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Call one of our Home Alarm Specialists 255-1540 Cy Rott Shel Ron Serving all suburbs Marty Ron Jeff Yellen Al Russman Hamilton Place Athletic Club Lecture Series featuring the well known and controversial Rabbi Sherwin Wine Dates: Tues., Nov. 10th Tues., Dec. 8th Time: 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Call Hamilton Place now for further information and reservations. 11:3 646-8990 HAMILTON PLACE ATHLETIC CLUB 30333 Southfield (between 12 & 13 ) Service Aids College Students In 1968, Mark Diem turned to the Jewish Schol- arship Service for financial assistance when he wanted to attend the College of Os- teopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines. Four years later, with the help of the scholarship pro- gram, he realized his goal and graduated as a doctor. "I can't speak highly enough about this pro- gram," says Dr. Diem, who is today an active member of the Professional Service Di- vision of the Allied Jewish Campaign and serves on the United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Cabinet. At the time he planned to start professional school, Dr. Diem said his own earn- ings, his father's assistance and some state loans he had secured weren't nearly enough to cover his tuition and living expenses out of state. The interest-free loans he subsequently ob- tained through the Jewish Scholarship Service went a long way toward financing the cost of Dr. Diem's educa- tion. Jewish Scholarship Service Chairman John L. Greenberg said thousands of Jewish col- lege students in the met- ropolitan Detroit area have been assisted by the program since it began in 1947. Serving as a clear- ing house for financial aid applications, the scholarship committee is an umbrella organization of 50 student loan funds, some large and some small. About two-thirds of the loans come from five major communal scholarship funds: National Council of Jewish Women Greater De- troit Section, Maimonides Medical Society Women's Auxiliary, Ruth Franklin Einstain Educational Fund of Temple Beth El, Hebrew Free'Loan Association and Probus Club. Individual and family funds under the trusteeship of the United Jewish Charities provide the re- maining one-third of the scholarship loans. The Jewish Vocational Service coordinates the program at its branch location in Oak Park. Kalman Tillem, JVS coordinator of the Jewish Scholarship Service, said 80 percent of the loans ex- tended are for individuals pursuing full-time graduate studies at an accredited in- stitution, particularly in the health professions and law. Priority is given to applicants planning to • attend Michigan colleges, unless comparable training in their field is not available in the state (as was the case when Dr. Diem chose osteo- pathic medicine as his pro- fession in 1968). "The major criteria for re- ceiving scholarship assis-- tance are the student's eco- nomic need and his prior satisfactory performance in school," said Tillem. Students seeking a scholarship loan gener- John Greenberg, left, and Kal Tillem are shown above with representatives of the scholarship funds, below, which make up the Jewish Scholarship Serv- ice. ally come to JVS in with income above $30,000 spring or summer. Before will have to pass a test of deciding to present a stu- need to qualify for a sub- dent's request at the next sidized loan. committee meeting, the Because of the cutbacks counselor explores with and the ever-increasing cost each student all pros- of tuition and housing for pects for obtaining college students and their scholarship assistance • families, the Jewish Schol- arship Service seeks addi- and financial aid tional support within the elsewhere. The loans are community for its program. considered supplemental Greenberg pointed out to any other assistance that a scholarship fund can the student might re- be established in UJC's ceive. On the basis of the inter, endowment program with a minimum commitment of views, a written summary is $2,000. "Additional contri- prepared of each applicant's butions can be made to needs and financial situa- scholarship funds by rela- tion, including a budget for tives 'and friends who wish the corning school year. The to celebrate or commemo- budget lists the student's rate special occasions. It's anticipated expenses and other sources of income. To surprising how fast the fund can be built up," he said. ensure the individual's pri- vacy, his or her full name is In some cases, not revealed. graduates who went Representatives of the through school on Jewish Scholarship Serv- various scholarship funds, meeting in September, No- ice loans have set up their vember and February, use own funds. A medical student assisted 15 years the written summaries as a ago and now residing in - basis for determining their California recently estab- distribution of loans. lished a memorial fund It is not unusual for an applicant to receive loans here in the names of his parents. from five or more different Greenberg said anyone scholarship funds, each who establishes a fund is making a partial contribu- eligible to attend the Jewish tion. In this way, the name Scholarship Service meet- of the fund is perpetuated ings and to participate in since the student knows the financial aid clearance who provided the loans. process. At the September Certain funds offer loans meeting, the fund represen- only to students majoring in tatives evaluated and satis- a particular specialty. For fied receiests from 26 appli- example, the Maimonides cants. Some 40 loan re- Fund helps future doctors quests will be presented to attending local Michigan the committee at its second colleges. fall meeting, Nov. 19 at the Students seeking loans United Hebrew Schools. for their second, third For more information on and fourth years of the "Jewish Scholarship schooling are re- Service or to find out about evaluated in light of their establishing a scholarship current financial situa- fund, call the United Jewish tion. The amount of their Charities, 965-3939. The loan assistance will re- Jewish Scholarship Service flect any changes in their is located at 25900 Green- sources of income for the year. Repayment of loans field Rd., Suite 242, Oak Park. begins upon graduation. During 1980, a record 92 individuals received loans through the Jewish Schol- NEW YORK — Mrs. Ed- arship Service out of ap- ward Brady, former De- proximately 200 applicants. troiter of Phoenix, Ariz., Greenberg said he antici- will receive the Community pates a sizable increase in Service Award at the 38th loan requests since cut- backs in federal student annual awards dinner of Torah Umesorah, National loans went into effect Oct. 1. Under the cuts approved by Society for Hebrew Day Congress this summer, col- Schools, Nov. 15 at the New lege students from' families 'York Hilton Hotel. ' Named for Honor