LehighWeek Volume 03, Issue 31

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LehighWeek
Vol. 3, Issue 31
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
YEARS
August 23, 1990
Elizabeth Keegin Colley
Lee lacocca, '45, is interviewed by Mary Hart for a television
special, "Mary Hart Presents: Power in the Public Eye." The
interview took place on the porch of the President's House and the
Alumni Memorial Building walk. See stories on the taping and on the
lacocca Institute's progress on Page 7.
1,149 freshmen arrive Friday
By Robert W. Fisher
Lehigh University Writers' Group
When the nearly 1,150 members of the
Class of 1994 arrive at Lehigh on Friday,
admissions director Pat Boig will feel a
special kinship with the freshmen.
Boig is a freshman, of sorts, herself.
The 1977 graduate began leading Lehigh's
admissions office just a year ago, when the
pool of high school graduates was in the
middle of a long downhill slide and applications to Lehigh had dropped 17 percent
in a year. The ensuing months were a
competitive time for the nation's colleges
and universities. Several announced earlier
this summer that they would admit smaller
PROFILE:
Lehigh's Class of 1994
* 1,149 students
* 51 % in Arts and Science.
* 17% in Business and Economics
* 32% in Engineering and Applied
Science
* 37% women (10% increase)
* 4.8% African-American and
Hispanic
* 4% Asian-American
* 37 states represented
* 18 nations represented
* 28% from outside Pa., N.Y„ N.J.
* SAT ranges: 590-690M, 480-590V
than expected freshman classes; a few
slashed budgets and cancelled faculty
raises due to the shortfall.
Lehigh is "lucky" to have the opposite
problem, Boig said. As of Aug. 16, the
university expected 64 more freshman
than the target of 1,085. The group includes 50 percent more students of color
and 10 percent more women than last
year's freshman class.
Boig credits Lehigh's comparatively
solid standing to assistance from professors, students, parents and alumni in the
admissions process, more aggressive
financial aid packaging, and a little luck.
"We had a great collaborative effort
from faculty, alumni and students," Boig
said. Undergraduate recruiting coordinators were appointed in each academic
department, and members of the "Student
Ambassadors Club'' helped reach out to
individual candidates. These efforts
supplemented the work of alumni around
the country who have consistently worked
to recruit prospective students for Lehigh.
"We also greatly personalized our
operations, reaching students with
personal notes and phone calls where
possible," Boig said.
In filling the class of 1994, Lehigh
offered admission to 3,717 students (about
30 more than last year). Lehigh received
5,186 applications, which equalled the
number of applications in 1989.
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Welcome back!
LU is 'Visitor Friendly'
Confused about the best route from the
Goodman to Asa Packer campuses?
Need directions to ATLSS or the Admissions Office? A new set of signs
makes it easier for visitors to find their
way between buildings and across
South Mountain.
in support of real
science
Computer simulations of science experiments undermine the message that
an understanding of science, or of how
things get built, requires first that real
hands be applied to real objects, a
Lehigh professor says.
New faces around
campus
Mark Erickson is named acting dean of
students to replace Sheila Hyde; Craig
Wood is appointed bursar; Henry Odi
is named assistant to the provost.
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A lively season
in the arts!
It's all here: Lithographs of Vietnamese
children, a celebration of composer Earl
Kim, the world premiere of Russel
Davis' "Appointment with a High Wire
Lady." Take a look ahead to Lehigh's
fall season in music, theatre, art and
other cultural events.
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Summer vacation
activity
Lehigh was far from idle during the
summer, as faculty and students were
involved in reaching out to incoming
freshmen, area teachers and students,
and the community at large.
'Eyeball to eyeball'
with youth
"Unless someone is willing to walk
through the valley of the shadow of
adolescence with a young person, you're
not going to connect with him," William
Milliken, founder of the Cities in Schools
drop-out prevention network, told a
training session at Lehigh.
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