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Lehigh University Campus Weekly
October 8,1996
Newly renovated Packard Lab dedicated Friday
Hittinger-Karakash Plaza and General Motors Auditorium named
A formal dedication ofthe
renovated auditorium in
Packard Laboratory and the
new plaza constructed in
front ofthe
building will be
held on Oct. 11
at 10:45 am.
The classroom will
become the
General Motors
Auditorium,
and the outside
area will be
known as the
Hittinger-
Karakash
Plaza. Members of the
campus
community
and general
public are invited to
attend the dual dedication
which will conclude at
approximately 11:15 a.m.
The General Motors Foundation and trustee chair
Ronald J. Ulrich '66 will be
honored at the ceremony for
their generosity.
Packard Auditorium was
extensively renovated over
the summer at the cost of
almost half a million dollars.
The major thrust of the
project was to provide central
air conditioning and a computer video projection system
for classroom
instruction.
Other
improvements
included
upgrading the
lighting and
stage, new
marker boards
for lectures,
new carpeting,
reupholstered
seating and
painting. The
General Motors
Foundation
contributed a
major naming
gift to the
university for the refurbishment ofthe auditorium.
Alumni in the classes of 1969,
1973, 1975 and 1988 also
made major contributions to
the project through the Class
Gift Program. The auditorium is the largest on the Asa
Packer campus with capacity
for 580 persons.
The exterior of Packard
Lab was also renovated this
summer with the construc
tion of an outdoor plaza,
improved walkways, steps
and railings and additional
landscaping. The plaza area,
which includes stone benches
and a circular fountain, will
be dedicated in honor of
John J. Karakash, former
dean ofthe College of Engineering and Applied Science
and internationally renown
scholar and researcher, and
William C. Hittinger '44,
former chairman ofthe board
of trustees and retired
executive vice president of the
RCA Corporation. Funding
for the plaza and exterior
renovations was provided by.
Ulrich, president of Equinox
Capital Management, New
York City.
"The recent developments
in and around Packard Lab
were greatly needed and,
already, we have seen the
positive effects of enhancing
our interior and exterior
learning environment," said
Harvey Stenger, dean ofthe
College of Engineering and
Applied Science which is
housed in Packard Laboratory.
"The generous support ofthe
General Motors Foundation,
the alumni and Ron Ulrich
reflects the intent of our
original benefactor, James
Ward Packard, to have a
learning environment that is
both technologically advanced
and aesthetically pleasant."
For more information on the
dedication, contact Lorraine
Wiedorn at 758-4874.
Students in Professor of Mathematics Gilbert Stengle's
calculus II class hand in their hourly exams in the renovated
General Motors Auditorium.
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Princeton 20-14        X /-
Education minor grows in popularity
by Bill Johnson
While Lehigh's College of Education is seen as the premier graduate
education program in the region, few
are aware that about 60 Lehigh
undergraduates, like Daphnie Sicre,
a journalism/theatre major from
Madrid, Spain, are minoring in
education. Five years ago, that
number was only a handful.
Sicre was considering adding
education to her already full schedule,
which also includes taking photographs for the student newspaper. It
was her summer teaching internship
in Los Angeles in the Summerbridge
Program that convinced her that an
education minor was the right choice.
For the Summerbridge Program,
she designed a six-week writing and
language course for at-risk seventh
grade students from Santa Monica.
The pay wasn't great, and she gave
up a summer at home with her family,
but she's pleased with the experience
that she's going back next summer.
"It was one ofthe most enriching
experiences of my life," Sicre said. "I
learned a lot about teaching from the
master teachers in the program, and
they said I have a talent for working
with students. We started with
sentence structure and they ended up
writing a paper on a topic they chose.
They were so proud of their work."'
"At the end ofthe six weeks, there
was a big assembly for students,
teachers and parents," she said. 'They
asked me to make a speech, but
instead I read a poem I wrote, and I
received a standing ovation. Four of
my kids and a few of the parents have
written to me. I realized I really made
an impact."
"The choices at Lehigh have been
great," said Sicre, who wants to go on
to graduate school and teach in New
York City. "Being able to create a
double major and then add a minor
opens even more doors for me."
Please see Education on page 4
Courtesy Daphnie Sicre
Daphnie Sicre and Summerbridge
student Michael Ruiz
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