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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
October 17,1989
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"The Fabric of a Caring Community" is the inspiration for
designer Marvin H. Simmons' poster for Lehigh's 1989
United Way campaign, which ends Oct. 31.
Sessions Promote
Value Of Diversity
By Kathy Richards
Lehigh faculty, staff and students soon
will be involved in a program designed to
focus on the value and the difficulty of
living in a world of cultural "diversity."
The project begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday with a
diversity awareness workshop for departmental chairpersons.
The idea of promoting diversity
awareness was introduced in June to
members of Lehigh's President's Council
and the Affirmative Action/EEO Commission by Robert Drake, assistant to the vice
president of human resources at Trenton
State College. The campus-wide project is
being developed from Drake's recommendations by Associate Provost Patti Ota.
"Lehigh is not a very diverse institution," Ota said. "What we're trying to do is
help people become more aware of some of
the behaviors necessary to deal with a
diverse institution. Just talking about
diversity will have the dsecondary effect of
making Lehigh people want it more."
In the context of the Lehigh project,
"diversity" in staff and student populations
refers to anything that's missing in Lehigh's
traditional image as white, male and middle
class. The training will promote awareness
of issues faced by women, racial groups
and financial classes, and the universe of
differences that exist in any large group of
people.
"We are examining prejudices and the
way they affect relations and decisionmaking within institutions of higher
learning," Drake said. "The focus is on an
environment where the contributions and
potential of each faculty, student or staff
member are recognized and valued, and that
the unique abilities and characteristics of
each is taken advantage of within the
context of the university."
Raymond Bell, chairperson and
professor of counseling psychology, school
psychology and special education, is the
Lehigh facilitator for Tuesday's workshop.
"The point is to sensitize people on the
notion of diversity in what is essentially
homogeneous campus," he said.
The program will continue Oct. 24
with three-hour sessions and a buffet for
those who will lead training for support and
professional staff. On Nov. 4, similar
training will be given to faculty and student
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NIH Awards $840,000
For CMBB Fellowships
By William Johnson
Lehigh's Center for Molecular Bios-
cience and Biotechnology has received a
$840,000 grant from the National Institutes
of Health for pre-doctoral fellowships in
biotechnology.
The grant, administered by the National
Institute of General Medical Sciences and
spread over five years, will build up to nine
permanent fellowships.
• Center Director Arthur Humphrey said
the grant responds to the enormous growth
in biotechnology and the resulting critical
shortage of experts in biochemical engineering, immunogenetics, protein chemistry and
separations technology.    .
Humphrey said Lehigh has had separate
graduate training programs in biochemical
engineering, molecular biology and
biochemistry leading to doctoral degrees in
chemical engineering, biology and biochem
istry, respectively.
With the acquisition two years ago of
the Mountaintop Campus and 600,000
square feet of office and research space,
Lehigh decided to bring together 25 faculty
members from the three disciplines into the
interdisciplinary CMBB.
"Our students concentrate on genetics,
cell physiology or downstream bi-
oprocessing, but they interact daily with
each other," said Humphrey.  "We believe
this approach produces a group of scientists
and engineers uniquely qualified to address
the basic and applied research needs of the
biotechnology industry."
Under the grant program, CMBB
Biotechnology Scholars will receive
stipends, tuition, trainee travel funds and
training related funds. Incoming and
incumbent students are eligible for the
awards.
INSIDE:
In The South
Mountaineer:
Humphrey To Head AiChE
2
Lehigh Trounces
Alum To Direct Space Policy
3
Bucknell 52-6
The Dangers Of Censorship
4
Women's Tennis
MSE Conference
Concerts, Comedy On Tap
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6
Team Captures
ECC Title