LehighWeek Volume 08, Issue 08

              HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
CONTENTS
NEWS: College of Education
Alumni Day, ElectionLine
starts 1-3
EVENTS: Will Canada
breakup? Freshman Parents
Weekend, Jazz Concert   4-6
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DEPARTMENT: English as a
Second Language 7
PEOPLE: Mary Ann Haller
profiled, King to head
bookstore, Undergrads help
with research 8-10
PERSPECTIVE: Liaison
programs: boon or boondoggle?
11
CALENDAR:
12
JOBS:
10
SOUTH MOUNTAINEER:
The Bucknell Bison gave a
31-27 stampede over Lehigh!
13-16
SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
LEHIGHWEEN
Volume 8, Issue 08
For the Campus Community
October 25,1994
Alcohol Awareness Week
Stepping it up recently in Taylor Gym are members of the
"World's Largest Aerobics Class." The step aerobics class
was one of many scheduled at the same time nationwide as
part of Timex Fitness Week. Health and fitness were the
main objectives during Alcohol Awareness Week and Timex
Fitness Week,  photo by Benjamin Swears '98.
A brutal reminder that drinking and driving do not mix. This "pretty sight" was one of the daily
displays outside of Maginnes Hall during Alcohol Awareness Week recently. Topics on alcohol use
and abuse, eating disorders and fitness were covered in a variety of programs throughout the week.
photo by Benjamin Swears '98
Merit and fifth-year scholarships approved
The Board of Trustees has voted
to establish merit scholarships as a
component of the university's
overall financial aid program and to
move ahead on the "fifth-year free"
program. Providing both need-
based and merit scholarships will
increase the pool of high quality
applicants and allow Lehigh to
continue to recruit excellent
students.
The availability of the merit
scholarships will allow a number of
high quality students whose
families do not qualify for need-
based financial aid to receive a
partial scholarship. With the cost of
a Lehigh education approaching
$25,000 a year, many families
regardless of their socioeconomic
background are looking for
assistance. With the establishment
of merit scholarships, the
university hopes to attract even
more high quality students to the
campus.
"Lehigh has worked hard over
the past few years to ensure access
to the university to students of all
economic backgrounds," said Pat
Boig, admissions director.
"Through our need-based program,
we have been able to aid more than
half of our incoming freshmen at
100 percent of their calculated need.
We continue to be committed to
need-based aid and will spend $26
million this year on our overall
financial aid programs." Over the
past four years Lehigh has met the
full demonstrated need of 95
percent of those students who were
offered admission through the
regular and early decision programs
and met the required deadline.
"It has become increasing
apparent to us, however, that there
are many families who do not
qualify for assistance as calculated
through standard methodology, but
who really need and deserve our
help," said Boig. The new merit
scholarship program will address
this need.
The merit scholarships will be
implemented through three
programs:
Dean's Scholarships —
Awards of $5,000-$7,000 per year .
will be given to students who exhibit
superior academic and leadership
skills;
Baker Scholarships for the
Performing Arts — Awards of a
minimum of $2,500 per year will be
given to students of high academic
quality who display a superior
talent in music or theater;
President's Scholars — Any
student who has a cumulative grade
point average of 3.5 or better upon
completion of 90 Lehigh credits, or
who graduates with high honors,
will be designated a President's
Scholar, and will receive a full
tuition scholarship for any Lehigh
courses, graduate or undergraduate,
taken within 12 months of
graduation. Specific details about
this program are still being
formulated, and more information
will be available later this semester.
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