Assistance to students who serve in the Reserve Military Force, and students under the IDF Education Department, during the course of their studies.
The Reserve Military Force has, since the establishment of the State of Israel, constituted a major part of the robustness of the Israel Defense Force and the resilience of the State of Israel. The Reserve Military Force is a crucial component in combat and in ongoing security engagement. The Reserve Military Force has both a social and value importance, which contributes to a great extent to the military might of the IDF.
Many students, who fulfill indispensable positions at all levels of command and within various IDF frameworks, serve in the Reserve Military Force. A large part of the burden of Reserve Military Force Service is shouldered by students who serve at the forefront of the combat forces and provide combat support, on the field of battle and on the home front.
A student who serves in the Reserve Military Force shoulders a heavy and arduous burden. As is true for every citizen, the student is torn from his civilian world and routine of life and is exposed to physical danger and the difficulties of Military Reserves Duty. Over and above this, the student faces particular difficulties by being required to expend mental resources and time while being severed, sometime for weeks at a time, from the framework of his studies and his professional training, which puts his academic success and his very future in jeopardy.
In this proclamation, Reichman University expresses is gratitude, its esteem, its appreciation and its commitment to the many students who serve the security of the State and the defense of its citizens.
We, the Administration of Reichman University, the Academic and Administrative Staff, undertake, by means of this proclamation, to do everything possible to reduce, insofar as possible, the impairment caused to the student due to his active Military Reserves Duty. We undertake to ensure the improvement of the status and the welfare of the students serving in Military Reserves Duty.
Reichman University will act to facilitate the integration of the student back into the studies framework, and will act to assist the student to complete the academic and professional requirements, prior to the completion of his studies.
