Engineering is a key to Israel's Oct. 7 recovery and long-term future, college asserts

Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv has launched a campaign to raise NIS 15 million ($4 million) for a student support fund which aims to ensure that its graduates continue to make essential contributions Israel's high-tech sector, given what the college describes as the unprecedented importance of the field of engineering since the October 7 attacks.

The launch of Afeka's "AsOne" campaign comes after more than 40% of the college's student body – approximately 1,400 students – were called up for active military duty just one week before the wartime academic year was scheduled to start. Faced with such a large portion of its student body unable to attend classes, Afeka needed to delay the opening of the school year three times.

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