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Human Service, Mental Health, Education

Welcome to the CAPS Community for human service, mental health, education - a place where you can make connections and partnerships for success with career advisors, discipline related faculty and alumni working within these areas. Students interested in human service, mental health, and education often like to instruct, advocate, mentor, research, guide, and assist individuals and various groups or populations. They are concerned with issues like social justice, equality, educational access and attainment, mental health, and individual and community wellness. They enjoy helping others, working with organizations delivering services aligned with their passions, and contributing to the good of society. These students tend to have strong interpersonal and communication skills and tend to be empathetic, patient, and understanding. They explore positions in teaching, instructing, social work, counseling, the Rabbinic, guidance, advocacy, and Jewish camp and community development.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s rigorous curriculum prepares you with strengths that are especially relevant to these areas and this community will provide you with the professional connections and partnerships you need.

You are encouraged to get started by engaging with your CAPS Community Career Advisors by You can meet with Naomi Kapp, the CAPS Community Advisor for human service and mental health, or with Jim MacWhorter, the CAPS Community Career Advisor for education. 

Should you be interested in Jewish education, you can also get started by .

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start science

START Science

For more information, contact Rebecca Silvera at rsilver4@mail.yu.edu or Judah Retter at jretter@mail.yu.edu.

Learn about START Science

START Science

START is an initiative that mobilizes college students to go to local public elementary schools, which are largely populated with students who have traditionally been underrepresented in the sciences, and show the students that science can be exciting and engaging in ways that they may have never considered. We run weekly modules consisting of topics ranging from Biology and Chemistry, to Physics and Engineering, with everything in between.

 

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Sharsheret Club

For more information, contact Michal Becker at mbecker2@mail.yu.edu or Menachem Kravetz at mkravetz@mail.yu.edu.

Learn about Sharsheret Club

Sharsheret Club

We work in conjunction with Sharsheret, a non-profit helping women and their families through the challenges of breast cancer. Specifically, we run events on campus to raise awareness and fundraise.

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Project TEACH

For more information, contact Joseph Segal at jasegal1@mail.yu.edu or Sam Gelman at samuel.gelman@yu.edu.

Learn about Project TEACH

Project TEACH

Project TEACH aims to bring exciting, hands-on, educational programming to children in hospitals by providing them with scientific experiments that center around practical everyday experiences. Through engagement with these scientific concepts, the children are challenged yet empowered. They emerge comforted and confident, encouraged to successfully cope with the trials that lie before them. TEACH modules also challenge children to think creatively and bring an element of fun to an otherwise monotonous day. Our mission is to create an outlet for children of all ages to passionately engage with the science through the medium of fun, interactive experiments.

iTutor

For more information, contact Steph Sugarman at stephanie.sugarman@yu.edu or Leeby Levine at llevine2@mail.yu.edu.

Learn about iTutor

iTutor

start science

START Science

For more information, contact Rebecca Silvera at rsilver4@mail.yu.edu or Judah Retter at jretter@mail.yu.edu.

Learn about START Science

START Science

START is an initiative that mobilizes college students to go to local public elementary schools, which are largely populated with students who have traditionally been underrepresented in the sciences, and show the students that science can be exciting and engaging in ways that they may have never considered. We run weekly modules consisting of topics ranging from Biology and Chemistry, to Physics and Engineering, with everything in between.

 

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Sharsheret Club

For more information, contact Michal Becker at mbecker2@mail.yu.edu or Menachem Kravetz at mkravetz@mail.yu.edu.

Learn about Sharsheret Club

Sharsheret Club

We work in conjunction with Sharsheret, a non-profit helping women and their families through the challenges of breast cancer. Specifically, we run events on campus to raise awareness and fundraise.

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Project TEACH

For more information, contact Joseph Segal at jasegal1@mail.yu.edu or Sam Gelman at samuel.gelman@yu.edu.

Learn about Project TEACH

Project TEACH

Project TEACH aims to bring exciting, hands-on, educational programming to children in hospitals by providing them with scientific experiments that center around practical everyday experiences. Through engagement with these scientific concepts, the children are challenged yet empowered. They emerge comforted and confident, encouraged to successfully cope with the trials that lie before them. TEACH modules also challenge children to think creatively and bring an element of fun to an otherwise monotonous day. Our mission is to create an outlet for children of all ages to passionately engage with the science through the medium of fun, interactive experiments.

iTutor

For more information, contact Steph Sugarman at stephanie.sugarman@yu.edu or Leeby Levine at llevine2@mail.yu.edu.

Learn about iTutor

iTutor

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Each CAPS Community provides discipline specific resources to help you with your career strategy. Use the industry specific guides to research top companies and hiring practices in your field of interest. Preparing for an interview or researching a career option? The news articles are current and relevant and can help keep you informed and able to speak with confidence about current topics within your field. Have a question about the curriculum for a specific area of study? The CAPS Faculty are here for you to answer any questions you may have, regardless of what your major is. You can reach out to them directly within your CAPS Community. 

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Faculty Partners

Your faculty partners at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ want nothing more than for you to be successful. All faculty are available to answer your questions pertaining to major choice, program rigor, and career possibilities. The specific faculty in this CAPS Community are connected to the SGC and these specific industries. 

Matt Miller

Matt Miller
English
Associate Professor of English; Chair English Department

Debbie Akerman

Debbie Akerman
Field Instruction
Associate Director of Field Instruction

Jay Sweifach

Jay Sweifach
Social Work

David Shatz

David Shatz
Philosophy
Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought; Chair, SCW Department of Philosophy

Miriam Hirsch

Miriam Hirsch
Education
Associate Professor of Education; Co-chair, Department of Education at Stern College for Women

Terry DiLorenzo

Terry DiLorenzo
Psychology
Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology

Jill Katz

Jill Katz
Archaeology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Archaeology

Marian Gidea

Marian Gidea
Mathematics
Professor and Chair of Mathematics

Lisa Chalik

Lisa Chalik
Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Charles Auerbach

Charles Auerbach
Social Work
Professor, Wurzeiler School of Social Work

Emil Prodan

Emil Prodan
Math
Director, Professor of Physics

Matt Miller

Matt Miller
English
Associate Professor of English; Chair English Department

Debbie Akerman

Debbie Akerman
Field Instruction
Associate Director of Field Instruction

Jay Sweifach

Jay Sweifach
Social Work

David Shatz

David Shatz
Philosophy
Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought; Chair, SCW Department of Philosophy

Miriam Hirsch

Miriam Hirsch
Education
Associate Professor of Education; Co-chair, Department of Education at Stern College for Women

Terry DiLorenzo

Terry DiLorenzo
Psychology
Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology

Jill Katz

Jill Katz
Archaeology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Archaeology

Marian Gidea

Marian Gidea
Mathematics
Professor and Chair of Mathematics

Lisa Chalik

Lisa Chalik
Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Charles Auerbach

Charles Auerbach
Social Work
Professor, Wurzeiler School of Social Work

Emil Prodan

Emil Prodan
Math
Director, Professor of Physics

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