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In a modern economy, information technology is not enough.  Israel needs a reliable financial management infrastructure to participate in the global economic system.    From businesses to nonprofits and government offices, professional accountants guarantee financial transparency and compliance with internationally recognized standards.

On Tuesday March 15, 2022, Sapir College was honored to have been paid a visit by MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List party. The significance of the visit is associated with the historical development that MK Abbas led in 2021. Following the elections to the Knesset held that year, his party became the first Arab party to join an Israeli governing coalition. MK Abbas was greeted by Sapir President, Prof Shai Feldman and the Dean of Students, Alon Gayer.

No, it’s not the title of a science fiction thriller, but rather a dystopian metaphor – and a warning -- of what has happened to academic life. Dr. Omri Herzog of Sapir’s Department of Culture, Creativity and Production has published Compliance and Resistance within Neoliberal Academia, a series of very personal and unnerving reflections on the academic profession in an age of neoliberalism.

Sapir College Associate President Nir Kedar’s Groundbreaking New Book: David Ben Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy Published by Indiana University Press,  Professor Kedar’s book addresses one of the most important puzzles about the creation of the State of Israel: How did Israel become a democracy given that almost none of the leaders of the newly established state come from countries that had any significant experience with democracy and democratic institutions.

Professor Orit Nuttman-Shwartz, Acting Head of the School of Social Work at Sapir, facilitated a group of international peers from the School of Social Work at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. During the meeting, the participants discussed a range of issues, including: using online materials to work with children and adults in trauma and disaster situations.

USA House of Representatives' Majority Leader, the Hon. Steny Hoyer meets Sapir President Professor Shai Feldman The Hon. Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) headed a 14-member delegation visiting the western Negev on Wednesday, February 23. In the framework of the visit, Leader Hoyer held a lengthy conversation at Kibbutz Alumim with Sapir College President, Prof. Shai Feldman. Their meeting covered a wide range of issues related to Sapir College, the security situation in the Gaza Envelope region and along Israel's other frontiers, U.S.-Israel relations including the prospects for U.S.

As companies scramble to recruit competent human resources, the value of engaged and motivated employees is ever more apparent. Now, Dr. Gil Bozer, has led a major international conference in Berlin on the subject of workplace coaching.