Peki\u2019in<\/a> in northern Israel, the Technion is truly a “family affair”: \u00a0four the family’s five children are studying at the Technion this year, as well as the fianc\u00e9s of the two oldest siblings.<\/p>\nThe oldest brother, 30 year-old Majed, is a fourth year student in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. After completing his service in the Israel Defense Forces, he decided he wanted to start studying. \u201cThe field of mechanical engineering always appealed to me. I read studies in this area and it interested me.\u00a0 I chose to study at the Technion because of its good reputation and since it was the closest institute to my home,\u201d he said. Majed began his studies at the Technion by enrolling in the preparatory program (mechina<\/i>) run by the Technion Center for Pre-University Education, and later was accepted to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.<\/p>\n
Majed\u2019s younger brother Alaa, 25, followed in his footsteps. He began his studies following his army service in the artillery unit. \u201cI came for a consultation,\u201d remembers Alaa, \u201cand the challenge at Technion excited me. My father really wanted me to study medicine, but I preferred computer science, because I love the field of programming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both brothers, Majed and Alaa, are engaged to marry, and naturally their fianc\u00e9s \u2013 Lubna and Lina, both from Peki’in as well \u2013 are also Technion students. \u00a0Lubna (23) will complete her degree this year at the <\/b>Department of Education in Science and Technology, concentrating on teaching biology and environmental studies, and Lina (20) is a second year student in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management, majoring in Production and Service Systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since high-school I\u2019ve wanted to study biology,\u201d relates Lubna. \u201cIt\u2019s a field that really interests me and I love it. I started my studies at Haifa University, but Majed persuaded me to come to the Technion. My parents are very supportive <\/b>and encouraged me to study. I like working with teenagers and I want to be a teacher.\u201d \u201cMy father is a CEO of a high-tech company in Ma\u2019alot that manufactures electronic components, says Lina, \u201cThe field he is working in always interested me. I\u2019m very happy to be studying at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management because the atmosphere at the faculty is great and the studies are at a very high level and very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
The third Hier family sibling at the Technion is Majda,20, who, after completing her pre-university preparatory requirements, began studying at the Technion’s Department of Education in Science and Technology. \u201cI want to be a college teacher of electricity and electronics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Hier family #4 is the youngest sister \u00a0Manar, 18, in her first year in the Faculty of Biology. She aims to get high grades so she can be accepted to the prestigious Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and become a doctor. Her brother Alaa says that he is “confident that she will fulfill her dream and become a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jamal, their father, is very proud of his children. He was wounded during his military service and his life circumstances forced him to give up his dream of higher education. Nonetheless, he and his wife Hedaya instilled in their children the academic dream and encouraged everyone to fulfill their potential. “Studies are in our blood,” says Jamal. “In high school, they chose to study the fields of mathematics, physics, electronics and biology. It\u2019s not easy to financially support four students at the same time, but they are good students, they receive scholarships and they work.”<\/p>\n
The fifth brother in the family, Baha (27) had not yet started his academic studies. He is financially supporting his siblings and next year he is planning to start studying, if it will be financially feasible.<\/p>\n
While studying, Majed, Alaa and Lubna are mentoring new first year students at the Technion, particularly Druze students, helping them adjust to the demanding academic requirements and life at the Technion. The mentoring project was initiated by the Technion\u2019s Beatrice Weston Unit for the Advancement of Students, and all three family members have nothing but praise and admiration for the work done by the Unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first semester at the Technion was the hardest,\u201d says Lubna, who is mentoring a group of female Druze students. \u201cThe shock at the beginning is very hard, and I\u2019m working with my students on efficient time management, handling exams, and resources you can turn to in need. I also went through a mentoring program when I first came to the Technion and it really helped me.\u201d Lubna is engaged to Majed.<\/p>\n
We already mentioned that everything stays in the family, and Lubna is mentoring Majda, her future sister-in-law. \u201cIt\u2019s really helpful,\u201d says Majda. \u201cEveryone is anxious in their first year at the Technion, and feels uncomfortable and stressed out. In our meetings with Lubna and the other first year students, you feel a lot of group support.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very lucky,\u201d says Alaa. \u201cMy brother Majed gave me a lot of support in my first year and even helped me with math studies and in adjusting to life at the Technion. He also helped me with time management. \u00a0Not everyone has an older brother at the Technion to help them and the assistance we provide these students by mentoring them in their first year is very important and noteworthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four siblings at the Technion is wonderful \u2013 on this they all agree. Each one assists the other in courses they are best at. Sometimes they have meals together, and try to go home to visit together.\u00a0 Rarely, when they all have some free time, they spend it together, and during stressful exam periods, when one of them goes home to the village, they return with food and other supplies for the others, who remained on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Technion is a great place academically and socially,” Alaa concludes. “There are excellent teachers and here it is important for me to note especially the late Professor David Zilag<\/em> from the Faculty of Mathematics who passed away two years ago. No lecturer at the Technion taught material as he did. He was an excellent teacher, and I think all the students at the Technion should thank him.”<\/p>\nAt the end of the year Majed and Lubna will graduate from the Technion and return home to the village. They plan to get married and find jobs – Lubna wants to teach at a school in Peki\u2019in and Majed will look for a position as a mechanical engineer. “We’ll miss them,” said Alaa, “But I guess we shall all go back to the village in the future, and perhaps even one day found a company together. Together we have the necessary professions needed to start a business, but first it\u2019s very important that we all gain experience in our fields of expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the photo (from right to left): Lina, Alaa, Manar, Majda, Jamal, Majed and Lubna.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>The term \u201cTechnion Family\u201d is typically used to describe all of Technion’s researchers, students and\u00a0 employees, as well alumni and friends in Israel and around the world.\u00a0 But for the Hiar family from the Druze town of Peki\u2019in<\/a> in northern Israel, the Technion is truly a “family affair”: \u00a0four the family’s five children are studying at the Technion this year, as well as the fianc\u00e9s of the two oldest siblings.<\/p>\n