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CONTENTS NEWS: MBA-Plus announced, JOBS: Fraternity recovers from fire 1-3 PEOPLE: John Woltjen profiled, In Memoriam, Achievements 6-7 EVENTS: Martin Luther Ring Day celebration, Choral Union CALENDAR: seeks singers, Pat Methany jazz 4-5 8 SOUTH MOUNTAINEER: The Engineers are 4-0 in wrestling... Can they buck the BRONCS to remain undefeated? The Engineers are going to bounce the SPOTS off the Leopards in basketball on Saturday Jan. 21. 9-12 SOUTH MOUNTAINEER SPECIAL INSERT Education College Newsletter 1995 Ray Bell named chair of new department of education and human services (two departments merging into one July 1 as part of Lehigh Plan) Ray Bell LEHIGHWEEK Volume 8, Issue 14 For the Campus Community Januray 18,1995 Graduates urged to keep Martin Luther King's dream alive by Barbara Lee .Writers' Group A William Scott fter centuries of racial discrimination, affirmative action policies have become 289 graduates, and their friends and families, attended the mid-year commencement ceremony in Stabler Arena, photos by joe Ryan a major fault line in our society in only 20 years, said William Scott, director of Lehigh University's African American Studies program and professor of history, making it even more important that we draw A new view at the Bookstore photo by Joe Ryan Construction work on the new entrance for the bookstore and display windows were finished during the semester break, along with a new lobby containing the MAC machine, which is accessible 24 hours a day. The changes are part of phase 2A of the bookstore renovations, which also included new lighting, carpeting, drop ceiling, painting and temporary fixtures in the display area. continued on page 2 inspiration from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. "King's dream was rooted in the recognition that Americans—regardless of color, creed or class— constituted a common people with a common destiny," Scott said. Addressing 289 graduates, and their friends and families, at the midyear commencement ceremony on Sun., Jan. 15, which coincided with the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Scott reminded graduates of the great strides that were made during King's ministry, which brought down walls of legalized race separation and discrimination. While many triumphs have been made, Scott told graduates that there is still much v/ork to do in a nation that is torn over racially related issues. "It would have disturbed Martin that color, that dinky genetic difference among us, still counts considerably," he said. Scott said that King would have been alarmed and distressed by the decay of urban life, violence, broken homes and poverty in America today, but would have been driven to find just solutions. He urged graduates to do the same. "He would have expected you, our future leaders, to save the dream for all Americans," Scott said. "Struggle, most of all, in your lifetime to see that some day soon our society overcomes the divisions that have separated us for so long." Scott joined Lehigh's faculty in 1992. He is director of the United Negro College Fund/Mellon Minorities Fellows Program and is a member ofthe national council ofthe Institute for International Education's South African Education Program. Jere Knight of Newtown, Pa., poet, writer, editor and environmental activist, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the ceremony. Knight's work has been published in the Saturday Evening Post and U.S. Infantry Journal. She is the author of The Bicentennial History of Northampton County (1976) and the book of poetry, The Uphill View, published last June. She served as continued on page 2 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY LehighWeek Office Linderman Library 30 Library Drive Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3067 PHILIP A. HETZGER UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES RM.201 LINDERMAN LIBRARY NO. 0 30 NON-PROFIT U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015
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Title | LehighWeek Volume 08, Issue 14 |
Subject | Lehigh University--Periodicals |
Description | Reports on the past week's news, and schedules of upcoming events, at Lehigh University. Thirty issues yearly, published weekly, except for vacations, during the school year, and once or twice a month during the summer. |
Creator | Lehigh University. Dept. of University Relations. |
Publisher | Lehigh University |
Date | 1995-01-18 |
Type | Text |
Format | newsletters |
File Format | image/tiff |
Extent | 20 pages |
Dimensions | 38 cm. x 28 cm. |
Identifier | SC LSer L522 V8 N14 |
Language | Eng |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/304229 |
Description
Title | [Front cover] |
Identifier | SC LSer L522 V8 N14 001 |
Language | Eng |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/304229 |
Full Text | CONTENTS NEWS: MBA-Plus announced, JOBS: Fraternity recovers from fire 1-3 PEOPLE: John Woltjen profiled, In Memoriam, Achievements 6-7 EVENTS: Martin Luther Ring Day celebration, Choral Union CALENDAR: seeks singers, Pat Methany jazz 4-5 8 SOUTH MOUNTAINEER: The Engineers are 4-0 in wrestling... Can they buck the BRONCS to remain undefeated? The Engineers are going to bounce the SPOTS off the Leopards in basketball on Saturday Jan. 21. 9-12 SOUTH MOUNTAINEER SPECIAL INSERT Education College Newsletter 1995 Ray Bell named chair of new department of education and human services (two departments merging into one July 1 as part of Lehigh Plan) Ray Bell LEHIGHWEEK Volume 8, Issue 14 For the Campus Community Januray 18,1995 Graduates urged to keep Martin Luther King's dream alive by Barbara Lee .Writers' Group A William Scott fter centuries of racial discrimination, affirmative action policies have become 289 graduates, and their friends and families, attended the mid-year commencement ceremony in Stabler Arena, photos by joe Ryan a major fault line in our society in only 20 years, said William Scott, director of Lehigh University's African American Studies program and professor of history, making it even more important that we draw A new view at the Bookstore photo by Joe Ryan Construction work on the new entrance for the bookstore and display windows were finished during the semester break, along with a new lobby containing the MAC machine, which is accessible 24 hours a day. The changes are part of phase 2A of the bookstore renovations, which also included new lighting, carpeting, drop ceiling, painting and temporary fixtures in the display area. continued on page 2 inspiration from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. "King's dream was rooted in the recognition that Americans—regardless of color, creed or class— constituted a common people with a common destiny," Scott said. Addressing 289 graduates, and their friends and families, at the midyear commencement ceremony on Sun., Jan. 15, which coincided with the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Scott reminded graduates of the great strides that were made during King's ministry, which brought down walls of legalized race separation and discrimination. While many triumphs have been made, Scott told graduates that there is still much v/ork to do in a nation that is torn over racially related issues. "It would have disturbed Martin that color, that dinky genetic difference among us, still counts considerably," he said. Scott said that King would have been alarmed and distressed by the decay of urban life, violence, broken homes and poverty in America today, but would have been driven to find just solutions. He urged graduates to do the same. "He would have expected you, our future leaders, to save the dream for all Americans," Scott said. "Struggle, most of all, in your lifetime to see that some day soon our society overcomes the divisions that have separated us for so long." Scott joined Lehigh's faculty in 1992. He is director of the United Negro College Fund/Mellon Minorities Fellows Program and is a member ofthe national council ofthe Institute for International Education's South African Education Program. Jere Knight of Newtown, Pa., poet, writer, editor and environmental activist, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the ceremony. Knight's work has been published in the Saturday Evening Post and U.S. Infantry Journal. She is the author of The Bicentennial History of Northampton County (1976) and the book of poetry, The Uphill View, published last June. She served as continued on page 2 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY LehighWeek Office Linderman Library 30 Library Drive Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3067 PHILIP A. HETZGER UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES RM.201 LINDERMAN LIBRARY NO. 0 30 NON-PROFIT U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 |
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