http://www.chabad.edu/386542 Campus and University News from Chabad on Campus Copyright 2012, all rights reserved. Wed, 9 May 2012 12:00:00 EST Wed, 9 May 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1854153 Students from New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Dartmouth College and several others touching on philosophy, the Internet, end-of-life questions, civil liberties, democracy, and scriptural belief in their response to the conference’s theme of “ancient ethics in a postmodern world.” Wed, 9 May 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1846625 Offering context to its years’ long, but ultimately victorious, legal battle with the City of Hartford, Conn., the Chabad Chevra group welcomed more than 250 people to the new Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center for an inauguration ceremony that focused on the future. Wed, 2 May 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1845229 Siobhan Waitzman, 22, a senior and president of the Chabad Jewish Student Association at Colorado State University, loves how tight-knit the Jewish community is on her campus. Tue, 1 May 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1843899 A member of the Jewish-interest sorority Sigma Rho Lambda, which won an award for having the highest grade point average within Greek life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus, graduating senior Sarah Brown herself won honors for having the highest individual GPA within the school’s Greek Alliance Council. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1840113 Responding to the demands of an ever-growing Jewish population, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is expanding a relatively young kosher food program. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1833024 Stephanie DeCross, 21, has a big weekend ahead of her. In addition to studying for two midterms she’ll take next week, the Dartmouth College junior will be hopping a plane from New Hampshire to Maryland to attend the Sinai Scholars Society’s fourth annual Student-and-Scholars Academic Symposium. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1828121 When Zachary Pastor, 18, returned to his dorm room after class on March 30, there was a flyer on his door. Looking down the hall, he saw it on other entrances, too, an official-looking notice with the word “EVICTION” stamped across it in big, bold letters. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1817988 Rabbi Zalman and Dit Greenberg and their upstart Jewish student center have come a long way since opening its doors to the Lehigh University campus four years ago. Now converting a historic mansion and former fraternity house into a 10,000-square-foot multi-purpose facility, even they can’t believe how far they’ve come since an inaugural Sabbath dinner that drew two students. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1806782 When Lizzy Breiter heard about the University of Southern California’s Remarkable Women Awards, the sophomore knew exactly who she wanted to nominate. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1805676 When Nathaniel Moldoff went to college, he naturally sought out the school’s Chabad House. In fact, an active Chabad-Lubavitch center was one of his criteria for applying to Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1798996 Brianna Lerman had a rare opportunity one recent weekend. The California Polytechnic State University junior traveled to Costa Mesa to attend the West Coast Jewish Student Summit with 250 of her peers. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1787453 Samantha Adelsberg graduated from New York University in 2010 and wanted to stay in the area. The Chabad House Serving NYU was a big factor in her decision to remain downtown, because she knew she’d have a Jewish community and fabulous place to enjoy the Sabbath. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1764290 Jewish college students from all over Texas and beyond are gearing up for a weekend of fun, friendship, and some old-fashioned southern hospitality. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1762157 Jay Blumenstein met Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yonah and Keren Blum back in 1997, when they lived in a small apartment on Manhattan’s 110th Street. Since then, he’s watched Chabad at Columbia University grow from a living-room operation out of a 400-square-foot apartment to a massive brownstone stuffed with students on a weekly basis. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1755586 For the past four years, graduate student Kelly Scovone has vacationed in Key Largo, Fla., during her mid-winter break. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1755388 European campus rabbis and their families gathered in Manchester, England, to discuss issues surrounding Jewish student life and coordinate programming against a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism and threats to religious life across the continent. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1746553 With an unusual amount of snow – early reports indicated that it could be the worst such storm in 30 years – falling in parts of Washington, Jewish centers have canceled events and classes in the hope that all will improve in time for the upcoming Sabbath. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1733966 Molly Rissien stepped up to the hot dog stand at Allen Field House and left happy. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1729174 When Ryan Dosetareh arrived at Georgia State University as a freshman in 2004 – primarily a commuter school for Atlanta-area students, many of GSU’s enrollees, like Dosetareh did, bunk at home with their parents – there wasn’t much going on in the way of on-campus Jewish organizations. Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1723781 In a rare occurrence among student tours of the Holy Land, a group of 23 American Jewish college students brought some Chanukah joy to a secretive Israeli army base near the Lebanese border. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST