LehighNow Volume 01, Issue 07

              LEHIGHNOW
February 14,2001
Volume 1, Issue 7
Trustees endorse measures to secure Lehigh's future
IN BRIEF
CHANGING FACES
Football shuffle:
Higginstopros;
Lembo takes reins
Kevin Higgins, who as
head football coach from
1994-2000 led Lehigh to
four Patriot League
championships, including
three straight NCAA
playoff berths, is leaving
to become quarterbacks
coach with the Detroit
Lions of the National
Football League.
Assistant head coach
Pete Lembo, a three-year
veteran of the football
program, will replace
Higgins.
"We will miss Kevin
Higgins immensely," said
Joe Sterrett, director of
athletics. "He has built
our football program into
one of the top programs
in the country while
developing young men
into leaders."
Higgins, who earned
three Coach-of-the-Year
honors and was twice a
finalist for the Eddie
Robinson National Coach-
of-the-Year award, said
he was confident of the
football team's continued
success.
"Our players understand the importance of
hard work, discipline and
a competitive spirit," said
Higgins. "And Pete
Lembo is well prepared to
handle the challenges
ahead. His leadership,
work ethic and ability to
relate to others will make
him a success."
New strategic
plan adopted
"Achieving Excellence:
Lehigh University's
Agenda for Academic
Leadership," the strategic
plan that will guide
Lehigh's efforts to enhance
academic excellence and
chart its course for the
future, was adopted by the
board of trustees at its
February meeting. Faculty
and staff had been
encouraged to review the
plan and offer comments in
December.
The plan outlines a
"Vision for Lehigh," in
which President Gregory
Farrington says the
university "is positioned to
take its place among the
nation's finest universities
of its size and should
strive to do so.
"Lehigh should continue
to be known for excellence
and innovation in undergraduate education; for
highly distinguished
research, scholarship, and
graduate and life-long
education: for attracting
the finest students and
faculty, and for educating
humane, literate, and
successful leaders for
society," said Farrington.
" The quality of the Lehigh
faculty and students
should also compare
favorably with those at the
top 25 universities in the
U.S."
The plan, which includes
implementation actions,
can be viewed by visiting
http: / Avww.lehigh.edu/
-inurel/luplan/ You will
need your Lehigh ID and e-
mail password. If you have
technical problems, contact
webcomm@Iehigh.edu.
Tuition
announced for
'Ol-'OZ
The board of trustees has
voted to raise tuition 3.9
percent, or by $940, to
$24,940 for 2001-02.
"This is the third-lowest
tuition increase at Lehigh in
the last 20 years," said
President Gregory
Farrington. "It is well below
last year's 5.2 percent
national average increase for
private colleges and universities."
Lehigh is also beginning a
five-year program to install
fire-sprinkler systems in all
residence halls, fraternities
and sororities. Due in part to
this, typical room and board
charges will increase $290.
To improve computing and
Internet services, a new
technology package will
provide high-speed Internet
access for on-campus
students and an Internet
service provider for off-
campus students. Student
computer labs will be
improved, and the wireless
network expanded to cover
more of the campus.
To help fund these
investments, all full-time
students will pay an annual
technology fee of $200 in
place of the current yearly
communication fee of $75
that is paid by almost all on-
campus students.
The total cost of attending
Lehigh next year for undergraduates, including tuition,
typical room and board, and
the technology fee, will
increase 4.6 percent to
$32,290.
Graduate tuition increases
will vary by college. The per-
credit-hour tuition rate for
the College of Business and
Economics will remain $610.
The College of Education
rate will increase by $10 to
$480, and the College of Arts
and Sciences and the P.C.
Rossin College of Engineering
and Applied Science rates by
$30 to $920. There will be a
$5 increase, to $540 per
credit hour, for students in
the MBA/Educational
Leadership program.
Students in MBA/Engineering will see a $40 decrease to
$695 per credit hour.
The trustees also approved
an increase in the faculty and
staff salary pool of 3.5
percent. An additional 0.5
percent will be available to
each vice president to handle
market equity, competitiveness, and promotion. All pay
raises will be based on merit.
Streetcar to
open
The department of theatre
will present Tennessee
Williams's tragedy A
Streetcar Named Desire,
directed by Augustine Ripa,
professor of theatre, at 8
p.m. on Feb. 23-24 and Feb.
28-March 2, and at 2 p.m. on
Sunday, Feb. 25, in the
Zoellner Arts Center.
A preview performance will
be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22.
The roles will be played by
Carolyn Shemwell '02
(Blanche), Chadd Zivic '02
(Stanley), Issabella Shields
'02 (Stella), Keiyana Scott
'03 (Eunice), Bradley Engle
(Steve) and Dan Gibbs '00
(Mitch), and also Cicero
Salmon III '01, April Kopp
'04, Michael Zurat '04, Sara
Reilly '04 and Vishal
Kothari '02. For ticket info,
call x83295.