Academic Support Services
The Office of Academic Support Services is committed to assisting all students in their academic achievement. The staff members work with students to assist their development both inside and outside the classroom. The Office of Academic Support Services staff is proud of their relationships with faculty members and college deans, as well as their relationships with other Student Affairs personnel. With collaborative efforts, the Office will assist students with any challenges that affect their academic progress.
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Academic Support Services Web site
Directions to University Center
Accounting
Courses at the undergraduate and graduate level are comprehensive in technical coverage, integrated, reflect real-world developments and advances in technology and provide critical skill for students. The combination of this strong curriculum, outstanding faculty, and talented students make the Accounting Department a key source of professionals for the “Big Four” public accounting firms and many other global organizations.
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Accounting Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
Admissions & Financial Aid
When you gain admission to Lehigh University, you have done more than select an academic institution. With your acceptance letter, you become a part of the Lehigh family, a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends that literally stretches around the globe. From the moment that you step foot on campus, you’ll take part in an array of experiences and activities that will shape not only your career, but the rest of your life. And, at Lehigh, we strongly believe that such educational growth opportunities should be made available, irrespective of financial status. As a result, the University remains committed to providing need-based financial aid as well as academic merit awards to qualified students. Financial aid packages are typically made up of a combination of scholarships, need-based grants, loans, and work study programs. More than half of all incoming first-year students receive financial aid awards.
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Admissions Web site
Financial Aid Web site
Admissions Office
Those interested in a robust educational experience in a place where academic, social, cultural and international opportunities abound are encouraged to contact the Lehigh Office of Admissions to initiate the application process. Admission to all undergraduate programs is handled through the Office of Admissions, while graduate applications are managed individually by each of the University’s four academic Colleges.
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Admissions Web site
Directions to Alumni Memorial Building
Alumni Association
The Lehigh University Alumni Association exists to make sure that alumni are Connected, Engaged, and Involved with Lehigh! The fellowship of other alumni is a powerful and satisfying feeling, one that benefits the Alumni Association personally and professionally. The Alumni Association encourages those situations that lead to better regard for each other and dear old Lehigh.
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Alumni Association Web site
Directions to Alumni Memorial Building
Anthropology (and Sociology)
The Sociology and Anthropology Department’s mission is to have successful graduates – people who make the world a better place for everyone. All of our courses – at both the undergraduate and graduate level – are designed to prepare students to pursue this life goal, whether continuing their education in graduate/professional schools or immediately entering a wide variety of careers.
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Anthropoloy (and Sociology) Web site
Art and Architecture
In the department of art and architecture, the emphasis is on design. The common foundation of design is enhanced by our undergraduate students’ one-on-one relationship with faculty and the development of their skills and attainment of knowledge.
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Art & Architecture Web site
Arts & Culture
With the university-wide program ArtsLehigh, the arts and creativity are promoted throughout the curriculum, around the campus environment, and within the local community. The program supports the concept that the artist is within all of us, and that creativity can be celebrated as both a participant and as an observer.
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Arts & Culture Web site
Athletics at Lehigh
At any sporting event — club or varsity level — you'll see fellow students cheer and compete with fierce school spirit. No matter what your level of expertise, there's a sport or activity for you to enjoy. Lehigh competes in 25 Division I intercollegiate sports for men and women. Each year Lehigh's varsity sports teams earn national recognition and poll rankings.
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Athletics at Lehigh
Directions to Taylor Gym
ATLSS
The Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) is a national engineering research center, initially established in 1986 with a grant from the National Science Foundation, and now a national site for civil and marine infrastructure research.
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ATLSS Web site
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania is part of a state-funded economic development initiative created in 1983. We link Pennsylvania entrepreneurs and companies with funding, people, technology, universities and other resources to help them prosper -- and in the process, fuel economic growth for the Commonwealth. The program has been modeled nationally and internationally.
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Web site
Biological Sciences
We offer our undergraduates distinctive experiences that provide exceptional preparation for graduate school, professional training, and careers in health-related industries. Our graduate students have forged successful careers in a variety of arenas, ranging from research positions at prestigious academic institutions to employment with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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Biological Sciences Web site
Biopharmaceutical Technology Institute
The Biopharmaceutical Technology Institute coordinates the education and research activity in the biopharmaceutical area of the chemistry and chemical engineering departments at Lehigh University. The main focus of this institute is to contribute to the creation and to the dissemination of engineering and scientific knowledge required to develop, improve and regulate biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry processes and products.
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Biopharmaceutical Technology Institute Web site
Bookstore
The Lehigh Bookstore, part of the Barnes and Noble family, offers all texts for all courses, new and used , a huge selection of general & reference books, a convenience area with late night hours (beverages, frozen meals, soups, snacks, candy, health & beauty aids), school & computer supplies, lots of residential living needs, a wide assortment of greeting cards & gifts and, of course, Lehigh merchandise.
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Bookstore Web site
Directions to Campus Square
Brown & White
Lehigh's Student Newspaper founded in 1894
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Brown & White Web site
Directions to Coppee Hall
Bursar
The mission of the Bursar's Office is to obtain and process data necessary to provide accurate bills and information to students, parents, University departments and outside companies in order to efficiently collect and deposit the financial resources required to operate the University. These functions are accomplished while servicing the special needs of our customers within the framework of University policies and legal guidelines.
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Bursar Web site
Directions to Alumni Memorial Building
Campus Involvement & Leadership
The Office of Campus Involvement and Leadership seeks to provide a challenging, supportive, student-centered environment where students are empowered to shape and enhance personal and community opportunities for learning and growth. We work with various partners in and outside the University community to offer students a diversity of programs and services to facilitate their intellectual, moral, interpersonal, social and vocational development.
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Campus Involvement & Leadership Web site
Career Services
Career Services assists students through the process of researching targeted organizations that provide the types of work desired, interviewing for specific positions through which career or professional interests can be satisfied, and then selecting from the available options the one that best meets the student’s needs.
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Career Services Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
Center for Academic Success
The Center for Academic Success, a component of Academic Support Services, is a facility committed to helping all students reach their full academic potential. The Center offers tutoring services in many first and second-year courses and study skills assistance free of charge to Lehigh University students. Our peer tutoring and study skills assistance programs offer subject specific tutoring and general learning and study skills support with the ultimate goal of giving LU students the skills they need to become successful, independent, and self- confident learners.
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Center for Academic Success Web site
Center for Optical Technologies
The Center for Optical Technologies is a multi-institutional initiative based at Lehigh University with a charter to advance research and applications of optical and optoelectronic technologies. Currently the three primary research focus areas are Optoelectronics, All-Optical Functionalities, and Biophotonics.
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Center for Optical Technologies Web site
Chaplain's Office
The University Chaplain provides a ministry of service and hospitality to the religiously diverse community at Lehigh University. The Chaplain responds to a variety of needs that arise in the university, working with students, faculty and staff to build up a positive sense of community. The Chaplain provides a community resource for raising values issues and addressing moral concerns in a variety of forums, both on and off campus; and the Chaplain's Office provides a focal point for religious activities on campus.
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Chaplain's Office Web site
Directions to Johnson Hall
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering is one of the oldest programs at Lehigh University, making its first appearance in the late nineteenth century, when the Department of Chemistry began to offer a degree in Industrial Chemistry (1895 - 1907). In 1907, the University granted its first bachelor’s degrees in Chemical Engineering.
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Chemical Engineering Web site
Chemistry
No other basic science touches and shapes as many aspects of modern society as does chemistry. The Department of Chemistry integrates these aspects with a solid foundation in chemistry capitalizing on strengths in surface and interface chemistry and bio-organic chemistry.
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Chemistry Web site
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil engineers are concerned with all aspects of the conception, planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the infrastructure essential to modern life. Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of the engineering profession born from societal needs to educate engineers in the causes, control, and prevention of environmental pollution while maintaining industrial and economic growth.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Web site
Clayton Conference Center
The Clayton Conference Center provides a first-class setting for conferences, seminars, and special events for both the University and the area's business community.
College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is a community of about 1900 undergraduate students and 200 full-time faculty – comparable in size to many four-year liberal arts colleges and offering the benefits of small size and intimate setting found at such colleges. Graduate students in the college experience individual attention combined with state-of-the-art laboratories, libraries and research facilities found only a research university.
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College of Arts and Sciences Web site
Directions to Maginnes Hall
College of Business and Economics
Today’s global economy dictates the need for business education that addresses the complexities that are inherent in a dynamic marketplace. As business needs change, the ingredients necessary for success must reflect these requirements. Lehigh University’s College of Business and Economics answers this call with both its undergraduate and graduate curricula.
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College of Business and Economics Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
College of Education
One key feature about the college is that we are highly selective and confer only graduate degrees. In addition, the faculty is engaged in a wide array of research projects and this provides students with opportunities to work closely with a mentor in a cutting-edge area of scholarship. The classes that students will take during their degree program use the latest methodologies in teaching and learning and so our graduates are assured the best educational experience to prepare them for a rewarding career.
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College of Education Web site
Directions to Iacocca Hall
Community Service
The Lehigh University Community Service Office was established in the fall of 1996 to provide a coordinated effort for students, faculty and staff to engage in service to the greater Lehigh Valley area. Currently the office has contact with over 100 local agencies that are always looking for volunteers. In addition to our contact with these agencies, we run major programs such as SERVE Trips, the service break programs; Volunteer Experience, the new student pre-orientation program and America Reads and Counts, a tutoring program for local elementary and middle school children.
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Community Service Web site
Comparative and International Education
The Comparative and International Education program is by definition a global program. We are leading, teaching, learning, and researching around the world for at least part of their program. The program extends beyond the classroom into real world, international, personal and extracurricular experiences. Participation in well-planned and supervised scholarly and professional experiences.
Computer Engineering
The mission of the Computer Engineering Department is to provide high quality, internationally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs that will attract exceptional students, expose them in depth to the fundamentals of the field and prepare them thoroughly for the demands of careers in a rapidly changing, challenging field.
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Computer Engineering Web site
Computer Science (College of Arts and Sciences)
The Computer Science program at Lehigh has the faculty and facilities to offer students a broad understanding of future directions in computers, along with opportunities to do research projects and to acquire skills valuable in the workplace. In the College of Arts and Sciences, students master computer science concepts while gaining a strong background in liberal arts.
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Computer Science (College of Arts and Sciences) Web site
Computer Science and Engineering
Our mission is to advance fundamentals in our field to support the development of future computing and information technology systems; to build the intellectual capital of our research and of our students in order to make the department an important regional, national, and international resource center for the development of computing and information technology systems and applications.
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Computer Science and Engineering Web site
Computing and Networking Services
Inside our beautiful, historic buildings you'll find a modern infrastructure with the latest technology. Lehigh offers 600 public site computers in 23 campus locations; widespread wireless access throughout campus; wired residences with 100 MBPS, troubleshooting help; campus portal with online course registration and more; training seminars, Web sites, Help Desk for students; central disk space for students with daily backup; and high-performance computing.
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Library and Technology Services Web site
Computing Center
The Computing Center is one of more than 30 student computing sites on campus with more than 400 personal computers for use, as well as printers and scanners.
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Computing Center Web site
Library and Technology Services Web site
Directions to E.W. Fairchild-Martindale Library and Computing Center
Counseling and Psychological Services
The Counseling Service (UCPS) is dedicated to the belief that a person's college years are optimally a time of challenge, inquiry, experimentation, productivity, and change. UCPS staff members recognize that college experience spans a developmental period characterized by periods of crisis, adaptation, resolution, and integration. Services are designed to help students not only manage crises, but to thrive in meaningful ways...to grow in self-understanding in order to make more satisfying and better use of their personal and interpersonal resources. UCPS also provides several Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) resources for the university community.
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Counseling and Psychological Services Web site
Counseling Psychology
Part of the College of Education, Counseling Psychology at Lehigh offers four masters programs (Elementary School Counseling, Secondary School Counseling, Counseling and Human Services, International Counseling) and one doctoral program (Counseling Psychology).
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Counseling Psychology Web site
Development
The Development Office plays a critical role in maintaining the quality of education and research going on at Lehigh by creating and maintaining long-range financial support programs for the University. Members of the development team are always willing to assist staff, alumni, and university friends in identifying funding needs and directing donations.
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Development Web site
Dining
It may sound a bit cliché, but dining at Lehigh really offers something to suit virtually every taste. On-campus eating options range from Baker’s Junction on the second floor of the University Center, where members of the Lehigh family can stop in for their daily fix of Starbucks, to Ikigaii, a popular choice among sushi lovers. Whether making use of a Lehigh meal plan or taking advantage of one of the University’s many retail dining services, you’ll encounter a variety of choices that are both nutritious and delicious.
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Dining Web site
Directions to University Center
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences is a diverse department that blends contributions from geologists, ecologists, and environmental scientists. The department’s goal is to stimulate enquiry and learning about the fundamental physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes that shape Earth's natural environment and its fundamental work lies in basic research and field-based experiential education.
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Earth and Environmental Sciences Web site
Economics
The Department of Economics embraces Lehigh University’s tradition of mixing theory and practice. In both research and teaching, members of our faculty specialize in applying economic theory and econometrics to economic policy and business issues.
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Economics Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
Educational Leadership
The mission of the Educational Leadership Program is to develop and support effective leaders for high-quality elementary/secondary education. Our vision of effective leaders is scholar-practitioners who foster the cognitive and affective development of all learners both through technological, managerial, and interpersonal skills as well as through agile and creative habits-of-mind.
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Educational Leadership Web site
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Our undergraduate program gives students ample opportunities to work on research projects with professors and in real-world internships with industry. Our graduate program is uniquely positioned to advance enabling technologies that drive revolutionary developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, optical technologies, information and communications technologies, and sensors and sensor networks.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Web site
Emulsion Polymers Institute
The Emulsion Polymers Institute was formed at Lehigh University in 1975 to carry out interdisciplinary research designed to gain fundamental information on, and understanding of, the preparation, characterization, properties, and applications of latexes. A latex is defined as a colloidal dispersion of submicroscopic polymer particles in a continuous medium, sometimes being referred to as emulsion polymers or polymer colloids.
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Emulsion Polymers Institute Web site
English
Throughout their studies, our undergraduate majors participate in a community of teachers and students who value reflection, conversation, and discussion about issues and ideas that matter. Our graduate program strives to produce scholar-teachers for institutions that recognize that the best teaching is supported by a strong foundation in scholarship and research.
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English Web site
English as a Second Language Office
The English as a Second Language program fosters the internationalization of Lehigh University’s student body through programs that increase diversity including assessing the English language proficiency of all incoming international students. This helps ensure that they are successful in their programs and adapting to the rigors of the American university system.
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English as a Second Language Office Web site
E. W. Fairchild-Martindale Library
The E. W. Fairchild-Martindale Library, opened in 1985, houses books, journals, newspapers, audio-visual resources, and microform collections in all branches of science, engineering, mathematics, and the social sciences, including business and education. Recent renovations, wireless capability and new computer equipment have transformed the first floor of Fairchild-Martindale Library into an "Information Commons" suitable for the team-oriented integrated learning styles of the 21st century.
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E.W. Fairchild-Martindale Library Web site
Finance
The Perella Department of Finance, the only named department within Lehigh University, offers courses that lead to undergraduate and graduate degrees. From the undergraduate major in finance to the MBA concentration in finance, and the cross disciplinary MS in Analytical Finance, program integration on the college and university levels is a key element to our areas of study.
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Finance Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
First-Year Experience
The Office of the First-Year Experience provides first-year students with resources and support to make the transition to university life a successful one. This includes events throughout the academic year to support living and learning experiences at Lehigh through areas of Intellectual Exploration, Individual Identity Development, Interpersonal Relationships, and Community Development.
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First-Year Experience Web site
Directions to University Center
First-Year Housing
All first-year (and second-year) students reside in university housing facilities. Most rooms are doubles with a limited number of singles and triples. Apartment-style and suite-style living is also available. Each residence hall room has a digital telephone system, voice mail, high-speed networking with continuous upgrades to capacity and a high-speed connection to the Internet. All residence halls are located close to classrooms, the dining halls, the fitness center/gymnasium and the libraries, so it’s a quick walk to almost anywhere on campus.
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First-Year Housing Web site
Fraternities and Sororities
Lehigh offers a unique Greek system centered on scholarship, leadership, and service. There are 20 fraternities including one non-residential and 8 sororities, of which 35 percent of the men and 38 percent of the women affiliate, respectively. Most of Lehigh’s fraternities and sororities provide housing opportunities, as well as dining and recreation facilities.
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Fraternities and Sororities Web site
Directions to Warren Square
Global Citzenship
The Global Citizenship program prepares students for engaged living in a culturally diverse and rapidly changing world. Emphasizing critical analysis and value reflection, the program structures educational experiences through which students learn to negotiate international boundaries and develop their own sense of personal and corporate responsibility to the global community.
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Global Citizenship Web site
Global Experience
In order to achieve global success, you’ve got to experience and understand other worlds through research and exploration of political, economic, and social issues. At Lehigh, you’ll get the opportunity to discover the diverse cultures of the world through your fellow classmates, who represent more than 48 countries. More than 50 internationally related cultural, social, and academic programs take place on and around campus each year, including the International Bazaar and one of the nation’s largest International Weeks.
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International Students and Scholars Web site
Study Abroad Office Web site
Graduate Housing
Graduate students often live in the University’s Saucon Village Apartment complex, located on the Goodman Campus, approximately three miles from the Asa Packer Campus. The apartments are composed of 15 buildings, ten with two-story wings and five with three-story wings for a total of 136 units. The apartments are unfurnished but are provided with a telephone, cable TV, range, and refrigerator. Coin-operated laundry facilities are centrally located in each building. A community room and computer/game room are available for residents' use.
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Graduate Housing Web site
Graduate Life
The Graduate Life Office is a department in Student Affairs. Its mission is to make Lehigh a hospitable place that is engaging, inspiring, and supportive to graduate students. The University also maintains a Graduate Student Center. Its resources include free photocopying, lowest priced fax on campus ($.75 per page), computer cluster with three computers including DVD players, CD burners, and a scanner, a small refrigerator, resource materials, snacks, event signup and discount tickets to Zoellner Arts Center performances and a campus phone.
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Graduate Life Web site
Graduate Student Center
The Graduate Student Center, housed in Christmas-Saucon Hall, is the home of the Office of Graduate Student Life and the Graduate Student Council. A place for graduate students to socialize, the Graduate Student Center also offers services for students, including photocopying, a computer cluster, and resource materials.
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Graduate Student Center Web site
Directions to Christmas-Saucon Hall
Gryphon Society
Gryphons are named after the ancient mythological beast of Scythia that was known to protect the area's gold. At Lehigh, the students, freshmen in particular, are considered to be the school's "gold." The Gryphon Society was founded in 1957 as a group of students dedicated to helping freshmen make a positive adjustment to campus life. Because of the active role they take in their residents' lives, Gryphons are Lehigh's "Keepers of the Gold."
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Gryphon Society Web site
Directions to University Center
Hawk's Nest
The Hawk's Nest is a restaurant located inside the Lamberton Hall student center developed by Lehigh University. The Hawk's Nest is the hot spot on campus for food and fun late into the evening. Everything on our menu is Made-To-Order.
Health and Wellness Center
The Lehigh University Health and Wellness Center provides acute and on-going care to all students. The Wellness Center consists of the Self Treatment Room where students can treat themselves for minor injuries or illnesses. The Resource Room provides a cheery atmosphere for students to further their knowledge on health related topics. The Relaxation Room offers students a quiet setting where they can enjoy one of our fabulous massage chairs.
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Health and Wellness Center Web site
Directions to Johnson Hall
History
Our faculty balance four missions: (1) to offer undergraduates a History major; (2) to provide a range of service courses for all undergraduates in order that they may fulfill requirements and pursue personal interests; (3) to offer graduate students programs at both the MA and PhD level; (4) and to contribute new knowledge through research in our fields.
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History Web site
Iacocca Institute
Empowering the leaders of today and tomorrow, the Iacocca Institute focuses on developing programs and activities critical to global and local leadership. The Iacocca Institute was jointly formed in 1988 by Lee A. Iacocca and Lehigh University. We are dedicated to cultivating the potential of individuals and to increasing the global competitiveness of organizations. Join us in examining innovative practices through a variety of highly interactive learning experiences and programs.
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Iacocca Institute Web site
Directions to Iacocca Hall
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Industrial and systems engineers design, improve, and optimize processes, systems, or the products and services themselves. In today’s competitive marketplace this is an extremely critical role and that is why our students are so sought-after.
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Industrial and Systems Engineering Web site
International Relations
Lehigh is among the very few major universities in the United States with a separate Department of International Relations. Lehigh's distinctive organization is matched by the excellence of its teaching and research programs. It is not an exaggeration to say that we offer an undergraduate education in International Relations that is among the very best in the country.
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International Relations Web site
Journalism and Communication
At its best, journalism serves as a watchdog to government, offers a voice for the powerless, entertains and instructs the public, represents the views of varied constituencies, protects the environment and public resources, and provides a common memory for a people. The goal of our program is to prepare Lehigh undergraduate students to fulfill such roles.
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Journalism and Communication Web site
Late Night Programs
Late Night Lehigh offers clubs and organizations a great opportunity to co-sponsor events. We work with groups to provide assistance with funding and planning for a variety of events.
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Late Night Programs Web site
Leadership Development
The Office of Student Leadership Development utilizes innovative, educational and experiential teaching methods to facilitate students' leadership development. As every individual has the potential to lead, we strive to help all students shape their personal definition of leadership through critical thought and meaningful action. Through a set of comprehensive leadership opportunities, students cultivate leadership skills and abilities to work interdependently, serve as meaningful contributors, visionary thinkers, and exceptional leaders in a global community.
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Leadership Development Web site
LGBTQA Services
The mission of the Department of LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Ally) Services is to support, educate, advocate, create visibility, and improve campus life for sexual/affectional minorities, gender-variant individuals and LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Intersex and Ally) students, staff, faculty, alumni and community.
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LGBTQA Services Web site
Library and Media Services
State-of-the-art equipment, extensive print and electronic library collections, and student support services enhance your everyday Lehigh experience. At Lehigh there are more than 1.2 million volumes; 12,000 print and electronic journal subscriptions; 90 scholarly databases; 220,000 U.S. and PA printed government documents; MyLibrary customized portal for each discipline; special collections: rare books, archives, digital sites; and digital media studio, international multimedia, CDs/DVDs.
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Library and Technology Services
Management
The department focuses on the integration of people, systems, and processes of the value network. We offer both core and specialized courses in information systems, organizational behavior, supply chain management, strategic management, and entrepreneurship.
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Management Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
Marketing
The key to success in any business today is marketing. The entire process of entering markets and creating profitable customers for life is the fundamental challenge for today’s marketing manager, making our program a rigorous and highly relevant curriculum of instruction at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Marketing Web site
Directions to Rauch Business Center
Materials Science and Engineering
Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, Lehigh’s Materials Science and Engineering Department offers one of the leading materials programs in the nation. The department’s mission is to provide an excellent education in a scholarly environment, and to have its graduates acquire the foundation needed to advance to successful careers in materials-related fields, and/or graduate study.
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Materials Science and Engineering Web site
Directions to Whitaker Lab
Mathematics
Mathematics is the universal language of science, and is essential for a clear and complete understanding of virtually all phenomena. Mathematical training prepares a student to express and analyze problems and relationships in a logical manner in a wide variety of disciplines including the physical, engineering, social, biological, and medical sciences, business, and pure mathematics itself.
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Mathematics Web site
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering is one of the core disciplines in the Engineering College. The department is committed to serving the overall mission of the College, and of the University, by providing education and training to undergraduate and graduate students, by developing new knowledge and engineering methodology, and by providing service to industry and society at large.
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Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Web site
Modern Languages and Literature
Knowledge of international languages and cultures is critical to personal and professional success in today’s world. A major or minor in Modern Languages and Literature at Lehigh provides undergraduate students with excellent preparation for any professional career in today’s global community.
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Modern Languages and Literature Web site
MRC
MRC is a non-profit corporation that provides strategic business consulting assistance and identifies resource options to help manufacturers develop strategies to grow, transform and develop their business.
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MRC Web site
Multicultural Affairs
As a part of the Office of Dean of Students, the Office of Multicultural Affairs serves as a resource, advocate, and source of support for the Lehigh University community on issues of diversity and multiculturalism. The Office of Multicultural Affairs works to promote a community sensitive to students' needs. As an agent of change, the Office of Multicultural Affairs values cultural diversity and seeks to promote an empowered society.
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Office of Multicultural Affairs Web site
Music
In working with undergraduate music majors, the Music Department is focused on a four-part mission: To instill a love for music, to foster the discipline it requires, to promote musical literacy and to develop creativity.
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Music Web site
Directions to Zoellner Arts Center
Nanocharacterization Laboratory
The Nanocharacterization Laboratory, housed in Whitaker Lab, contains the largest collection of electron microscopes of any university in the U.S. , with a suite of 13 scanning, transmission and scanning / transmission instruments and focused ion beam instruments. These are well suited for characterizing structures and chemical composition all the way down to the nanoscale, via an unparalleled range of imaging and analytical methods.
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Nanocharacterization Laboratory Web site
Office of Conference and Special Housing Services
The Office of Conference and Special Housing Services handles arrangements for banquets, seminars, meetings, or summer camps, providing excellent food, quality services and some of the most breathtaking views of the Lehigh Valley.
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Office of Conference and Special Housing Services Web site
Office of Financial Aid
The Office of Financial Aid is committed to providing continuity in the area of financial assistance for students and their families. As such students retain the same financial aid counselor throughout their tenure at Lehigh.
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Office of Financial Aid Web site
Directions to the Office of Financial Aid
Office of Vice Provost of Research
The Vice Provost of Research has primary responsibility to stimulate the scholarly work of the university community by providing matching funds, developing and implementing new interdisciplinary research initiatives and fostering inter-university and university-industry research collaborations. The Vice Provost of Research is the primary contact between the university and the federal and state funding agencies as well as industrial partners.
Outdoor Adventure Program
The Outdoor Adventure Program (OAP) is a pre-orientation experience offered to incoming first-year Lehigh students, two days prior to the official start of New Student Orientation.
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Outdoor Adventure Program Web site
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
At the Engineering College, our mission is to educate students through the integration of teaching and research. Faculty are united in their passion for teaching, for mentoring students and for creating new programs to enrich learning.
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P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science Web site
Directions to Packard Lab
Parking Services
Parking Services provides faculty, students and staff campus parking services.
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Parking Services Web site
Directions to Johnson Hall
Philosophy
Our department consists of people devoted to teaching and research in philosophy, convinced both of the social importance of philosophical problems, and of the potential of philosophy to immeasurably enrich our lives. The faculty each have different academic concentrations, but are all committed to appreciating, and leading others to appreciate, the historical depth of philosophical problems.
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Philosophy Web site
Physics
The Department of Physics provides undergraduate and graduate students with strong interests in physics and related sciences with faculty keenly interested in fostering their growth through courses, research opportunities, and individual interactions. Educational programs in basic and applied physics can be tailored easily to suit a student’s individual interests and needs.
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Physics Web site
Political Science
Considered by Aristotle to be the "master" science, political science studies the way people organize to govern themselves. Our program, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, promotes not only an understanding of politics — ideas and ideals, perceptions and realities, institutions and processes — but also develops skills in analyzing and evaluating social and political problems.
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Political Science Web site
President's Office
Office of President Alice P. Gast
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President's Web site
Directions to Alumni Memorial Building
Provost
The three major priorities of the Provost Office are first, developing the best environment conducive to successful careers at Lehigh for faculty and staff, from hiring to retirement and beyond. This includes addressing topics such as shared governance, faculty mentoring, tenure and promotion, cultivating leadership at all levels and looking at post-retirement engagements. Second, articulate the intellectual signatures of Lehigh through scholarly work of the faculty and distinctive programs. Third, creatively enhance the total learning experience for Lehigh students — both undergraduate and graduate.
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Provost Web site
Directions to Alumni Memorial Building
Psychology
Psychology is the science of mind, brain, and behavior and the Psychology Department at Lehigh studies how people think, feel, and act as individuals and in groups, from infancy to old age. The department prides itself on distinguished research and graduate education as well as excellence in undergraduate education.
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Psychology Web site
Registrar
An important student resource, the Office of the Registrar is probably best known for its role in coordinating the registration process each semester. However, its activities actually touch just about every member of the Lehigh family. Students with scheduling questions can come to the Registrar’s Office for guidance, the Registrar’s web site is the number one stop for faculty looking to reserve a room on campus and alumni often solicit the help of the Registrar when in need of a Lehigh transcript or degree verification.
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Registrar Web site
Directions to Alumni Memorial Building
Religion Studies
The Religion Studies Department at Lehigh University is committed to the academic investigation of religion as an intrinsic and vital dimension of human experience and culture. Undergraduate students in our program confront ethical problems and basic issues of value and meaning raised by modern multicultural and technological society.
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Religion Studies Web site
Religious Life
The University Chaplain supports the mission of the modern university and endorses a model of ministry that emphasizes teaching, that encourages respectful engagement between religious traditions, that seeks to help persons in the university extend hospitality to the stranger, and that urges people to develop critical social awareness as a way to express spiritual concern. The University Chaplain participates in both the academic and co-curricular life of the University, being responsible for worship, programming, and regular teaching. By encouraging and promoting an atmosphere where moral and spiritual issues can be acknowledged as central to a meaningful, balanced, and well-rounded education, the University Chaplain seeks to enhance the educational experience of those working and studying at Lehigh.
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Religious Life Web site
Research
Part of what makes Lehigh especially unique as a research institution is that undergraduate and graduate students often work side by side with faculty on significant research efforts, developing major innovations that address the needs of industry, government and society as a whole.
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Research Web site
Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame
The Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame is named in honor of Roger S. Penske '59 and has been established to recognize those persons who have made substantial and significant contributions to Lehigh University through athletics. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to perpetuate the memory of those persons who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence to Lehigh so that such memories may serve as an inspiration to others.
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Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame Web site
Safety
Maintaining a secure environment is very important to the entire Lehigh community. A variety of security measures are implemented throughout campus, including a 24-hour locked door policy with access cards for entry into residence halls, a cell phone messaging alert system, emergency phones throughout campus, well-lit walkways, and a safety escort service. The university police provide coverage 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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Safety Web site
School Psychology
The School Psychology Program offers training at both the doctoral (Ph.D.) and educational specialist (Ed.S.) levels. The program was recently ranked 2nd among all American Psychological Association-approved school psychology programs in terms of faculty research productivity, a distinction due to both the efforts of program faculty and the hard work of its graduate students.
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School Psychology Web site
Sociology (and Anthropology)
The Sociology and Anthropology Department’s mission is to have successful graduates – people who make the world a better place for everyone. All of our courses – at both the undergraduate and graduate level – are designed to prepare students to pursue this life goal, whether continuing their education in graduate/professional schools or immediately entering a wide variety of careers.
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Sociology (and Anthropology) Web site
Special Education
The Special Education Program is committed to the preparation of highly qualified educators who are not only skilled practitioners and/or researchers, but are leaders in establishing effective teaching and learning environments for individuals with disabilities in their school and community.
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Special Education Web site
Student Activities
The Student Activities Office is located in the Student Involvement Suite in the Ulrich Student Center, room 415. This vibrant, student-focused environment connects students, student organizations, faculty and staff to their campus community through a diversity of innovative and end enjoyable programs, activities and events. By engaging the student and university community, Student Activities fosters individual and community growth, encourages the expression and appreciation of multiculturalism, cultivates leadership development and promotes life-long learning.
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Student Activities Web site
Student Affairs
The fundamental objective in Student Affairs is to support and enhance the University's educational mission. We seek to create and sustain a healthy, safe living and learning environment that: promotes learning; supports a residential community in which students are involved and have a sense of belonging; provides support for students in need; encourages students to become leaders; offers a wide range of exciting social options; and fosters respect for the dignity and worth of all persons. In short, we seek to challenge and support our students to become responsible, engaged citizens of the campus community.
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Student Affairs Web site
Directions to University Center
Student Center Facilities
The Student Center Facilities and Operations office will provide the daily administration, quality support services, and facilities that encourage interaction in a friendly environment. Striving to foster a sense of community for all users by providing well-maintained facilities that include meeting and dining rooms, common spaces and lounges, programmable spaces, services and conveniences.
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Student Center Facilities
Directions to University Center
Study Abroad Office
Lehigh University recommends international study. The Study Abroad Office supports programs that offer academic environments, immersion in host cultures, and opportunities for personal growth. Students return to Lehigh with an enhanced ability to appreciate global concerns.
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Study Abroad Web site
Support for Students with Disabilities
Lehigh University is committed to ensuring “reasonable accommodations” to students who are substantially limited by a diagnosed disability. Lehigh students with physical and/or learning disabilities have met the same competitive requirements for admission as all other Lehigh students. Once admitted, students may request support services in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992. The ultimate goal is to ensure that students with disabilities have an opportunity to grow independently to their fullest potential at a competitive university.
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Support Services for Students with Disabilities Web site
University Disability Advisory Committee Web site
Teaching, Learning and Technology
The mission of the Teaching, Learning and Technology degree program is to enhance education worldwide through integration of philosophies, practices, and technologies to advance teaching and learning in diverse educational settings. Reflection and a lifelong commitment to learning are integral to meeting this mission.
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Teaching, Learning, and Technology Web site
Theatre
Lehigh University’s Department of Theatre provides a comprehensive academic and production experience suitable to the needs of majors, minors and university-wide theatre students. The department encourages multi-cultural participation in all areas of the theatre.
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Theatre Web site
Directions to Zoellner Arts Center
Transition and Assessment Services
Lehigh University Transition and Assessment Services seeks to prepare both adolescents and young adults with disabilities to become independent in their community and home environments. The program impacts the research-to-practice knowledge base by disseminating findings to regional and national audiences while providing training to graduate students for professions that serve adolescents with disabilities in school settings.
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Transition and Assessment Services
University Police
The mission of the Lehigh University Police Department is to enhance the quality of life by providing a secure and safe environment through professional service to the community.
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University Police Web site
Directions to Johnson Hall
University Relations
Working collaboratively with all offices across campus, University Relations offers a range of services with which to share Lehigh news and developments. They include marketing communications, media relations, editorial support, reputation management, print design services and Web design, content management and electronic outreach.
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University Relations Web site
Upperclass Housing
On-campus housing is provided to all first- and second-year students. Juniors and seniors who want to live in university housing during their junior and senior years take part in a Residence Hall Housing Lottery to distribute remaining residence hall housing spaces.
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Upperclass Housing Web site
Women's Center
The mission of the Women's Center is to promote a safe, equitable, and empowering environment for women at Lehigh.
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Women's Center Web site
Writing and Math Center
The Writing and Math Center provides in-person and on-line resources for learners who want to develop their writing abilities, research techniques and math proficiency.
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Writing and Math Center Web site
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