BGU | PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2024

IN THE COMMUNITY The 10th cohort of the Windows onto Campus Dreams program successfully completed their course of studies at the Marcus Family Campus. Over the past decade, 132 prisoners have completed the groundbreaking program jointly led by the Community Action Department, headed by Adv. Vered Sarussi-Katz, and the Israel Prison Service. BGU, in collaboration with the Joseph S. & Caroline Gruss Life Monument Fund , launched the First Generation in the Academy program, aimed at making higher education more accessible to students who are the first generation in their families to pursue academic degrees. Every year, 40 students will receive a full three

year scholarship and will be supported personally, socially, and academically by the Office of the Dean of Students. The first cohort of the Aliyah to Academia program, which enables Russian-speaking olim to begin their studies immediately by offering their first year courses in Russian, completed their prep year successfully. Ben-Gurion University is addressing the shortage in quality high school teachers by awarding scholarships that will fund 50% of the tuition fees for bachelor's or master's degree students simultaneously studying for a teaching certificate.

The first cohort of the Aliyah to Academia program at the

Tuviyahu Campus. Photo: Tal Refaeli

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President's Report 2024