LehighNow Volume 03, Issue 01

              LEHIGHNOW
September 4,2002
Volume 3, Issue 1
New students and parents
embark on adventure
IN BRIEF
HONORS/AWARDS
Clipper
funding
renewed
The College of Education
has received its second
round of funding for a
five-year project
exploring the costs and
benefits associated with
offering Web-based
courses to high-school
seniors who have been
"pre-admitted" to a
medium-sized private
university.
The project, called
Clipper, has received more
than $ 1 million in the last
three years from The
Andrew Mellon Foundation. Sally A. White,
dean of the College of
Education, and MJ
Bishop, assistant
professor, are co-
principal investigators.
The study focuses on
student achievement in
Web-based courses, the
extent to which participation in Internet-based
courses prepares
students for advanced
course work, whether this
approach succeeds in
opening broader learning
experiences to them, and
how the process affects
the faculty involved.
Welcome aboard!
Starting with the next issue
of LehighNOW, we will
introduce you to the 22
new faculty members who
have joined our university
community this fell.
Lehigh President Gregory
C. Farrington welcomed
the 1,152 members of the
Class of 2006, and
reassured their anxious
parents at a reception
during Freshman Move-in
Day in late August.
"Today marks the start of
the Lehigh adventure for
your daughters and sons
and for you, too," he told
several hundred students
and family members
gathered in Packer
Memorial Church for the
mid-afternoon welcoming
ceremony.
Farrington also told
parents to expect a
transformation in their
children over the next few
years, beginning with an
enhanced sense of personal
responsibility.
"The first thing we require
is for them to take responsibility for themselves and
others around them," he
said. "But we will tell your
sons and daughters, if they
make a wrong decision, we
are here to help."
He added: "AH of us here
at Lehigh have high
expectations for you. As
president, I assure you that
we take this commitment to
students and parents very
seriously."
John Smeaton, vice
provost for student affairs,
also underscored the
concept of a challenging
personal journey for the
students entering Lehigh as
he introduced Farrington.
He noted, "Your sons and
daughters now belong to
the Lehigh family."
Farrington's talk followed
a day of frenzied activity,
which began with freshman
Photo by John Kish IV
Bobb Carson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, lends a
hand as students move in.
registration in the Alumni
Memorial Building. New
students and their families
were aided by hundreds of
university volunteers who
directed traffic, served
refreshments, and helped
carry personal possessions
into residence halls.
An outdoor luncheon was
served in front of the
University Center, and a
reception followed
Farrington's talk on the lawn
outside Packer Church.
The welcoming activities
were widely lauded by
parents, who were grateful
for the helping hands. "The
thing we see here is a sense of
community and family,"
said Jim Devery, father of
Jim Devery'06 of Richboro,
Pa. "It's very comfortable
and complete."
New bookstore expands
variety, space and hours
Have you gone to "The
Well" yet?
It's just one of the
pleasures to be found in the
new University Bookstore,
which opened Aug. 5 in the
new Campus Square
complex. The bright and
spacious two-story
building boasts 50 percent
more space than the former
location in Maginnes Hall.
That has allowed the
bookstore to greatly increase
the variety of items offered.
It's not just textbooks and
sweatshirts anymore. It's
gourmet coffee and Godiva
chocolates, Fine Cutter and
Buck golf shirts sporting the
new Lehigh logo, an expanded section of women's
clothing, a selection of trade
Please see Bookstore, Page 3