Brown and White Vol. 126 no. 18

              By SAMANTHA TOMASZEWSKI
Lehigh University marketing professor of practice Beth Gallant, ’86, has not been reap­pointed to her position as a professor of practice for the coming year.
After being reviewed by the dean and the marketing department, the final decision regard­ing her reappointment was made yesterday by the provost. Her contract of three years will end this semester.
She received notification of her employment status via mail today.
“My phone has just been lighting up all day long with either texts from old students, present students, emails, so it’s so nice that they send a lot of personal love my way, so that makes it worthwhile until I sit back and I go — but I won’t be going back, and that’s the hard part,” Gallant said. “So a lot of tears today — A lot of crying emojis.
“It’s very, very sad to think I won’t ever be back — I just won’t, so that’s kind of tough and obviously it’s been a labor of love and a passion.”
Gallant has taught at Lehigh for several years after working for more than 25 years as a mar­keting professional. Her career at Lehigh began when she was a visiting lecturer; eventually, this led to a full-time job as a professor of practice.
“I think that a lot of the decision was made supposedly on the criteria that were laid out for them — my teaching and my service to the uni­versity — I do believe that I didn’t get reappoint­ed because they [Lehigh] retaliated against my allegations of gender discrimination,” she said. “So I do think that folded into it. I think the fact that this was sort of in retaliation for bringing up the discrepancies that I saw in asking for the ability to be treated fairly — I do think that this is in retaliation for that.”
The Brown and White contacted David A. Griffith, the chair of Lehigh’s marketing depart­ment, for comment. He deferred to Jordan Re­ese, Lehigh’s director of media relations.
“Lehigh University takes great care to con­duct faculty evaluations in an equitable manner, believing that securing the most dedicated fac­ulty is one of the greatest responsibilities for an institution of higher learning,” Reese said.
Through the reappointment process, Gal­lant has been supported by her students, both current and past. A petition encouraging her
Vol. 126 No. 18
Friday, April 4, 2014
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Gallant not reappointed despite student support
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Students perform in University Productions’ Battle of the Bands on March 21. The event was co-sponsored by The Music Box.
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Marketing professor Beth Gallant, ‘86, has more than 25 years of experience working in the field.
By KATIE KLINE
Career Services held a spe­cial event to inform students about potentially joining the Peace Corps on Monday in Neville Hall.
The event, which attracted students interested in learning about the importance of public service upon graduation in ad­dition to the opportunities the Peace Corps offers, was hosted by Peace Corps Acting Direc­tor Carrie Hessler-Radelet and Congressman Charlie Dent.
The event included a Skype question-and-answer session with Haleigh Duggan, who is currently serving with the Peace Corps in Mozambique.
The Peace Corps was es­tablished in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and has worked to promote world peace and friendship in three ways: helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, helping promote a better under­standing of Americans on the part of the people served, and helping promote a better under­standing of other peoples on the part of Americans.
Typically, a member of the Peace Corps serves for 27 months in a variety of disci­plines throughout the world in­cluding agriculture, community economic development, educa­tion, environment, health and youth in development.
The Peace Corps holds numerous recruiting events at Lehigh each year and hires an average of two to three Lehigh graduates annually.
Richard Freed, senior associ­ate director of Career Services, said the Peace Corps is “the toughest job you’ll ever love.”
In addition to being a re­warding experience, there are many other benefits of volun­teering for the Peace Corps, which a volunteer would re­ceive both before and after their service, he said.
According to Freed, benefits during service include a liv­ing stipend and vacation time that allows volunteers to live in a manner similar to the local people in their region.
This stipend covers housing, food, and incidentals; medical and dental coverage; student loan assistance; and unique graduate school opportunities such as the ability to combine graduate school with service
Pike bike event raises funds for cancer research
By ANNA BOLD
Pi Kappa Alpha frater­nity held its third annual Cycle for Life fundraiser to raise money for blood cancer research on Thurs­day at Taylor Gym.
The event, also known as “Pikes on Bikes,” is one of Pike’s national objectives.
According to the offi­cial Cycle for Life mission statement, the vision of the event is to “have sta­tionary bikes in a constant state of motion for a set period of time, to share in the struggle that cancer patients and their fami­lies face during a battle with cancer, to promote a healthy lifestyle, and to raise money for the Tay­lor Trudeau Cycle for Life Charitable Foundation.”
Taylor Trudeau was a Pike brother who passed away from leukemia in August 2008. The foun­dation, which Trudeau’s parents started, donates all money raised to blood cancer research.
The event ran from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the sec­ond floor of Taylor Gym.
There were 22 bikes set up, and participants could pay $10 for a half hour turn on a bike.
There were also Pike brothers on the bikes throughout the event to promote the fundraiser, according to Colin Miks­iewicz, ’16, a Pike brother.
The chapter also re­ceived a donation from Pepsi as a part of its fund­raiser, Miksiewicz said.
All those who partici­pated in the Cycle for Life were entered in a raffle to win a Pepsi fixie bike, and the first people to do­nate more than $20 also
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