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American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU)

Great Lakes Region
2825 N. Wolcott Avenue #L
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: 312-599-0876
Fax: 847-983-3401
Email: rschneider@aabgu.org
Web: www.aabgu.org

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) plays a vital role in sustaining David Ben-Gurion's vision, creating a world-class institution of education and research in the Israeli desert, nurturing the Negev community and sharing the University's expertise locally and around the globe. With some 20,000 students on campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat in Israel's southern desert, BGU is a university with a conscience, where the highest academic standards are integrated with community involvement, committed to sustainable development of the Negev.

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