{"id":24,"date":"2024-05-17T19:22:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:09:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24\" class=\"elementor elementor-24\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-954f717 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"954f717\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec13e29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ec13e29\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-691ea598 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"691ea598\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5064dd73 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5064dd73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gaza Virtual University Alliance (GVUA) supports the vitality of institutions of higher learning in Palestine through international collaboration.<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-392adb60 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"392adb60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">All of Gaza\u2019s university campuses have been demolished by Israel, and many students, faculty, and administrators have been killed or maimed. While Gazan academics have persevered through decades of precarious living conditions and repression, the widespread destruction wrought in this war will likely push many to leave permanently to countries ready to accept these highly trained emigres. Given the cost and incubation period needed to produce PhDs, Gaza may become a higher education desert, depriving the Strip of a critical engine of its cultural and economic advancement.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7484b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7484b6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c8a68 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2c8a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Gaza Virtual University&#8217;s mission<\/span><\/h1><ul><li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">operating an information clearinghouse on the status of urgent needs identified by Gaza\u2019s universities as they resume operation,<\/span><\/li><li class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">soliciting international academic institutions and individual academics for teaching, research, and administrative support,<\/span><\/li><li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">connecting professors in Gaza with paid teaching, research, and consulting opportunities in the network,<\/span><\/li><li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">recruiting and appointing international academics to serve as volunteer GVU \u201cfaculty,\u201d mirroring a university structure with departments and schools,<\/span><\/li><li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">coordinating teams of GVU faculty who seek funding (e.g. project proposals, donations) on behalf of Palestinian (with special focus on Gaza initially) universities that request such assistance, and <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">serves as an information clearinghouse on philanthropic or other funding opportunities for Palestinian universities. <\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">connecting students from around the world with students in Palestine through activities such as tutoring, peer advising, hackathons, global design challenges\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza Virtual University Alliance (GVUA) supports the vitality of institutions of higher learning in Palestine through international collaboration. All of Gaza\u2019s university campuses have been demolished by Israel, and many students, faculty, and administrators have been killed or maimed. While Gazan academics have persevered through decades of precarious living conditions and repression, the widespread destruction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazavu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}