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on-line, and spent considerable resources to conduct diagnostic testing, carry out
and energies to aide our staff and students to cutting-edge research, and provide support
become accustomed to the nuances of remote for the healthcare system. We have already
learning. Our IT team and student support reopened our state-of-the-art laboratories,
services worked intensively to provide the and hope to continue to interest future
TRUST support needed to undertake this transition generations of students in the critical role

that these healthcare fields play for the future
successfully. Due to the spirit of cooperation
that epitomizes the faculty and staff at HAC,
our registration statistics for next year look
and the unique relationship that we enjoy of Israel, and all of mankind. At this time,
with the HAC Students’ Association, we favorable for both of these departments, and
have successfully enabled our students to we have aspirations, despite the difficulties of
continue this semester almost seamlessly. We the last few months, to open the 2020-2021
are now making every attempt to get back academic year with yet a further increase in
to the business of teaching on campus, and our total number of students.
our operations staff have instituted all the I want to extend a warm welcome to our new
necessary provisions to reopen our facilities to Department Chairs, Prof. Avi Besser, and Dr.
ensure the maximum health and well-being of Zvika Afik, who joined HAC this year, and about
our students and staff.
whom you can learn more in the following
Unfortunately, many of our students (who pages. They join our own long-standing faculty
typically work part-time jobs to support members Ms. Judith Guetta, and Dr. Ayelet
themselves) were hit hard by the sudden and Arbel-Eden, who were promoted to Chair their
prolonged closure of the economy. We have respective departments.
done everything we can to help them - and Along with our entire teaching faculty and
made whatever accommodations we could. administrative staff, we are even more
We were fortunate this year to be able to offer committed to our mission of preparing the
no-interest loans to a much larger number of next generation of young Israelis, from all
students, in cooperation with our generous sectors and populations, for meaningful
partners at the Magbit Foundation. We wish
Dear Friends, we could do more to support our students, but careers, and to become fully contributing
members of Israeli society.
our resources are strictly limited.
I would like to thank the members of our Board
We were thrilled to begin this academic year We were very excited earlier this year when the In this report, we are particularly proud of Trustees and Executive Committee for their
with the largest number of students ever to Azrieli Foundation approved a generous grant to highlight the contributions made by commitment and support. I am pleased to
study at HAC, a number double the size our to match a grant made by our committed some of our faculty and graduates from share this year’s President’s Report with you
student body just 8 years ago, when I first took partners and wonderful friends at the Russel our Departments of Medical Laboratory - our friends and supporters - without whom
the helm as President. Unlike other institutions Berrie Foundation, to help us fulfill our dream Sciences and Biotechnology, who were all these pursuits would simply not have been
of higher education, our sustained growth to build and establish Israel’s first Center for centrally involved here during the COVID-19 possible.
has been driven by a number of unique Diversity and Inclusion for our students. pandemic through their extraordinary efforts
advantages: our career-oriented degree When the coronavirus arrived in Israel,
programs, solid reputation for preparing we knew that we had to do everything in
students to obtain good jobs upon graduation, our power to keep our students and staff
our ability to accommodate and nurture safe, while making every effort to function
special populations who until recent years had effectively to allow our students to continue
restricted access to higher education, and the in their academic programs. We began our
close personal attention that we afford our Spring Semester by moving all our courses Professor Bertold Fridlender
students. President

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