LehighNow Volume 01, Issue 02

              LEHIGHNOW
November 22, 2000
Volume 1, Issue 2
Their brilliant careers
IN BRIEF
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Bound for glory
Lehigh's football team,
off to the NCAA playoffs
for the third straight year
after completing an 11-0
regular-season record, will
travel to Western Illinois
on Saturday, Nov. 25, to
take on the Leathernecks
in the first round.
Lehigh beat Lafayette,
31-17, on Saturday, Nov.
18, winning the Patriot
League with a 6-0 record
and earning the No. 10
seed in the NCAA
Tournament. It was the
Hawks' sixth consecutive
win over their arch-rival.
Western Illinois
finished 9-2 to win the
Gateway Conference.
Tickets for the game are
on sale in the Lehigh
ticket office in Taylor
Gym, and can be ordered
by calling x84263. Travel
plans and TV information are posted on the
Lehigh website.
Photo by Elizabeth Keegin Colley
At a Leaders-in-Residence Progam sponsored recently by the
President's Council of Women, (l-r) Ellen Marshall Flanagan
'80, Alicia Zarouni Rankin '91, Sharon Kanovsky '86, Marella
Atwood Turorell '89, and Elizabeth Pulver Castleman '88 take
part in a panel discussion.
Undergraduates in the
College of Business and
Economics heard advice
from successful women
graduates during a recent
two-day Leaders-in-
Residence Progam sponsored by the President's
Council of Women.
The students were told to
discover their career
passions, set boundaries
between their work and
personal life, be flexible
and patient in searching
for a job, and lead a
balanced life.
"When I was in college
here, our motto was
always, 'Work hard, play
hard,'" said Sharon
Kanovsky '86.
An accounting graduate,
Kanovsky is vice-president
of mutual fund administration for Baltimore-based
Deutsche Asset Management. During the summer,
she competes in weekly
sailing races in Chesapeake Bay.
"That sort of thing makes
me a well-rounded
person," Kanovsky said.
"People I work with know
I work hard and that I
value my interests as well.
With that comes respect."
Marella Atwood Thorell
'89, a human resources
director with Campbell
Corporate Information
Systems, told undergrads not
to lose sight of their priorities.
"Your life will be defined by
many things beyond professional success," she said.
"Very early on, each of you
will have to set boundaries
for yourself so that you don't
get burned out."
Other returning alumnae
were Elizabeth Pulver
Castleman '88, Ellen
Marshall Flanagan '80,
Alicia Zourini Rankin '91,
Meredith Spector '82 and
Elizabeth Short Stothoff '90.
Their experience spans
global marketing, mutual
fund administration, research
for ESPN, product development for ACNielsen and
human resources.
Classroom discussions
included a "Banker's Day"
program in Prof. Karen
Collin's Intro to Business
class, in which students
presented mock business
plans to the alumnae.
The President's Council of
Women seeks to boost
leadership and contributions
of women at Lehigh.
-Linda Harbrecht
A rung up on
corporate life
Lehigh's Integrated
Business and Engineering
(IBE) program offers the
best of two worlds for
freshmen Heather Majczan,
Jonathan McMullen and
Sabrina Terrizzi.
In the Information Age,
the students hope to acquire
an understanding of how
business and technology fit
together. As IBE students,
they benefit from the
resources and faculty of the
College of Business and
Economics and the PC.
Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.
"The IBE program played
a major role in my decision
to attend Lehigh," says
McMullen, a chemical
engineering major from
Pittsburgh eyeing a consulting career. "IBE is by far one
of the most innovative
college programs that I
know of - one that is offered
by very few colleges."
"The main thing I have
gotten out of this program
is confidence," says Terrizi,
a computer engineering
major from Readington,
N.J., who hopes to become
an entrepreneur. "IBE is
looked upon by students
and faculty with a very high
level of esteem. I feel like a
distinct student here."
In addition to taking
courses in business and
engineering, IBE students
develop skills through field
visits, guest lectures,
internships and externships.
They complete an industrial
internship and a design
project, and are encouraged
to complete an internship in
another country or a study-
abroad program.
-Rich Harry