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Oakland University presents

Nobel Peace Prize winner

Complunents of Bostao University: Fred Sway

Elie Wiesel

As a 15-year-old in Transylvania.
Romania. Elie Wiesel was deported
in 1944 by the Nazis to the
Auschwitz concentration camp and
later transported to Buchenwald.
His mother, younger sister and
father perished, while he and his
two older sisters survived. Wiesel
wrote about his experiences in the
concentration camps in - Night. -
which has been translated into 30
languages since its publication in
1956. Wiesel is a global
humanitarian, recognized for his
passion to defend human rights
and promote peace throughout the
world by receiving the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1986. His honors are
numerous. including the United
States Congressional Gold Medal
(1985), the Medal of Liberty Award
(1986), the Presidential Medal of
Freedom (1992). the rank of Grand-
Croix in the French Legion of Honor
(2001), and an honorary knight-
hood of the British Empire (2006).
He is chairman of The Elie Wiesel
Foundation for Humanity. an
organization he and his wife.
Marion. created to fight indifference,
intolerance and injustice.

Elie Wiesel

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
7 p.m.

Here's To . . .

O'rena, Recreation and Athletics Center
Oakland University

Free for Oakland University students, faculty, staff and
OUAA members. Tickets for the general public are $25
in advance at the Center for Student Activities Service
Window, 49 Oakland Center.

The lecture will be interpreted for the deaf. Anyone needing special assistance
should contact the Center for Student Activities at (248) 370-2400.

October 4 • 2007

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The work of Dr. Ruth Lerman of
Royal Oak has been published in
the current issue of Kaleidoscope:
Exploring the Experience of Disability
through Literature and the Fine Arts.
Her article was titled "Biopsies: Slices
of My Life with Cancer!'

Haley Eisenshtadt,
a sixth-grade stu-
dent at Warner
Middle School in
Farmington Hills,
made a personal
donation along with
money collected
Eisenshtadt
to American Red
Magen David for
Israel. The collection came a result of
a request that instead of presents at
her birthday party friends and family
made donations.

Sponsored by the Student Life Lecture Board, Division of Student Affairs,
Office of Academic Affairs and Provost, Student Program Board, and
Oakland University Alumni Association.

Oak and

UNIVERSITY

For more information, call the Center for Student Activities at
(248) 370-2400, or visit www.oakland.edu . The Recreation and Athletics
Center is located on the campus of Oakland University, one mile east of
1-75, off Exit 79 (University Drive). Free parking is available on campus.

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Directors. He is a past national ATS
etroit native Lawrence
president and a veteran of more than
Jackier became chair of the
50 Technion visits.
Technion-Israel Institute
"The quality of life and the future
of Technology International Board of
of Israel are inexorably intertwined
Governors on Oct. 1.
"Larry Jackier's energetic leadership with what happens at the Technion,"
Jackier said. "The university is a world
and intellect will help Israel elevate
leader in high technology and
and sustain the Technion's
other essential fields, without
standing as a world-class uni-
which Israel would still be an
versity," said Melvyn Bloom,
agrarian society instead of a
executive vice president of the
leading player in the global
New York-based American
high-tech market. To actually
Technion Society.
be engaged in the activities
Working toward develop-
that are more closely related
ment of a strategic plan for
to the educational process is
the Haifa-based Technion
Lawren ce
very exciting, very challenging
is Jackier's top priority. "We
Jackier
and very interesting!'
need to participate in build-
Jackier is married to
ing a plan so we can raise
Eleanor and they have seven chil-
funds for projects that are consistent
dren and 18 grandchildren. He is
with the needs of the university;' he
the senior partner in the Detroit
said.
law firm of JackierGould. Jackier
Another of Jackier's goals is ini-
has long been active in the former
tiation of a search process to replace
United Jewish Appeal (now United
Technion President Yitzhak Apeloig
Jewish Communities) and the Jewish
when he steps down in two years.
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, of
The chairman of the board heads the
which he was president.
search committee and appoints sev-
He also gives his time and expertise
eral of its members.
to the University of Michigan and Bar-
Jackier, a Bloomfield Hills resi-
Ilan University in Rehovot, Israel.
dent, is a longtime member of both
Jackier succeeds Ben Sosewitz of
the Technion International Board of
Highland Park, Ill. I I
Governors and ATS National Board of

Sharona Shapiro
has joined Temple
Israel's profes-
sional staff as the
West Bloomfield
congregation's new
family educator. She
recently concluded
Shapiro
20 years with the
American Jewish Committee, 18 of
them as Michigan area director. Her
educational background includes
degrees in Judaic studies, English,
education and sociology. She has
studied at Hebrew Union College
and Jewish Theological Seminary
among other schools. Before joining
the AJC, she served as Judaic studies
chair the Solomon Day School and
as educational director at Beth Torah
Synagogue in Dallas. Locally, she has
lectured in synagogues and in the
Detroit Jewish community's Seminars
for Adult Jewish Enrichment.

