Several campus Hillels, Hillel professionals and Hillel student leaders were among the honorees at last week's AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Representing all 50 states, more than 1,100 students, faculty and campus professionals from 350 campuses participated in the conference, including 120 student government presidents. The following campuses and individuals were singled out for their outstanding efforts during the conference's Campus Activism Awards Banquet:
Allies of the Year (Hillel professionals)
Maureen Melcer, program coordinator at Emory University Hillel
Aaron Weil, executive director at the Edward and Rose Berman Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh
Julie Fishman, director at Georgetown University Hillel
Activists of the Year (campuses)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas, Austin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Louisiana State University
Duke Rudman Award (campus)
University of California, San Diego
Advocate of the Year (students)
Jacob Baime, Brandeis University
Amanda Wilkerson, Florida A&M University