(Adapted from "35 Questions" by Michael Brooks, Director of
University of Michigan Hillel)
A quiz to start each new year. You research the answers and then use the information to meet some very important people.
- Who is the Director of Housing on campus (if there is housing)? When is Housing staff training held and who coordinates it?
- Who are the Residence Hall Directors?
- How many Deans and Vice presidents are there and what are their names an functions?
- Who is the Director of Admissions? Does s/he know about Hillel? Are Hillel materials available in the Admissions Office?
- Who is the Director of Health Services/Counseling Center? Who are the best counselors at the Counseling Center?
- Who is the Director of the Community Service office on campus?
- Who is the Director of the Career Center? Who are the best counselors in the Career Services Office?
- Who is the Director of Financial Aid?
- Who is the President of the Faculty Senate?
- Who is the Editor of the Faculty and/or University newspaper?
- Who sits on the University’s Board of Governors/Regents?
- Who is the Director of the Alumni Association? Who is the editor of the alumni magazine?
- Who is the President of the Student Government?
- Who is the editor of the student newspaper? Who is the editor of the yearbook?
- How much money is allocated by student government for campus programs, and what are the criteria for receiving it? Are there different student government units?
- What are the four most important campus organizations, and who heads them?
- Who is the Director of Student Activities?
- Who are the heads of campus minority organizations?
- Who are the heads of the campus Arab organizations?
- Who is the manager of the campus radio station? Who is the news director?
- Who are the five most popular professors at the University?
- Who is head of the Jewish Studies Department? Who teaches Hebrew on campus?
- What is the name of the University President’s secretary?
- What is the name of the person who books rooms in University facilities?
- Who is the head of campus security?
- Who is the head of the campus clergy association?
- Is there a Women’s Center on campus? Who is the Director?
- Which University programs give course credit for the kinds of things that might go on at Hillel (community involvement, social work, graphic design, etc.)?
- Who is the head of the Social Work Placement program?
- Who is the head of the Graphic Design department at the Art School?
- Who is the director of the University museum?
- How much does it cost to have lunch at the faculty club?
- How much does it cost to have lunch in a student cafeteria?
- Who is the director of food service?
- Who I the planning director at Federation with liaison responsibility for Hillel?
- Who leads youth programs at the JCC?