“If someone had seen me five years ago and told me I’d finish this degree, I would have sent them to a psychiatrist.”
Maia Markevich Balter
Student · B.A. in Behavioral Sciences
Who We Serve
Our Students in Numbers
45%
First-generation students
31%
From Israel's outlying towns
27%
Over the age of 31
22%
Active reserve soldiers
The Challenge
Every Student Carries a Different Story
A reserve soldier picking up a degree he paused for war.
A mother of three, back in a classroom for the first time in twenty years.
A student from an outlying town who commutes three hours a day just to be here.
Some need money. Some need housing. Some need therapy.
And some just need someone to push them not to give up, and to see it through.
Watch
Gilad's Success Story
Gilad Germa is a student at the Peres Academic Center and a participant in "Strength in the Academy". "Beyond the studies," he says, "I get personal support that helps me cope both professionally and emotionally. That's what put me back on track and gave me the belief that I could do this."
One of the students these numbers are about.
More Impact Stories
In Their Own Words
Every recipient commits volunteer hours to a cause close to their heart. This is what those hours look like.
Moriah Ashkenazi
Student and mother of three · Scholarship recipient
Back from reserve duty to the degree in information systems he had paused, and through it with support that went past the classroom.
Adam Abramov
Student · Strength in the Academy
“The tools I gained during my degree have been with me from the very start of my professional career to this day.”
Ido Vapner
Graduate · VP at Kyndryl
“The personal attention, the guidance and the tools I was given during my degree are still with me today, and they give me confidence in what I do.”
Hava Atias
Student · Back to study after 35
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