This fall, administrators at Stern College for Women have stepped up efforts to enforce the school's dress code guidelines, arranging for the distribution of informational cards on the first day of classes.
As part of an ongoing program of academic evaluations, all fifty seminaries and yeshivot in YU's S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program will undergo a reaccreditation process that will determine whether or not they will remain affiliated with the university.
This fall, the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) has raised the bar for religious growth on the Beren campus, welcoming several new staff members in an effort to enhance the atmosphere of spirituality and Jewish learning.
At the beginning of the semester, students were outraged following a meeting held by Stern's Office of Residence Life for all participants in the Independent Housing Program (IHP). According to Residence Life Director Rachel Kraut, the purpose of the meeting was twofold; to remind students of Stern's housing rules and to provide information regarding the technicalities of living in IHP apartments.
Following a protracted period of vacancy, the position of Director of Programming at the Center for the Jewish Future's Midtown storefront has been filled by SCW alumna, Daphna Fishman Secunda.
The Observer sat down with Marc Goldman, executive director of YU's new Career Development Center
AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has recently appointed Jackie Saxe, a senior at Stern College for Women, to its Executive Committee.
Ms. Andrea Rosso Efthymiou, first-time SCW Professor of English, has taken the helm of the Writing Center in the continued absence of Director Dr. Jay Ladin.