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Volume 13, Issue 18
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January 26, 2000
Lehigh 18th
nationwide
in study abroad
Among the nation's top research
universities, Lehigh ranks 18th in
the percentage of its graduating
students who have studied
abroad, according to a report released last month by the Institute of International Education.
The HE report, titled "Open
Doors," lists the top 30 national
research institutions, with Notre
Dame, Duke and Georgetown
leading the way. The University
of Pennsylvania, ranked fourth,
is the only other institution from
the state to make the list.
William Hunter, director of
international education at
Lehigh, said in the 1997-98 academic year, 233 Lehigh students
went abroad to study, which is
14.7 percent of those earning degrees that year.
"The really good news is that
the number of Lehigh students
studying abroad this year is up
12 percent over last year," said
Hunter. "And it's just going to
grow, especially since our faculty
seem so excited about developing new programs. In just the
past three weeks, I've been approached by professors who want
to start programs in Chile, South
Africa, Hong Kong and India."
Hunter said Lehigh students
know that international experience is a key to success in today's
multicultural environment. "Our
students recognize the need for
an international experience to
make themselves more marketable to future employers." Many
prospective students and parents
come to Lehigh expecting to study
abroad, and the study abroad office over the past few years has
become more aggressive in marketing its programs to freshmen.
Currently, Lehigh students
can spend a semester or year at
universities in Europe, Asia,
Australia and Central America.
Six-week summer programs have
been conducted in Belgium, England, France, the Czech Republic, Italy and China, and three-
week winter-break programs
have been offered recently in England, Italy, Costa Rica, Spain
and Ghana. The newest program,
"The Rhythms of Italy," being
held this semester in Vicenza,
Italy, enables students to take
music, architecture, Italian language and Italian opera classes.
According to HE, 113,959 U.S. students studied abroad during the
1997-98 academic year. This was
14.6 percent more than the previous
year and more than double the number only 12 years ago.
Hunter said Lehigh's most
popular study-abroad destinations mostly reflect national
trends, with Western Europe, especially Italy, the United King-
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Photos by Elizabeth Keegin Colley
Fit for a King
(Above) Dr. Na'im Akbar,
professor of psychology
at Florida State University, spoke at a Jan. 21
Celebration of the Life
of Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., at St.
Peter's Evangelical
Lutheran Church on
Packer Ave. (Left) The
Mt. Pisgah AME Church
Liturgical Dance Group
from Princeton, N.J.,
performed, along with
Lehigh's Genesis Gospel
Choir. Other speakers
included Dr. William R.
Scott, Dr. Henry Odi,
Sharon Brown, and
Marc Wilson.
Student and dean journey to
depths of the Pacific Ocean
Tanya Vega '00, a biochemistry
major, never expected that, as an
undergraduate, she'd be able to
participate in a major research
project aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean.
"This was really a stretch for
me," she said. "It was the first time
I've ever done anything like this."
Vega joined John Jaeger,
then a research scientist in earth
and environmental sciences and
now an assistant professor of
geology at the University of
Florida, and Bobb Carson, dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of earth and
environmental sciences, to do research aboard the Atlantis, ah
oceanographic research vessel
operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Institution.
Carson has a grant from the
National Science Foundation to
carry out the research. Jaeger
served as lead investigator, and
Vega as project assistant. They
studied how carbon cycles
through the ocean and how meth-
Photo by Bobb Carson
This submarine took Bobb
Carson to the Pacific floor.
ane, emanating from springs on
the seafloor, is converted to carbon dioxide, or sequestered in
solid phases, either as gas hy
drate or as calcium carbonate.
Most of their results are based
on the data and samples they
collected. But they are using
samples of sediment and bacteria from the ocean to try to simulate in the lab what is happening to methane on the floor of the
Pacific.
The research cruise lasted 10
days and included five dives in
the submersible Alvin, which
was used to place an experimental package at the seafloor and
to gather samples.
Vega, Jaeger and Carson
were among 25 scientists on the
ship. There were also groups
from the Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute
and the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, which is part of
the University of California at
San Diego.
"It was great to work with so
many people from all over," Vega
said. "We all got along so well in
Holocaust exhibit
a semester-long
project
Lehigh is becoming the second
university campus to host "Holocaust Project: From Darkness
into Light," an exhibit by contemporary feminist artist Judy
Chicago with photography by
Donald Woodman.
During the free exhibit, which
runs in the Zoellner Arts Center
from Feb. 9 through June 11,
Lehigh will hold gallery lectures,
organize an international conference and host Chicago as artist-
in-residence.
The exhibit will also be incorporated into more than a dozen
undergraduate courses as part of
Lehigh's Year 2000 Project.
"Judy Chicago is a top American artist and feminist whose
innovative work has stirred much
controversy," said Ricardo
Viera, professor of art and director of Lehigh's Art Galleries.
"Lehigh's Art Galleries tries to
bring exhibitions that challenge
students ~ that provide visual
literacy and balance, and are a
complement to conventional
teachings."
The public can meet Chicago
and Woodman at a reception on
Thursday, Feb. 10, from 4 to 6
p.m. in Zoellner's Main Gallery.
On Tuesday, March 14, at 7:45
p.m. in Baker Hall, Chicago will
discuss the aesthetic and philosophical challenges of representing the Holocaust in art, as part
of Lehigh's NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) -
Trustee Lecture Series on Tolerance.
Eight years in the making,
"The Holocaust Project" takes
visitors on a journey into one of
the darkest periods of modern
history, the systematic extermination of millions of Jews in
Nazi-dominated Europe during
World War II, through a series of
works including a tapestry,
stained glass, and large-scale
tableaus combining painting and
photography.
The artists use the Holocaust
as a prism to view other victim
experiences and to explore the
human condition in the modern
world. The exhibit addresses racism, genocide, homophobia, the
unethical uses of technology, and
the development of weapons
without regard for human consequences.
Laurence Silberstein, director of the Philip and Muriel
Berman Center for Jewish Studies, said the exhibit is being incorporated into courses on art,
English, history, international
relations, languages, philosophy,
ethics, religion and theater. A
semester-long project in the College of Arts and Sciences, "The
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