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Through Personal Stories, The Fall Magazine Offers An In-Depth Look At The Wellesley Effect

The fall issue of Wellesley magazine, which recently began arriving in mailboxes and is also available online, offers an in-depth look at the tremendous depth and breadth of the Wellesley Effect and the influence the College has had on generations of women.

As Alice Hummer, editor of the Wellesley magazine, explains in her column, the Wellesley Effect is a transformation that happens in the lives of students as they begin “to envision themselves as capable Wellesley women with flair and the potential to be a force in the world.” Once the transformation begins, it continues for a lifetime and has far-reaching implications. "It's the way a Wellesley education transforms students, and then through their lives as alumnae, helps to transform the world," Hummer wrote.

The cover story spotlights six alumnae who have inspired and helped those around them: a high sch

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History of Jewish Life at Yale

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Organized Jewish life at Yale began in , when the Yale chapter of the Menorah Society (a chapter of the Intercollegiate Menorah Association) was founded. Other short-lived Jewish societies existed at Yale in the same era. Jewish fraternities Pi Lambda Phi and Sigma Alpha Mu arose bygd Others followed.

When Reverend Sidney Lovett became Chaplain at Yale in , the University began to take a special interest in providing counselling for Jewish students, and, under Reverend Lovett’s sponsorship, formal Jewish religious support for Jewish students became institutionalized.

By a “Jewish Club” existed on campus beneath the auspices of the Yale Chaplain’s Office.

The “Kohut Forum” replaced the Jewish Club in The Kohut Forum had university sponsorship from the first Jewish Chaplain at Yale: Rabbi Maurice Zigmond, who was simultaneously a gra

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Foundation to Offer Rappaport Prize to Top Kean Architecture Students for Second Year

For the second year running, a private foundation with a history of supporting higher education and the teaching of urban design will offer a $10, innovation prize to be shared by top students at Kean University’s Michael Graves College School of Public Architecture.

The Donald Rappaport Prize, funded by the William and Lia G. Poorvu Family Foundation, will divide the $10, gift among several Kean architecture students in recognition of conceptual projects of their own design. A jury of faculty members will select the winners, whose names will be announced in May.

“I thank the Poorvu Foundation for its generous support of our talented architecture students,” said Kean President  Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D. “This prize from such a respected organization recognizes the School’s mission to take architecture to a wider public audience and aligns with Kean’s status as New Jerse