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JCSC Target Groups
The JCSC Fellow @ Stony Brook University is in charge of creating a
welcoming Jewish life for “engagement” students on campus. What does engagement mean again? Click here
for a refresher course. These students
can be classified in the following ways…
FYSH – GAP – Students in the Residence Halls - UJC Campus Campaign - Others
FYSH – First Year Students of Hillel 
This group for freshmen and transfer students focuses on giving students a good first impression of Jewish life on campus and helping students adjust to a whole new environment and stage in their lives. Many FYSH programs are social in nature. Here are examples of FYSH programs & initiatives I did this past year:
· Schmooze with the Jews - New Student Welcome Dinner
· Photo Scavenger Hunt
· Pizza in the Hut
· FAB: FYSH Advisory Board
· FYSH Food (a series of free FYSH lunches)
· Night Out in Port Jeff
· Chocolate Seder planning meetings
· Leadership Appreciation Night
· FYSH Dinner & A Movie
GAP – Graduates And Professionals 
This group
basically encompasses graduate students on campus and anyone else in the area
above the traditional “college age.”
Programs take place on the main campus, or East Campus where the
hospital and the Health Sciences Center (HSC) are located. These individuals are usually drawn to
programs that might be a little more intellectual in nature, or simply allow
them to meet other 20-somethings in the area.
·
Sukkot Brunch
·
GAP Rap Session
·
Happy Hours
·
HSC Hanukkah Festival
·
Latke vs. Hamantaschen
Symposium
·
Wine & Cheese Reception
Students in the Residence Halls 
Most Stony
Brook students who do not commute from their parents’ homes live in the
on-campus Residence Halls (each one is called a “college”). These students are often involved in many
other on-campus activities and can fall into many different categories. Working with the dorm’s Resident Advisor
(RA) is a good way to bring a little bit of Jewish Life to these students. Some programs which worked for me this past
year were:
·
Holiday packages
delivered for Hanukkah & Purim
·
Challah-making in
Hendrix College
·
Tabling near the
Cafeteria
·
LatkePalooza in the
Residence Halls
United Jewish Communities (UJC) Campus Campaign 
The UJC Campus Campaign is the campus-branch of the United Jewish Communities – a Jewish fundraising group and the central organization of all Jewish Federations. In the past, Campus Campaign has sponsored social awareness and educational programs, as well as fundraising efforts for the UJC.
· meetings
· Hilleloween
· UJC Silent Auction
· UJA-Federation of NY Super Sunday
Others
The above groups cover a lot of Jewish engagement students on campus. However, you will inevitably meet students during the year who are not involved with Jewish Life on campus but do not fall into any of these groups either. They may belong to a certain ethnic group (Russian, Persian, Israeli, etc.), be a commuter student, an athlete, a returning student, or anything else! Even if they do not fit into a target group, its great to do a little one-on-one engaging here to help them find their niche in the Jewish campus community as well.
More information about any of the above-mentioned
programs can be found here.