Department News
Anne Lawrence Retires!
NEJS Senior Administrator, Anne Lawrence, retires from Brandeis in December 2009 after 20 years. Eleven of those years were spent in NEJS helping hundreds of students wend their way through numerous degree requirements to Commencement. She loved every minute of it, and it showed. Dozens of friends and co-workers came to her retirement party to congratulate her and enjoy her favorite treat, hot fudge sundaes.
Pictured here with Anne is her daughter Abbie, a Brandeis alum now settled with her young family in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She gave Anne some advice and amusing reference books to help Anne's transition to her new home in Ann Arbor and her new title as "Nanny." We wish Anne all the best!
Fall 2009 New Faculty
Welcomes were extended to Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, 3-year appointment as Director of Arabic Language; Sherif Shabaka and Ahmad Al-Jallad, both part-time appointments in ARBC; Elliot Kaplowitz, instructor in Advanced Talmud (with Reuven Kimelman); and Abigail Balbale, instructor for IMES.
Partnership with Interfolio, Inc.
NEJS has partnered with Interfolio, Inc., the nation's leader in electronic portfolio services, to provide an entirely web-based reference letter service for all graduate students and alumni.
Through this web site, students and alumni can set up their electronic portfolios and access them 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any location. The electronic portfolio provides a convenient way to request letters of recommendation and mail them out to prospective employers.
It takes just two minutes to create an account and begin building your portfolio immediately. Account set-up and maintenance fees are as low as $19 per year plus a modest fee for each mailing.
To open your Interfolio account
Interfolio sign-up
(Affiliation is Brandeis University, NEJS Dept.)
For NEJS graduates with existing dossier files
If you currently have a dossier file in the NEJS office, first please contact Interfolio and set up an account. The NEJS office will need your username and a copy of the Credential File Transfer Form in order to transfer your current file contents.
For more information:
help@interfolio.com
New Department Chair
Sylvia Barack Fishman assumes chairmanship of the NEJS Department on July 1, 2009. She has moved into Lown 210 and can be reached at 781-736-2065 or fishman@brandeis.edu.
Former Chair, David Wright, has moved to Lown 309 and will assume the role of Graduate Program Chair for 2009-10.
New Faculty
The NEJS Department welcomes Professor Carl Sharif El-Tobgui this fall as senior lecturer in Arabic studies and director of the Arabic Language Program.