LehighWeek Volume 08, Issue 01

              NEWS
"We are very pleased with the
make-up of the Class of 1998. They are
an excellent group of students and are
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Contents
News pages 1-5
♦ "wired" residence halls
♦ "Camp" Lehigh
People pages 6-9
♦ 28 faculty promoted
♦ Anna M. Fritz profiled
♦ jobs
Department   page 10
♦ instructional media
services
Perspective    page 11
♦ Polish freedom fighters
deserve honor
Calendar        page 12
South Mountaineer
pages 13-16
♦ Can football and
volleyball return as
champs?
LEHIGHWEEK
Volume 8, Issue 01
Plus SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
August 30,1994
Facing challenges together
photo by John Kish IV
Class clown
▲ Lollipop the Clown, played by Chris DeLong of Allentown, encouraged students
to follow their dreams at the Summer Enrichment Program for Mentally Gifted and
Talented Students, held in July. "Be who you are, and don't let anyone put you into
a mold," said DeLong. "Amusement-and-the Creative Mind" was the topic ofthe
two-and-a-haif week program for gifted students ages 6-14.
Welcome class of 1998
The fall semester was
ushered in last Friday as
about 1,120 members ofthe
Class of 1998 began four
days of orientation. Classes
began for all students
Tuesday (Aug. 30),
Also on Friday,
President Peter Likins,
and more than 70 deans,
faculty and staff from
throughout the university
joined fraternities, sororities
and other upperclass
student volunteers to help
freshman move in and meet
with the new class members
and their parents.
"As in previous years,
the personal contact with
faculty, staff and students
during the recruiting cycle
played an important role in
bringing in the year's
freshman class," Pat Boig,
director of admissions,
added. "Prospective
students continue to tell us
that these interactions are
critical and shape their
Profile: Class of 1998 (as of Aug. 22)
1,121 students
46%     in Arts and Sciences and Arts/Engineering
by Daphnie Sicre '98
Freshmen Mark
Wilson of Brooklyn,
N.Y. and Philissa
Williams of Beltsville,
MD collaborate on a
housing project with
Habitat for Humanity
during a summer
Challenge for Success
project.
photo by Joe Ryan
▲ Freshman James Nixon of Rahway, N.J., plays
toss with a child at the Sayre Child Center as
part of a community service program.
decision-making process."
About 200 freshmen also
participated in an optional
pre-orientation Outdoor
Adventures Program. One
group canoed down the
Delaware River from Easton
to Point Pleasant. Another
explored Shofer's Cave near
Kutztown and climbed the
High Rocks at Ralph Stover
State Park in Bucks County.
A third group backpacked in
the Delaware Water Gap
National Recreation Area.
The class of 1948
"adopted" the incoming
freshman by sponsoring the
annual Freshman-Alumni
Rally Sunday evening. New
class members socialized
with alumni and joined in
cheers and songs.
The new students were
also formally inducted into
the University at the
annual Freshman Convocation on Monday evening.
The freshman
orientation program also
included campus tours,
placement tests,
information sessions on
college life.
Welcome back!
You can feel the excitement in the air with the annual
arrival ofthe freshmen on campus and the start of classes.
LEHIGHWEEK and South Mountaineer are back as well,
with some changes over the summer. The most noticeable
will be the new location of sports on the back page. The
calendar of events is now inside on page 12.
For our new readers, LEHIGHWEEK is the campus
faculty and staff newspaper. It is also sent to a small
group of Lehigh friends and supporters. If you are one of
those friends and would prefer not to receive this
publication, please let us know. The telephone number
and address are on page 12.
As always, we welcome your comments on our changes
and suggestions of topics you are interested in reading
more about. Have a great fall!
The LEHIGHWEEK Staff
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