LehighWeek Volume 10, Issue 05

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Volume 10, Issue 5
Lehigh University Campus Weekly
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October 1,1996
College of Education
to hold Alumni Day
The College of Education will sponsor
the 19th annual Alumni Day on Sat.,
Oct. 5. The program will begin with
registration and
coffee at 8:30 a.m. in
the Wood Dining
Room, lacocca Hall.
The keynote
address will be given
by James P. Comer,
professor of child
psychiatry and center
Comer director of school
development program
at Yale Child Study Center and associate
dean of Yale University School of Medicine.
Comer is best known for his School
Development Program, also known as
the Comer Process. Comer describes the
process, implemented in more than 600
middle and high schools, in his book,
School Power. Comer has written many
other books, including such major works
as Beyond Black and White and Maggie's
American Dream, which deal with the
issues of black and white racial conflict
in America and the rearing of black
children, respectively.
Comer has been a recipient of many
honors, including the Rockefeller Public
Service Award and the Special Presidential Commendation Award. He has
received 32 honorary degrees and is also
the author of more than 30 book chapters
and some 400 articles. He is a contributing editor to Parents Magazine and has
provided consultation services to such
organizations as Children's Television
Workshop (Sesame Street, Electric
Company).
The award session will begin at 9
a.m., at which time three local teachers
will be honored with the Outstanding
Teacher Award. The recipients are Rita
Hatton, an English as a second language
Please see Education on page 2
Lehigh's Alumni on the rise
Le.high University ranked second only
to Princeton in alumni satisfaction,
which is based on the percentage of
alumni who donated to the university
during two recent annual drives.
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M.I.T. 42%!
Dartmouth 42% *|
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Duke 41%
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Princeton 62%
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Notre Dame 50% n
Harvard 48%
Chicago 47%
Yale 45%
Rice 43%
Source: U.S. News & World Report
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Upperclass Parents Weekend
Family faces shine on campus
Brian Keane '99 (center sitting) demonstrates the computer aided design system in Packard Lab for his
family from Newark, Del., including mother Janice Keane, brother Peter, age 14, and father Jim Keane.
Upperclass Parents
Weekend showcased students,
their activities and
the campus as upperclass
parents spent time with
their children meeting
professors, touring buildings
and looking at projects.
Before the Dartmouth
football game, faculty, staff,
friends and alumni were
treated to events, which
included pennant making,
face painting and clowns at
the five Family Day tents on
the Goodman campus.
(Left photo) Ally Schmidt, 6
year-old daughter of Curt
Schmidt '75, has her caricature drawn by Donna Jakoby
during pre-game events at
Goodman Stadium.
(Above) Daniel Petigrow '70,
4 year-old son of Paul
Petigrow '70, listens to
advice from Trooper B. Safe,
a speaking and moving
Pennsylvania State Police
safety education robot.
Ben Tseng Yen, professor of civil engineering, talks to upperclass parents in Fritz Lab.
Photos by John Kish IV
Inside
lacocca Institute
Announces
challenge grant
Drug-Free Environment
Annual report insert
for campus community
South Mountaineer
Men's soccer
on a roll
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