After almost 40 years at Brandeis, Elaine Wong, P’06, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and proud Brandeis parent, will retire in December 2021. Please join us in celebrating Elaine’s many contributions to Brandeis.
Elaine began her career at Brandeis in August 1982 and has worked with nine deans during her tenure. From her early days, Elaine developed an enduring love for Brandeis, our students and our faculty. Over the decades, she was central to the creation and launch of many major programs and initiatives, including the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance, Generation One Network, Justice Brandeis Seminar, the Brandeis Core (the second of two general education revisions she was part of), and the newly proposed Community Engaged Scholars Program. She has contributed to numerous diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and maintained a keen focus on support for faculty teaching and the holistic undergraduate experience — inside and outside the classroom. She has also formed lasting relationships with many students that have continued long past graduation.
To honor and celebrate Elaine’s enduring impact on Brandeis, we have established the Elaine Wong Distinguished Lecture and Co-Curricular Fund. The fund will support lectures, panels and other co-curricular programs and events in the School of Arts and Sciences that explore racial, class, gender, sexual and other forms of injustice and inequality; showcase historically marginalized people and perspectives; and/or promote a diverse, inclusive environment. We invite you to contribute to this fund in Elaine’s honor.
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Please join us in thanking Elaine for her wisdom, compassion, commitment and extraordinary knowledge of all things Brandeis.