Dec 14, 2011 By: yunews
Alumnus' Gift Helps Students Give Back to Community
When Norman Bickoff ’71YC, of Clifton, NJ, attended his 40th college reunion last year in May, hosted by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Office of Alumni Affairs, alumni were asked to consider giving back to their alma mater and make a donation.
Bickoff, who regards the Jewish responsibility of tikkun olam, or repairing the world, among his greatest values, reached out to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ to discuss a gift that incorporated that value.
Alan Secter, director of institutional Advancement for Yeshiva College, told him about Project Start (Students, Teachers, and Researchers Teach) Science!, which sends students at Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women to public schools in Washington Heights to conduct fun and interactive science experiments with students. Bickoff knew right away that this was a program that he wanted to support, and just recently made a formal gift. Read full article at News and Views at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ...
