
Just as language continuously changes to accommodate new inventions, widespread changes in technology, demographics, and the global market also demand new business models;
Our strengthened connection to the University is providing us with new resources to facilitate our transformation in a rapidly changing environment. Together, we are undertaking a series of initiatives, which include the following:
A national team of volunteer advisors is working alongside our region and chapter presidents to enhance communications by providing the latest information and best business practices.
Look with Pride is a new video produced by BUNWC in collaboration with the University’s Office of
Communications. An inspirational presentation, Look with Pride explores the bond between Brandeis and BUNWC and revels in the achievements that have resulted from our partnership. This short-feature film is a wonderful prelude to a chapter meeting or event and can be obtained through the National Office.
A financial training session filmed by the University’s Library Technology
Services has used groundbreaking technology that “captures” the lecture and its illustrations and allows the advisors and others to review it in the comfort of their living rooms.
Like Sniff and Scurry in Who Moved
My Cheese , BUNWC must also keep its running shoes handy. We, too, must stay nimble, building increasingly greater strength and agility to adapt rapidly to transitions, embracing change, and discovering fresh opportunities.
BUNWC’s second annual “October is Study Group Month” program featured the contemporary Asian-
American novel, Yellow , by Don Lee.
And like Sniff and Scurry, our running shoes are on. Who knows what opportunities we will find as we look for the “new cheese.” Stay tuned…
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The Brandeis
University
National
Women’s
Committee thanks donors who made gifts of $1,000 or more between
July 1, 2004 and
June 30, 2005.
$100,000 and above
Roslyn Robbins Dienstein
Estate of Nora Dorn
Milton and Pat Gottlieb
Helen B. Ibsen
Estate of Margot R.
Meyer
Estate of Mitchell and
Shirley Raskin
Estate of Janet Springer
$0,000 to $99,999
Estate of Rose Israelstam
Adelle and Hershel Oliff
Betty Sverdlik
Marilyn Teplow
$,000 to $9,999
Charles S. and Joanne
M. Ackerman
Lee L. Dopkin
Foundation, Inc.
Daisy Driss
Evelyn and Ben Ettleman
Elaine and Burton
Gottesman
Hannelies Guggenheim
Estate of Irvin Jaffe
1000
Barbara and Philip Fass
Norma and George
Feinsod
Feldman Charitable
Foundation
Gladys Fellman
Zita Orloff Fine ‘55
Janice and Howard
Fineman
Frieda Fox
Allan and Judith Yohay
Glaser ‘59
Sumner and Shayna
Patkin Gochberg ‘52
Northwestern Mutual
Foundation
Sylvia Novak
Susanne W. Oken
Bernard and Rena Joy
Olshansky ‘56
Benjamin and Judith
Sidman Peltz ‘60
Phyllis and Milton Perkal
Mary Ann and Harold
Perper Foundation
Drs. Dorothy and Stanley
Pierce
Lois Wisch Pierce
Estate of Alice F.
Schimberg
Molly Stiller
$2,000 to $49,999
Anonymous
Meta Berger
Robin R. and Elliott B.
Broidy
Estate of Esther Caslowitz
Oscar and Emma Getz
Charitable Fund Trust
Ruth and Robert King
Joyce and Paul Krasnow
Sylvia M. and Joseph
Radov
Norman G. Weil
Pearl A. and George M.
Zeltzer
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous
Bette L. Aschkenasy
Ellen and Simon Atlas
Estate of Fannie
Woll Avrin
Estate of Elizabeth
H. Bass
Esther Ross Birnbaum
Mitzi and Gene Costin
Bernardine Daskoff
Barbara and Justin
Ehrlich
The Lee A. & Helen G.
Gifford Foundation
Trudy and Mark Gildin
Maxine ’63 and Stephen
Greenfield
The David and Barbara B.
Hirschhorn Foundation
Sylvia P. and Arthur B.
Howard
Ellen S. and Robert M.
Jaffe
Estate of Rose Kahn
Winifred R. Kenley
Estate of Susan S. Lorenz
Avalon Bernstein Master
Estate of Sylvia A. Orkin
Dr. Harry Ostrer
Sondra Paller
The Marvel S. Platoff
Foundation
Rita and Daniel Price
Rochelle Rubenstein
Seder Family Foundation
Charles and M. R.
Shapiro Foundation
Wolf Shapiro
Eleanor L. Shuman
Marcia Simons
The Simons Foundation
Lorraine Strassburg
Johnson and Johnson
Contribution Fund
Lawrence Karp
Carol and Allan Kern
Phyllis E. Kornicker
Elaine and Donald
Levinson Foundation
LKC Foundation
Françoise and Dr. Ned
Marcus
Doris S. Markow
Carol and Bert Maxon
Norma Newman
Miriam and Morton
Perlroth
Carol S. Rabinovitz ‘59
Teresa E. Russell
Charitable Trust
Bernice Smilowitz
Shirley Spero
Sylvia Terry
Estate of Harry Zukernick
$1,000 to $4,999
Anonymous
Jack and Sylvia Altman
Foundation
Tiby Appelstein
Dorothy and Lee
Baumgarten
Joy and Martin Beer
Laura and William
Benedon
Louis Berkowitz Family
Foundation
Elaine Bernstein
Harriet Bial
Dr. Seymour and
Mrs. Evelyn Bigman
Goldene and Herschel
Blumberg
Cynthia Burstein
Pamela and Edward
Carnot
Jean C. Carrus
Suzanne F. Cohen
Carol and Bernard Colby
The Dudley Cooper
Charitable Lead
Unitrust
Dr. Cathy Costin and Mr.
Mitchell C. Rebak
Ethel and Irwin Daub
Grace and Howard
Deutsch
Estate of Estelle G. Dobo
Maureen and Richard
Durwood
Claire Rosen Edes
Deanna and Harvey
Evenchik
Harold Falkof
Shirlee and Albert Gomer
Anna E. Greenberg
Belle A. Grusky
Allan J. Guggenheim
Marsha and Ralph
Guggenheim
Michael Hammerschmidt
‘72 and Gary M. Groth
Irene J. Heiber
Blanche Heiling
Shirley and Barnett C.
Helzberg, Jr.
Sonya and Jerry
Hollander
Hyslop Foundation
Estelle and Irving Jacobs
Arthur and Belle Dorfman
Jurkowitz ‘55
Estate of Fay Kane
Muriel Kaplan
Anita Karbelnig
Cookie and Dr. Malcolm
Kates
Dorothy and Jerome Katz
Nancy G. Katz
Lenore Kayne
Josephine and Irving
Kierman
Charlotte and Sidney
Kirshner
Dorothy Kravetz
Marvin L. Krichman
Faylene B. Kuperman
Maxine Kurtzman
Milton and Henrietta
Kushkin Foundation
Dr. Arthur E. Lager
Lynette K. Lager
Nancy B. Lager
Evelyn Abrash Lawrence
Nancy R. Levi
Susan Levine
Frieda Levinsky
Livingston Foundation, Inc.
Mari and Louis Livingston
Joan and Herbert Loeb
Gerri London and Daniel
Hirsch
Elinor Lubin
Syrul Frank Lurie ‘55
Ruth and Bernard L.
Madoff
Ariel and Leon Mandel
Estate of Rose L.
Margolis
Harold Matzner
Barbara and Morris Miller
Bradley Mindlin
Andrea and Gary
Morrison
Estate of Claire Moselle
Linda S. and David F.
Neubauer
Roberta and Allen Pilnick
Ellen R. and Robert L.
Plancher
Shirley and Martin
Pollock
Annette Pritch-Goldsmith
Ruth Quint
Roberta Richard ‘71
Lois and Irving Ringel
Dr. Bernice Rosen
Dr. Barbara Cohen
Rosenberg ‘54
and Mr. Richard
Morris Rosenberg
Estate of Ethel G.
Rosenfeld
Luba and Dr. Alberto
Rotsztain
John Sanders
Rosalind Schacknow
Joan Schatzow
Harry L. and Eleanor A.
Schick Philanthropic
Fund
Charlotte and Burton
Schiff
Francine Scholsohn
Estate of Ruth W. Seder
Cynthia B. and Leon M.
Shulman
Jan and Edward
Silverman
Florence Charwat Simon
Beth and Donald Siskind
Marjorie Small-Medney
Richard Alan Smith, MD
Iris and Thomas Smotrich
Jeanne Snyder
Glorya and Neal Spero
Barbara Starsky
Robert and Roslyne
Paige Stern
Marsha and Herbert Stoller
Ed Van Vliet
The Wagner Foundation
Sondra F. Homer-Warner
and Oscar Warner
Lynda and Louis Weckstein
Leslie and James
Weightman
Naomi and Nathan
Weiner
Tamara and Gerald
Weintraub
Myra R. Wildhorn
Carmel and Rudolf
Winkler
Gayle and George Wise
Sally and Robert Wyner
A. Lee and Peggy Zeigler
Lois and Burt Zollo
Clara Zonis
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