LehighNow Volume 02, Issue 02

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LEHIGHNOW
September 28, 2001
Volume 2, Issue 2
A message from President Harrington
Unprecedented heroism
IN BRIEF
Scholarship
fund created
for victims of
terrorist attack
Lehigh has announced
the creation of a
permanently endowed
fund to help current and
future students who
have encountered
hardship as a result of
the acts of terrorism
that rocked the country
on Sept. 11.
"I think most of us
think of Lehigh as a
family - a close-knit,
supportive and loyal
group that cheers its
members on in the best
of times, and supports
them unwaveringly
during times of crisis,"
said President Gregory
C. Farrington. "We've
seen an extraordinary
outpouring of compassion and concern
through the efforts of
our faculty, staff and
students, who have been
reaching out to each
other in a multitude of
ways in the wake of the
recent national tragedy."
But, he added, it is a
"sad reality that financial
circumstances of some
Lehigh families may have
changed as a result of the
death or injury of a
family member, and we
want to help."
Farrington said that
the fund has been
created in memory of
those in the extended
Lehigh family who were
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Over the past two
weeks, we have seen
horrendous acts of
terrorism touch off selfless
acts of heroism in America.
We have seen devastation in
New York City and Washington, D.C., but we have
also witnessed an amazingly
resilient citizenry - from
firefighters and police officers to
medical personnel and political
leaders - respond with
conviction and compassion.
The response on our
campus to the attacks of
Sept. 11 has been no
different. The terrorist acts
claimed up to 7,000 lives
and many people at Lehigh
were affected. But we have
come together as a family,
supporting each other in
ways too numerous to
mention. Faculty and staff
have offered unwavering
support to students
agonizing over the fate of
loved ones. Our residence
life coordinators, chaplain,
and counseling staff remained
available 24 hours a day in
the aftermath of the attack.
Students, too, have
mobilized. While many
donated blood at the Miller
Memorial Blood Center, the
Public Relations Student
Society of America, aided by
Student Affairs and
University Development,
collected money for the Red
Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
The Council of Student
Presidents, made up of 14
undergraduate and graduate
student organizations,
launched a ribbon campaign,
choosing three colors -
yellow for hope and our own
brown and white symbolizing the solidarity of the
Lehigh family.
Students also joined with
dining services to initiate a
"Lehigh Skip-a-Meal"
program, forgoing a meal to
have its cost donated to the
Red Cross.
I am almost unspeakably
proud of this community
and the Lehigh family. It is
truly remarkable what
happened this week. So
please, continue to reach out,
continue to do good, and
continue to comfort those
who have suffered loss.
An active
aftermath
A web site has been
set up to provide
updates on how the
terrorist attacks of
Sept. 11 have affected
the university and
how Lehigh is
responding.
To stay informed,
visit the university's
home page at
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click on the top story,
titled "Our Nation's
Tragedy and the
Lehigh Family."
The new page
contains messages
from university
leaders and information about support
services, events, and
changes in schedules.
It links to a site
maintained by the
Lehigh University
Alumni Association
(LUAA), which lists
the names of alumni
and other Lehigh
people whose lives
were lost in the
attacks.
Students,faculty
and staff jammed
Packer Church for
a special service
held Sept. 14 as
part of a national
day of prayer
three days after
the terrorist
attacks. President
Gregory Farrington
reminded mourners
of their "extraordinary" fortune to
live in a nation
dedicated to
"good and noble
values."
Photo by John Kish IV