Sari Havis
Lecturer in Hebrew
University of Denver
Sturm Hall, Room 164
2000 E. Asbury Ave.
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-2343
Email: sari.havis@du.edu

Recent Updates

Professor Sari Havis, is the coordinator of our new Hebrew Language Program at DU. Havis teaches elementary and intermediate Hebrew, as well as courses in Israeli Culture. She is a key member of the Test Development Committee of the SAT Subject Test in Modern Hebrew.

The recipient of a Dr. Irwin E. Vinnik Fellowship award (2011), Sari traveled to Israel and formed two collaborative projects with Sapir College in Sderot and Seminar HaKibbutzim in Tel Aviv for her Hebrew and film class students. The projects will facilitate direct interaction between DU students and their Israeli counterparts, and they will reflect and expand the CJS spirit of sharing and improving globalized social efforts.

In addition, Sari attended the Jerusalem International Film Festival and formed new contacts with Israeli film producers and distributors. These experiences will manifest in future activities and will enrich DU's Israeli film collection.

In October 2011, Sari co-organized the Hebrew Seminar, a major national Hebrew conference at DU in connection with the The National Middle East Language Resource Center [NMELRC]. Working under Sari's leadership, CJS was proud to sponsor a number of local Denver Jewish Day School teachers as part of this important new Hebrew education event in Denver.

Sari also takes on a new team role in NMELRC; she will be a key member of the committee, which creates reading and listening exams, and assessment items for Hebrew language education.

Education

MA, University of Kansas