Or the Altman Foundation. It is certainly a place mostly run by students that fosters and supports creativity, and it certainly provides a warm atmosphere around campus. Both Ms. Horowitz and Rabbi Brodie describe a marked split between undergraduates and graduates, and the differing needs of the two populations. We help foster their growth, focusing on their needs through residence hall programs, resident advisers, religious outreach coordinators and a mandatory freshman seminar. List 101 covers issues involving dorm life, time and stress management, eating disorders and sexuality.
Graduate students are more of a mixed bag.
Many of those studying toward a master's degree or a PhD are often interested strictly in academics. They come for classes and go home. But others are more invested in the Seminary as a community. They interact with each other and they tend to take advantage of the religious and social programming and the personal and religious counseling we offer. They also use us as a resource for starting new programs.