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Michael Moffatt (seated far
right) and members of
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity check-out the goods
collected duriigg their
"Pantry Raid" held last
week.  The fraternity and
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority,
co-sponsors of the food
drive, distributed more
than 950 brown grocery
bags donated by Food Lane
Supermarkets to
Bethlehem residents. The
two groups collected more
than 2,000pounds for the
benefit of Bethlehem's
Southeast Neighborhood
Center.
Photo by Brian Ricker '94
vol.6,issueio wilh  SOUTH    MOUNTAINEER
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
LEHIGHWEEK
NOVEMBER 10,1992
Closing Budget Gap May Cost Jobs
Athletics
Inductees
Announced
See South Mountaineer
Alumni
Giving
Reccords
New Goals and Priorities Board Proposed to
Help Lehigh Cope with Fiscal Pressures
LEHIGH
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Bucknell
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Mountaineer
By Robert W. Fisher
Lehigh University Writers' Group
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Lesolving a $ 1.25-million shortfall in the 1992-93 budget—and
balancing the budget in 1993-94 — will require reductions in both
faculty and staff, according to President Peter Likins.
"We are all going to feel some pain," Likins said in outlining a
preliminary plan for reducing expenses developed by the President's
Council to department heads, academic chairs and center directors Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. While he expressed the hope that most of
the contractions could be handled through early retirement or
attrition, he acknowledged that some layoffs are likely.
This is not new for Lehigh. "There has been a contraction in
staff for the past three or four years," Likins acknowledged. Three
vice-presidential level positions have been eliminated under Likins'
watch, and four since 1978. Since the beginning of the Resource
Management initiative in 1989, the equivalent of 26 administrative staff positions have been eliminated, although total budgets
at Lehigh have continued modest annual growth.
Lehigh is not alone in coping with fiscal pressures; in fact, the
university is in better shape than most of its peers. The American
Council on Education recently reported that nearly 60 percent of
all institutions experienced budget cuts in 1991-92, resulting in
Full-time Faculty and Staff
continued on page 2
President Announces Changes
For May 1993 Commencement
Peter Likins has announced
that Lehigh's May 1993 Commencement ceremonies will
have a slightly different format
from previous years.
This year's graduation festivities will again include the
individual college recognition
ceremonies, which proved so
successful last year. However,
in order to alleviate any possible scheduling problems on the
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part of family and friends, this
year's recognition ceremonies
will be held on the same day as
the Commencement ceremony.
The schedule will be as follows:
• The baccalaureate service
will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 29.'
• The University graduation
ceremony will be held in Stabler Arena at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 30. (tickets will be
required; each student will be
allotted four.)
• The individual college recognition ceremonies will begin
at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 30,
and end no later than 5:30 p.m.
The ceremonies will be held at
various locations on campus,
which will be designated at a
later date.
The Alumni Association reception at Mountaintop will follow the baccalaureate services.
There will also be ample time
for lunch after Sunday
morning's graduation ceremony.
Parents of seniors will be sent
letters informing them of Commencement plans later this
month. In addition, a schedule
with final details will be sent to
them in early spring.
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