In Tel Hai, in our lifetime, another great dream is becoming a reality. Only two years ago the barren hills of the Galilee east of the historical Tel Hai courtyard were virgin territory and the visionary visitor asked to imagine what a modern academic institution might look like on this bare and vacant spot. But today, at the beginning of November 2008, in record time, the trumpets are sounded, a ribbon is cut and the new Tel Hai Campus officially opened its doors for business.

Meticulously designed to blend with their unique setting, becoming part and parcel of the landscape, Rosser Chinn House, Canada House, and the R.S. Zarnegin Family Auditorium form the completed first phase of the new campus site. Spectacular vistas of the Hula Valley below can be seen from every window and from the expansive balcony of the new campus cafeteria. Uniting biblical background with state-of-the-art facilities, this achievement is due in no small measure to a magnificent show of support from the members of the Tel Hai family in Canada, in France, in the US, in the UK, and in Israel who came together with College faculty, students and staff on November 3rd to dedicate the stunning new campus.

There to lend the occasion a special seal of approval were President Shimon Peres and Minister of Education, Prof. Yuli Tamir, both of whom stressed the considerable impact of the College on the Galilee as a whole, and, in particular, the ever-growing spirit of optimism that emanates from it in unbroken and continuing creativity and development – contributions which each of the coming generations of Tel Hai students can only enhance.

Also present, bringing greetings from President George W. Bush, was Warren L. Miller, Chairman of the US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. It was highly unusual, Mr. Warren informed his audience, for a Commission charged with remembering and respecting the past to decide on support of a project entirely focused on the future. "This is a place," he said "where Jews and Arabs live together, study together and build together. Here in Tel Hai you truly stand for freedom and peace."