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LehighWeek ^■^^ 7111-th Qnii+h A/fmi-nta-i-Moor with South Mountaineer Volume 10, Issue 3 Lehigh University Campus Weekly September 17,1996 Inside News Events 1-3, 8-9 4-5,8 Campus Safety 6-7 People 9 Athletics 10-12 Alice Walker highlights Communiversity Day by Ken McCluskey, '98 For the first time in some 30 years, Lehigh canceled morning classes for a campus-wide celebration of Communiversity Day. The event was part of the yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of undergraduate women at Lehigh. Keynote speaker at the event held Sept. 11, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Alice Walker, spoke about her many observations of the issues confronting today's society. Adding to the festivities were remarks by Peter Likins, president; Rhonda Gross, vice president of finance and administration; and senior Amy Sobotkin, student coordinator of Communiversity Day. "I am thrilled the way this day went," Sobotkin said. "And, I am very happy with the support we received from the faculty and staff." Highlighting the day, Alice Walker related her opinions and thoughts to the large crowd, often evoking laughter, and sometimes deep thought, with her deft approach to the issues society faces. "We must think about the diversity of every single thing on this earth—simply for one reason—because it's here," Walker said. Along with diversity, Walker wove into her talk topics such as fear, the criticism and censorship of her works, and apathy as opposed to activism. "I feel very strongly," Walker said, "That we're in a period where you have to be active. You've had your decade of apathy." Rounding out her speech, Walker read from two of her published pieces, Am I Blue and Anything We Love Can Be Saved, as well as an unpublished, new work on society's language, titled Becoming What We're Called. Walker's presence on campus was not the only thing that inspired students that day. There were also group discussions on diversity and a chance to hear different interpretations on Walker's speech. "I was glad to see so many people come out for this," said Christine Earkazis, '98, "But now I'm very curious to see whether people will think about things a little differently." Later in the day, Walker led a closed workshop for students and faculty, where each person was given the opportunity to ask the author questions about her John Klsh IV Pulitzer Prize winner, Alice Walker, captivates Communiversity Day audience. life, her works and her views. Many issues arose, including her most notorious book, The Color Purple, the Million Man March on Washington, feminism and Please'see Walker on page 2 Inside Alice Walker, see pages 2, 3 Clip and Save: 6,7 Safety tips on campus SouthMountaineer Football wins "I ^\ patriot opener J_ Zm — .— Student retention rate rises At the university faculty meeting Sept. 9, Registrar Bruce Correll reported that student retention has risen this year and is now at the highest percentage since 1987. Ninety-three percent of last year's freshman class returned for their sophomore year, and 86 percent of the students who arrived in the fall 94 are back for their junior year. "The last few years we have been admitting an academically stronger freshman class," said Correll. "The results are showing in the rising retention rate." "The news is also good on the undergraduate enrollment rate overall," he continued. "We expected a freshman class of 1100 and hit it right on the nose. Due to the good retention rates, we exceed expectations for the number of continuing students, with an actual FTE (full time equivalent number of students) of 4,317 compared to the expected number of only 4,255." Lorna J. Hunter, dean of admissions and financial aid, added that the SAT range for the middle 50 percent of the freshman class was 1130 to 1300, based on the new recentered SAT scores. On the graduate enrollment size, the news was not as positive with the graduate enrollment decline continuing from the last few years. There are 1,841 graduate students this year compared to 1,960 last year and 2,041 in fall 94. The growing distance education program is helping to slow the rate of decline. "We have 251 graduate students this year registered through distance learning, compared to 181 last fall and 100 the year before," said Correll. "Without the distance learning program, the gradu- Please see Retention on page 2 LEHIGH LehighWeek Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3067 NON-PROFIT MAIL. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015
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Title | LehighWeek Volume 10, Issue 03 |
Subject | Lehigh University--Periodicals |
Description | Reports on the past week's news, and schedules of upcoming events, at Lehigh University. Thirty issues yearly, published weekly, except for vacations, during the school year, and once or twice a month during the summer. |
Creator | Lehigh University. Dept. of University Relations. |
Publisher | Lehigh University |
Date | 1996-09-17 |
Type | Text |
Format | newsletters |
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Extent | 9 pages |
Dimensions | 38 cm. x 28 cm. |
Identifier | SC LSer L522 V10 N3 |
Language | Eng |
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Title | [Front cover] |
Identifier | SC LSer L522 V10 N3 001 |
Language | Eng |
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Catalog Record | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/304229 |
Full Text | LehighWeek ^■^^ 7111-th Qnii+h A/fmi-nta-i-Moor with South Mountaineer Volume 10, Issue 3 Lehigh University Campus Weekly September 17,1996 Inside News Events 1-3, 8-9 4-5,8 Campus Safety 6-7 People 9 Athletics 10-12 Alice Walker highlights Communiversity Day by Ken McCluskey, '98 For the first time in some 30 years, Lehigh canceled morning classes for a campus-wide celebration of Communiversity Day. The event was part of the yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of undergraduate women at Lehigh. Keynote speaker at the event held Sept. 11, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Alice Walker, spoke about her many observations of the issues confronting today's society. Adding to the festivities were remarks by Peter Likins, president; Rhonda Gross, vice president of finance and administration; and senior Amy Sobotkin, student coordinator of Communiversity Day. "I am thrilled the way this day went," Sobotkin said. "And, I am very happy with the support we received from the faculty and staff." Highlighting the day, Alice Walker related her opinions and thoughts to the large crowd, often evoking laughter, and sometimes deep thought, with her deft approach to the issues society faces. "We must think about the diversity of every single thing on this earth—simply for one reason—because it's here," Walker said. Along with diversity, Walker wove into her talk topics such as fear, the criticism and censorship of her works, and apathy as opposed to activism. "I feel very strongly," Walker said, "That we're in a period where you have to be active. You've had your decade of apathy." Rounding out her speech, Walker read from two of her published pieces, Am I Blue and Anything We Love Can Be Saved, as well as an unpublished, new work on society's language, titled Becoming What We're Called. Walker's presence on campus was not the only thing that inspired students that day. There were also group discussions on diversity and a chance to hear different interpretations on Walker's speech. "I was glad to see so many people come out for this," said Christine Earkazis, '98, "But now I'm very curious to see whether people will think about things a little differently." Later in the day, Walker led a closed workshop for students and faculty, where each person was given the opportunity to ask the author questions about her John Klsh IV Pulitzer Prize winner, Alice Walker, captivates Communiversity Day audience. life, her works and her views. Many issues arose, including her most notorious book, The Color Purple, the Million Man March on Washington, feminism and Please'see Walker on page 2 Inside Alice Walker, see pages 2, 3 Clip and Save: 6,7 Safety tips on campus SouthMountaineer Football wins "I ^\ patriot opener J_ Zm — .— Student retention rate rises At the university faculty meeting Sept. 9, Registrar Bruce Correll reported that student retention has risen this year and is now at the highest percentage since 1987. Ninety-three percent of last year's freshman class returned for their sophomore year, and 86 percent of the students who arrived in the fall 94 are back for their junior year. "The last few years we have been admitting an academically stronger freshman class," said Correll. "The results are showing in the rising retention rate." "The news is also good on the undergraduate enrollment rate overall," he continued. "We expected a freshman class of 1100 and hit it right on the nose. Due to the good retention rates, we exceed expectations for the number of continuing students, with an actual FTE (full time equivalent number of students) of 4,317 compared to the expected number of only 4,255." Lorna J. Hunter, dean of admissions and financial aid, added that the SAT range for the middle 50 percent of the freshman class was 1130 to 1300, based on the new recentered SAT scores. On the graduate enrollment size, the news was not as positive with the graduate enrollment decline continuing from the last few years. There are 1,841 graduate students this year compared to 1,960 last year and 2,041 in fall 94. The growing distance education program is helping to slow the rate of decline. "We have 251 graduate students this year registered through distance learning, compared to 181 last fall and 100 the year before," said Correll. "Without the distance learning program, the gradu- Please see Retention on page 2 LEHIGH LehighWeek Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3067 NON-PROFIT MAIL. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 |
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