Tel-Hai Magazine 2022

Dear Friends and Partners, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my predecessor, Prof. Mekori, for all that he has contributed to Tel-Hai College, to its successes and development, and to its progress towards becoming a university. I shall endeavor to continue this work, and bring about the realization of our vision for the college and for a flourishing Galilee. Throughout this academic year, during which I assumed my new role as president, the college has continued to promote and to achieve excellence in many fields - innovating in agrotech, education, food tech, and more, while constantly working towards our goal of becoming the University of the Galilee. As I see it, Tel-Hai is not just an institution that strives to excel and to gain university status; we have a wider vision and a sense of purpose that inspires and motivates us: to promote the development of the Galilee, generate growth, create employment, and provide a solid base for investment in the region, while respecting our natural environment and its unique resources. Tel-Hai is part of a regional ecosystem in which research, academia, business, local communities, and agriculture evolve together in a symbiotic relationship that contributes to the sustainability of the region and enables all to flourish. The academic affiliation of MIGAL – the Galilee Research Institute, the merging of Ohalo College, and it becoming Tel-Hai’s Campus of Innovation in Education and Teaching, our partnership in the newly-launched Foodtech Valley, our active Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub, our collaboration with local industries, farmers and communities, and our cooperation with the Ziv Medical Center in Tsfat, all form part of this ecosystem, and play a significant role in realizing Tel-Hai’s goal and its vision for the region. Looking to the future, as the University of the Galilee, Tel-Hai will continue to encourage excellence, innovation and entrepreneurship, while continuing to endorse values of equality, tolerance and diversity in Israeli society. I wish us all fruitful years to come and success in our mutual endeavors. Prof. Eliezer Shalev

President, Tel-Hai College

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