The Peter Baris Building, the latest architectural addition to our campus, is the new home of Sapir’s School of Social Work.  This burgeoning faculty, which includes BSW and MSW tracks, an international social work program, professional retraining, and the Negev Rights Based Community Practice Center, is a leader in Israel’s social work profession today.  Now, thanks to the generosity of the Livnat family, it has a state-of-the-art building to foster its continued growth.  The facility was inaugurated in the presence of the Livnat family; Sapi,’s board chair, Adv. Gilead Sher; College President Prof. Nir Kedar; former President Omri Yadlin; Dean of Students Alon Gayer; Dr. Leah Schlaff, incoming Dean of the School of Social Work; and her predecessor, Prof. Orit Nuttman Shwartz.  Kedar lauded the generosity of Doron and Marianne Livnat as a model of social commitment that will promote academic excellence innovation at Sapir in the years ahead.  It reflects, he said, the very spirit of the College, combining theory, practice, and service to the community.

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