NEJS Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.*
Lown 211
(781) 736-2950
(781) 736-2070 fax
nejs@brandeis.edu
* Summer Hours May Vary
Joanne Arnish
Joanne Arnish
Welcome, everyone, to the 2010-11 academic year. It’s always exciting to greet new and returning students and faculty as they arrive, excited and ready to embark on a brand new year. Most folks don’t realize that the NEJS office is open year-round, and that even when students and faculty are away, we are actively preparing for the next semester.
This will be my second year at NEJS, having recently assumed this administrative role after beloved Anne Lawrence retired. As Administrator, I facilitate the Brandeis education by doing whatever it takes to help our faculty to teach, and our students to learn.
I care deeply about this department and love working with our amazing Brandeis students. Our eminent professors number about 18, with one or two visiting faculty per year. We have roughly 80 graduate students (both master’s and doctoral), and hundreds of undergraduate majors, minors and students in NEJS, IMES, Hebrew, Arabic and Yiddish. It’s gratifying to watch our students as they progress from ‘day one’ all the way to Commencement.
Please stop in to the NEJS office (Lown 211) to introduce yourselves when you can. We are here to assist you in your journey through Brandeis and are happy to help you in any way we can. After all, it's that personal touch (and our bottomless M&M machine) that makes NEJS so special.
Joanne