I want to share my experience of when my daughter Jessica, '16, started her journey as a Blue Hen. Sending your first child off to college is one of those milestones that a parent looks to with a mixture of excitement, hope and fear. I think most parents share a number of the same desires and dreams that their college-bound sons and daughters will: - be happy and have fun - get involved in activities and find their niche - achieve academic success and graduate, hopefully in f

Most of my time during my 4 years of college was spent between two things that are very important to me: nutrition and dietetics, and UD Hillel. I taught a variety of classes in the Food and Nutrition Education Lab; where I found my passion for teaching and helping others develop interest in cooking and health. When I was not in the lab, I was at Hillel participating in various internships and leadership positions. I would watch others easily find ways to combine their passio

Giving Tuesday is no ordinary Tuesday. It’s a day to give back, and acknowledge all the resources that you have been given. Positioned at the beginning of holiday season, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. The goal is to give back to organizations that make an impact around the time that we are giving gifts to many of our friends and family. Here at Hillel, we hold a phone-a-thon, in which volunteers call a number o

Students connect best with their peers. For more than 10 years, UD Hillel has partnered with student interns, our Campus Engagement Interns (CEI’s), with exactly that idea in mind. CEI is a partnership between our organization and our students. These interns come from a wide variety of Jewish backgrounds and also bring their own personal interests and networks to the table, choosing a speciality (from Greek Life to engineering majors, and service-oriented students to seniors)