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Volume 11, Issue 5
Lehigh University Campus Weekly
September 23,1997
Gala open to all through closed-circuit TV
To enable more people to see the
performances of James Earl Jones
and the New York Philharmonic in
the Zoellner Arts Center this
weekend, the administration, MBC
Teleproductions, and University
Productions, a student-run organization, are providing free closed-
circuit TV transmission of both
events. Seats will be available on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
The transmissions will feature
stereo sound and a multi-camera
production projected on a 20-foot
screen. Light refreshments will be
served and programs for the event
will be available.
Jones' Shakespearean readings
will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept.
26. His performance, which is by
invitation only, will be transmitted
live from the Diamond Theater to
Baker Hall. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
A rare road appearance of the
New York Philharmonic is scheduled
lor 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27. The
sold-out performance is a fund-
raising event for the center. The live
transmission of the performance
will be relayed to Packard Laboratory Auditorium. Doors open at 6
p.m.
Maestro Kurt Masur will lead the New York Philharmonic in a dedication concert at the Zoellner Arts
Center on Saturday, Sept. 27, to highlight the new center's inaugural weekend.
Enrollment update
Class of 2001 is one of
strongest in recent years
The Class of 200 lis
academically one of the
strongest classes at
Lehigh in recent years,
registrar Bruce Correll
reported at the Sept. 15
university faculty meeting. AI is an admissions
criteria, Correll said,
which Lehigh has been
using for eight or nine
years.
The Academic Index for
the Class of 2001, which is
a numerical figure that
takes into account a
student's high school class
rank, high school grades
and SAT score, is up five
points overall from last
year.
As for individual
colleges, the College of
Arts and Sciences and the
College of Engineering and
Applied Science showed the
greatest increase, with the
AI for students in- these
colleges up five points. The
AI for the College of Business and Economics is up
four points.
Mean SAT scores are
also up, with the average
overall verbal SAT score
being 591, and the mean
math score being 633,
totaling 1224, which is up
16 points from last year.
Graduate enrollment
figures, however, dropped
from a total of 1,923
students last year to 1,836
this year.
More 1997 enrollment
data appears in the chart.
—Audra Gaugler
Undergraduate Enrollment Report
September 15,
1997
Oct.-96
Student
10th Day
Change
Projection
Type
Headcount
1,100
New
1,100
0
60
Transfer
64
+4
3,174
Continuing
3,234
+60
4,334
Total
4,398
+64
4,330
FTE
4,404
+74
Quality Measures For The New Class
September 15,
1997 (1997 Fall Entering Class)
Change
Change
College
AI         From 96     SAT-V
SAT-M
Total
From 96
Overall
187        +5
591
633
1224
+16
AE
190       +1
610
653
1263
+17
AS
185       +5
589
617
1206
+17
BU
182        +4
577
617
1194
+ 8
EN
192        +5
600
663
263
+12
1997 Fall Graduate Enrollment Report
September 15,1997 (Change 96 Fall To Fall 97)
College
Headcount
Credits       Total students
AS
-19
-56
452
BU
-23
-58
405
ED
-10
+29S
457
EN
-35
-122
522
Total
-87
-137
1,836
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