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CFHU Student Ambassadors
If you’re looking for someone on your campus to tell you about the Hebrew University, you’ll likely find one of our student ambassadors more than willing to help you out! This year the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University (CFHU) has launched its student ambassador program which puts students who have just returned from the Hebrew University in a position to help CFHU promote our programs and recruit new students. This year we have ambassadors at the University of Manitoba, Western, Queens, the University of Toronto, McMaster and McGill however we plan on extending this program across the country in years to come.
This program started with the idea that a lifetime connection with the Hebrew University starts at the beginning. CFHU wanted to keep students engaged with our organization upon their return from Israel and thought that this was the perfect opportunity to do so. Some of the responsibilities of the student ambassadors include helping to recruit other students by telling then about their own personal experiences, promoting the Hebrew University on their campuses by organizing events, facilitating information sessions, contacting school newspapers for advertising opportunities, liaising with other student clubs on campus and to get involved with CFHU events held by their local chapters.
Ten enthusiastic students were chosen from campuses across Canada to be the 2010-2011 student ambassadors. These students have already shown commitment and dedication to their roles as CFHU student ambassadors by helping out at international fairs, recruiting students and sharing their own ideas for programs with CFHU. Additionally, to keep the students engaged, CFHU has made a point to include them in events. Most recently some of the students had the opportunity to attend the CFHU Montreal Gala and saw firsthand some of the ways that CFHU contributes to the Hebrew University. At the end of the academic year, in return for the ambassadors’ hard work, CFHU is prepared to cover a portion of the expenses for these students to return to the Hebrew University to take a summer course.
Based on the success so far of the first year of the student ambassador program, we look forward to continuing it for many years to come. For more information on the Student Ambassador Program or to get involved in other ways please don’t hesitate to contact Moshik Galanty at mgalanty@cfhu.org.
