BGU&U | SPRING 2022

SWITZERLAND BGU Leadership Heads to Lake Geneva In June, Swiss Friends of BGU hosted President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz and Vice President for Public Affairs and Resource Development Jeff Kaye for meetings with friends and potential donors in Geneva and Lausanne.

SUMMER

ISRAEL Writers’ House in Honor of Amoz Oz Inaugurated In June, a new culture and outreach center for Heksherim: The Research Institute for Jewish and Israeli Literature and Culture was unveiled - the Writers’ House in Honor of Amoz Oz in Beer-Sheva’s old city. The event was attended by BGU president Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, past BGU presidents Prof. Avishay Braverman and Prof. Rivka Carmi, A4BGU immediate past president Toni Young, Beer Sheva Mayor Ruvik Danilovich, the novelist Haim Be’er, members of the novelist Amoz Oz’s family, the Huberman family, and Prof. Haim Weiss, head of BGU’s Department of Hebrew Literature.

ISRAEL BGU Celebrates Student Scholarships In June, the annual BGU Scholarship Appreciation Event held at the Marcus Family Campus in Beer-Sheva brought together Israeli donors and their student recipients to recognize the role of financial support in fulfilling academic dreams.

L-R: Mayor Ruvik Danilovich, Mifal

HaPais representative Avi Debby, Director of the Heksherim Institute Prof. Yigal Schwartz, Toni Young, and President Chamovitz. Photo: Yosi Bar

BGU Rector Prof. Chaim Hames with scholarship donors and recipients. Photo: Yosi Bar

BGU President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz with Robert Equey in Geneva. Photo: Jeff Kaye

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