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In a move that signifies an end of an era at Yeshiva University, Rabbi Michael Shmidman will be stepping down from his post as Dean of Judaic Studies, effective at the end of the academic year. Although his position has not yet been articulated fully, Rabbi Shmidman will remain at YU next fall.
The overwhelming number of Yeshiva College students who feel burdened by the College's general requirements may soon get some relief. As it concludes its first full year of work, the YC Curriculum Review now enters a phase believed critical by administrators: deciding how credit should be divvied up between major and general requirements.
Noach Lerman (YC '09) has been elevated to Editor-in-Chief for The Commentator next fall, outgoing Editor-in-Chief Zev Eleff announced. Lerman, a Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Honors Student and enrolled in MYP, served as a news editor for the newspaper this year.
Throughout the 2007-2008 academic year, Active Minds at YU successfully planned and executed numerous creative, informative and interesting events for the YU undergraduate community. According to Founder and President of Active Minds at YU, Asher Morris (YC, '09), this year was a success.
Next year, Dr. Susan Mason will join the faculty of Yeshiva College as chair of the political science and sociology departments. A professor at Yeshiva's Wurzweiler School of Social Work for over ten years, Mason has been appointed to lead these two departments within YC.
The beginning of each semester is often a time filled with a certain amount of anxiety and uncertainty for the undergraduate student body of Yeshiva University. As students prepare to confront the rigorous demands of Yeshiva's dual curriculum, the excitement brought on by the anticipation of the new avenues for their intellectual and academic advancement is often tempered by various questions that naturally accompany the new semester and its encounter with the unknown.
