Brown and White Vol. 135 no. 13

              The Brown and White Vol. 135 No. 13
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 ‘All the Lehigh News First’
Former UN ambassador visits Lehigh
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Samantha Power speaks in a roundtable discussion in Williams Hall, which was held in addition to her Ethics’ Peter S. Hagerman,
‘61, Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Packard Lab. Power served as the United Nations Ambassador for the Obama
Administration from 2013 to 2017.
as a leader.
“It’s another thing to be sitting in
a meeting with, let’s say the U.N.
Secretary-General, to be briefed by
some problem and to see every
country in the world just waiting to
see what America has to say before
they even formulate a response,”
Power said. “That’s leadership.”
Power’s visit also involved
round-table discussion sessions
with both undergraduate and
graduate students. Power said she
appreciated that students came
prepared for the discussion with
critical commentary and questions.
Topics of discussion included
human rights, American foreign
policy and increasing U.N. legiti-macy.
Alyssa Nadler, ’21, an undergrad-uate
economics and sociology dou-ble-
major, was invited to take part
in the discussion through her pub-lic
relations work with the Center
for Ethics.
“She deals with some of the harsh-est
human rights issues worldwide
and yet she has confidence that
despite everything going on it is
going to be okay, and that doing
your part doesn’t mean doing some
giant act of service, it can simply
mean educating yourself and oth-ers,”
Nadler said. “The way she
encouraged us to start with small
goals instead of huge goals made it
seem possible that each of us can
have an impact on problems that
seem so out of our control.”
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Campaign for Lehigh reaches national community
By LUCY ZHOU
Associate News Editor
The Campaign for Lehigh will
kick off on the UC Front Lawn on
Oct. 25 and serve as a component
of this year’s Founder’s Day cele-bration.
Deirdre Kwiatek, the direc-tor
of the campaign, said though
Founder’s Day remains an import-ant
tradition for celebrating Lehigh,
the campaign will provide the oppor-tunity
to recognize alumni, leader-ship
and students. It is an initiative
for fundraising for the institution,
but also for philanthropy and future
projects.
Elements of the Founder’s Day
ceremony will be incorporated into
the campaign launch program.
President John Simon said the pur-pose
of Founder’s Day has changed
throughout the years, but it will
continue to recognize leadership of
all levels, from student leaders to
new deans.
“We’re kind of creating a fes-tive-
style atmosphere for students
to come out and connect to one
another within the community to
see each other and look at the power
of the Lehigh community just here
among our campus,” Kwiatek said.
Kwiatek said alumni are invited
but the kick-off event is intended for
students, faculty and the on-campus
community to come together in a
By MADELINE SHEIFER
Associate Photo Editor
Samantha Power, the former U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations
during the Obama Administration,
came to Lehigh on Oct. 18 as the
second speaker for the Center for
Ethics Peter S. Hagerman, ’61,
Lecture Series.
Her lecture, “Changing Your Slice
of the World,” focused on the idea
that although individuals may be
too small to change the world, peo-ple
can change their own “slices” of
the world through their actions.
“I think the main thing to focus
on is small acts and actions that
can do — either in the short- or
long-term — some good,” Power
said. “(Don’t) feel that just because
(something) doesn’t solve the melt-ing
planet that it’s not worthwhile.”
Power said hearing from 192
countries for nearly four years
gave her more of an “outside-in”
perspective on the U.S. and its
government. She said she realized
how many “slices” the U.S. really
impacts.
She noted the difference between
reading and writing about American
leadership and said she witnessed
how other countries view the U.S.
powerful way.
Simon said the original Founder’s
Day event did not have high atten-dance
from students.
“(Students) are part of this commu-nity
and family…the event should
be for (students). The evening’s
entertainment was chosen in discus-sion
with University Productions.
In some ways it’s almost two events
encapsulated in one.”
Joseph Buck, the vice president of
Development and Alumni Relations,
said the office and students from UP
collaboratived to select an entertain-er
who students would appreciate
and come to see. They were able to
narrow the list of possible artists to
Grammy Award-nominated Halsey,
who they felt was relatable and
appropriate for the audience.
Kwiatek said the winning con-testants
from Lehigh Idol — Paint
House, Burn it Down and Rhythm
Method — were sought out to per-form
at the campaign as a way to get
different groups involved.
“This is a way to get students to
be literally part of the program, and
more than just part of the program,
but creating excitement around it
and showcase the Lehigh talent in
an unexpected way,” Kwiatek said.
Another goal of the campaign is to
increase engagement not only with
students, but also with Lehigh’s
network of 80,000 alumni.
With such a large concentration
of alumni in New York and the
West coast, campaign launches will
also be held in Manhattan and San
Francisco on Oct. 26 and 27, respec-tively.
Kwiatek said the launch will
start on campus —specifically, on
the UC front lawn — because it is
the beating heart of Lehigh.
The event in New York will be
held on the Intrepid, a former mili-tary
ship that now serves as a part
of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space
Museum. West Coast alumni will
celebrate the campaign launch at
the Legion of Honor, a part of the
Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco.
The launch at Lehigh is tailored
specifically to students, Kwiatek
said, but the event in New York will
be more business-oriented because
of the greater alumni presence.
“We really wanted to make sure
that everybody has a place because
that’s what we believe the overar-ching
message of the campaign is,”
Kwiatek said. “Lehigh is everybody,
and the power of Lehigh is when
all of these Lehigh people come
together.”
Simon said the timing of the five-year
fundraising campaign was cho-sen
based on the growth of the insti-tution
and its goals. He said after
a few years of increased experien-
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