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Speeches and Writings

Commencement Address
May 19, 2008

Response to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
In late January 2008, President Alice Gast received a letter from Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassely of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, requesting information about Lehigh's financial aid and endowment. President Gast responded to this letter on February 28, 2008, with answers to the questions posed by the committee. A copy of President Gast's response can be viewed at the link below:
Lehigh University Response to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (PDF)
March 17, 2008

Moving from the University Diversity Leadership Committee: Establishing a Council for Equity and Community (PDF)
December 11, 2007

President's Update: Strategic Thinking and Long-Range Planning (PDF)
December 11, 2007

University's Core Values (PDF)
November 8, 2007

University Convocation: Address to the Class of 2011
August 26, 2007

Address to Parents
August 23, 2007

Open Letter Regarding the British University and College Union Proposal to Boycott Israeli Faculty and Academic Institutions
August 20, 2007

Commencement Address
May 21, 2007

Campus Safety
April 19, 2007

Virginia Tech Tragedy
April 17, 2007

Inauguration Remarks
April 13, 2007

Climate Survey Results: An Open Letter to the Campus Community
February 13, 2007

Founder's Day Address: From Canals to Rails: Opportunities in Challenges
October 20, 2006

September 11 Memorial Dedication: Remarks to Families, Friends, Alumni, Community
September 10, 2006

University Convocation: Address to the Class of 2010
August 27, 2006

Regarding her Presidential appointment: "I greatly admire Lehigh's dedication to the whole student"
May 9, 2006

Watch President Gast's May 9 Remarks regarding her appointment (video, 3 min. 45 sec.)
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