The exponential growth and increasing sophistication of information technology offer new and exciting opportunities for enhanced teaching, learning, and research. At Lehigh University, one merged organization called Library and Technology Services (LTS) delivers communications, computing, distance education administration, enterprise systems implementation, library, and media services to capitalize on these new opportunities. Additional information about Library and Technology Services, can be found at www.lehigh.edu/lts.
Lehigh University has two major facilities, the Linderman Library and the Fairchild-Martindale Library. The Lehigh University library collection comprises over one million volumes and subscriptions to more than 25,000 periodicals, many of them in electronic format.
The historic Linderman Library has reopened after an extensive renovation that created a laboratory and showcase for humanities programs and collections, as well as an intellectual center for the campus at large. The 1878 high Victorian rotunda and the 1929 grand reading room were retained in all their magnificence. Among the new features are: four seminar rooms, a computer classroom, a quiet study space, five group studies, a cafe, and wireless throughout. Linderman houses books and journals in the humanities and Lehigh's impressive collection of rare books including Darwin's Origin of Species and James John Audubon's four-volume elephant folio edition of Birds of America. Eleven digital library projects highlight various aspects of the collection, ranging from "Digital Bridges" (books on 19th century bridge construction) to "Beyond Steel" (materials examining the social and cultural impact of the Lehigh Valley's industrial past). In addition Special Collections holds some 30 separate archival collections that focus on industrial and regional history.
The Fairchild-Martindale Library contains books, journals, newspapers, audio-visual resources, and microform collections in all branches of science, engineering, mathematics, and the social sciences, including business and education. It provides collaborative learning spaces, wireless connectivity, and comfortable lounge areas. As a government depository, the Fairchild-Martindale Library holds more than 235,000 printed federal and Pennsylvania documents, as well as additional government publications on microform.
The "MyLibrary" tab on the campus portal offers students, faculty, and staff a full range of electronic indexes, reference works, full text databases, and image databases customized for their disciplines, easily accessible from on and off campus. Lehigh's own online catalog (named ASA after Lehigh founder Asa Packer) provides direct links to electronic resources. Personalized interlibrary loan software ("Illiad") allows for easy borrowing from collections in other libraries and offers a gateway to request desktop delivery of scanned articles in Lehigh's print journal collection (JSCAN). Twenty-six million books in Pennsylvania's largest academic libraries may be identified immediately for quick borrowing through a shared online catalog. Students and faculty may borrow books directly from other academic libraries in the Lehigh Valley.
Lehigh University is a "wired" campus in every sense of the word. A high-speed fiber optic backbone network ties together campus buildings and student residences, including fraternities and sororities. The Campus Portal allows each member of the Lehigh community to fully customize their access to web-based information and applications. Student computer use in the residences is supported by the WIRED program. Staff communicate with students in advance of their arrival at Lehigh to identify for them compatible hardware and software for use on the campus network. When students bring their computers to campus, staff assist them with their initial setup and provide continuing assistance with any networking problems throughout the semester. The front line WIRED consultants are well-trained students who live in the residences and can readily provide prompt, on-site assistance. See www.lehigh.edu/wired.
Lehigh also provides secure wireless connectivity in many campus settings - see www.lehigh.edu/wireless. Full-time graduate and undergraduate students who live off-campus in the local area are eligible for a free university-provided Internet Service Provider (ISP). Through Lehigh's enterprise systems, convenient interactive services such as online course registration and online grades are offered to students. There is also a parent portal configured to parent's needs and interests. Library and Technology Services supports a telephone system, with voice-mail services to the entire campus, including residence facilities.
Providing technology and consulting services to support classroom teaching, laboratories, and other aspects of the academic and research programs is a strategic priority for Lehigh University. About 600 microcomputers (PCs and Apple personal computers) are distributed across campus for convenient use by students at more than 24 computing sites. For example, there are more than one hundred computers in the libraries and computing center, and another hundred in Rauch Business Center. A twenty-four hour site at Grace Hall has 30+ machines. There are portable laptops equipped with wireless networking available for short-term loan at the Libraries and at the Media Center.
Students and faculty have access to site-licensed software applications and central file space from the campus sites or their residence facility. Each full-time student receives access to an enhanced Microsoft software package for his or her own computer. In addition, LTS provides other software at public sites such as desk top publishing and graphics software, programming languages, mathematical and statistical packages, and specialized applications for engineering, scientific publishing, and creative writing.
Lehigh provides a variety of high performance computing options suitable for research and computer-intensive applications. Among them are: multiple blade servers, an 8 quad core processor compute server, three Beowulf clusters, and a Condor grid to utilize cycles on workstations and on many other resources. For more information, see www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc. University computing capacity and Internet bandwidth are constantly being increased to meet escalating demand and the campus is also connected to the research-based Internet2 network.
The Technology Resource Learning Center supports faculty innovation-see the Faculty Development section of this catalog for details. Library and Technology Services provides technical support for the many computer classrooms, suitable for individual "hands-on" instruction. 85% of all Lehigh University classrooms are equipped with permanently-installed computer projection systems. Laptops and portable computer projectors are available through Instructional Media Services to enable faculty or students to give computer-based presentations in any space.
Instructional Media Services operates two facilities in Fairchild Library to provide students with access to and instruction in a wide range of media resources: the Media Center and the Digital Media Studio. The Media Center offers media resources, scanners, and color printers. Resources include audio, video, and electronic media and the equipment and viewing spaces needed for their use. More than 5,000 videos and DVDs are available for viewing or short-term loan, and the Center coordinates their acquisition for classroom use. The Media Center is also the location of Lehigh's Technology Resource Learning Center which offers faculty the services of instructional designers and the use of a high technology demonstration classroom with Internet2 teleconferencing capability.
The Digital Media Studio offers students and faculty consulting assistance, a graphics training lab, and a wide range of technology for the creation of professional audio, graphic, or video materials for classroom presentations, projects, and portfolios. Students can scan and edit text, photographs, and slides, and these images can be output to printers or to computer files for further manipulation. Video cameras, a video and photography studio, and editing software facilitate the production of audio and video material to support the academic program. Students can use digital cameras, a photo-quality printer, and image-manipulation software.
A third media facility, the International Multimedia Resource Center (IMRC), is located in nearby Maginnes Hall and offers a collaborative learning environment. In cooperation with the College of Arts and Sciences, the IMRC assists students in using multimedia resources and producing Web-based and multimedia projects. The IMRC assists faculty in incorporating educational technology into the academic curriculum with workshops that emphasize Web-authoring, Web site design, and multimedia production. Student language and cultural learning is enhanced through the provision of interactive multimedia resources at the IMRC and the adjacent World View Room can be used for viewing satellite programming and international news broadcasting.
The library, computing center, and most distributed computing facilities are open seven days per week and for extensive evening hours during the fall and spring semesters. For most of these hours, a help desk located at the Fairchild-Martindale Library provides general help for students and faculty on-site and for telephone inquiries relating to both library research and computing. Help desk staff refer more specialized questions to experts as needed. There is also a service desk located at the Computing Center and at Linderman Library.
Students may also take advantage of virtual help desks where they enter the questions or problems relating to library research, computing hardware or software, or telecommunications at any hour of the day or night for response at a later time, usually within one working day. Most library and computing services are available electronically; for example, requests for books to be recalled, film rental requests, and seminar registrations. "Live chat" library reference and computing help services are also available during many hours.
Each semester Library and Technology Services offers an extensive program of seminars and course-based instructional sessions for students. Attendees learn how to use software applications, the extensive print and electronic library resources, and the Web-authoring tools. LTS professionals work closely with faculty to integrate library, computing and media resources into the curriculum. They facilitate the use of course management software, online courses of various kinds, and course projects in a wide range of disciplines using interactive Web sites created by faculty and students.
Through seminars and policies on the use of print and electronic resources, students are taught computer ethics, recommended computing practices such as frequent backup and password changes, and an understanding and respect for state and federal laws governing copyright, privacy, and destruction or vandalism of library resources or computer systems, networks, databases or software. A free electronic newsletter, LTS Digest, with quick tips and updates is published throughout the year and is available to students who subscribe.
Library and Technology Services maintains a variety of facilities for printing, copying, and duplicating within the constraints of copyright. In the library, public photocopiers and microform printers are maintained for convenience in copying print or microform resources. The Digital Media Studio (described under Instructional Media Services) can duplicate audio and video resources. Printers at public sites handle most computer print jobs, and there is a printer designated for very large print jobs in the Fairchild-Martindale Computing Center.
Student assistants are essential for the operation of most Library and Technology Services functions. Working for LTS, students gain valuable skills and good work habits. At the job fair held each fall there are opportunities to learn in-depth about the jobs available.
The Lehigh University Art Galleries are visual laboratories that maintain and develop the university's permanent art collection, and present temporary exhibitions designed to make visual literacy a result of the university learning experience. More than twenty exhibitions a year in six campus galleries introduce students and the community to current topics in art, architecture, history, science, and technology. The exhibition schedule is supplemented by lectures, films, workshops, and research opportunities in the permanent collection. The galleries occupy exhibition, storage, office and workshop space in several campus locations. The Upper Gallery and Lower Gallery permanent exhibitions are in the Zoellner Arts Center. Maginnes Hall houses the DuBois Gallery, the Gallery at Rauch Business Center, the Girdler Student Gallery is in the University Center, and the Siegel Gallery is in Iacocca Hall on the Mountaintop Campus. The Muriel and Philip Berman Sculpture Gardens are located on Memorial Walkway and on the Mountaintop Campus, and Saucon Fields on the Murray H. Goodman campus. The Ralph L. Wilson Study Gallery and Open Storage facility is located in Building J, Mountaintop Campus and available by appointment. LUAG offices are in the Zoellner Arts Center.
Exhibitions and gallery events supplement formal classroom study in the visual arts, create educational opportunities for the entire student body, and enrich the cultural life of the campus and the community at large. The annual schedule includes the exhibition of works from the permanent collection, the use of borrowed objects, and traveling exhibitions on loan from major museums and cultural institutions. Experts in various fields serve as guest curators of special project exhibitions. Interdepartmental projects encourage increased involvement by faculty and students. Undergraduates may take advantage of courses in museum studies including internship and independent study in the collection.
Lehigh University's permanent art collection is a work/study collection intended as a resource for students pursuing formal study in the visual arts and/or museum studies, for the faculty, and for interested members of the community. Each year, several exhibitions are prepared from the collection and works are loaned to major museums throughout the nation.
The permanent art collection consists of a variety of works by Old Masters and contemporary artists. Important collection groups include: the Marion B. Grace Collection of European Paintings (Gainsborough, Reynolds, Goya, Hobbema, Hoppner, and others); the Dreyfus Collection of French Paintings (Bonnard, Sisley, Vuillard, Courbet); the Ralph L. Wilson Collection of American Art (paintings by Prendergast, Sloan, Henri, Lawson, Bellows, Davies, Burchfield; prints by Whistler, Hassam, Motherwell, Johns, Rauschenberg, Calder, Warhol); the Prasse Collection of Prints (Delacroix, Matisse, Renoir, Kent, Kunyoshi, Rivera); the Philip and Muriel Berman Collection of Contemporary Sculpture (Kadishman, Unger, Tumarkin, Bertoia, Shaw and Segal).
Also, the Fearnside Collection of European Old Master Prints and Drawings; the Baker Collection of Chinese Porcelains; the Langermann Collection of Pre-Columbian and Ethnographic Sculpture; the Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Williams African Collection (gold weights of the Akan and West African objects); the Lehigh University Photography Collection (Fox-Talbot, Jackson, Atget, Steiner, Mendieta, Kasebier, Brandt, Siskind, Clark, Martinez-Canas, Serrano); and the Lehigh University Contemporary Prints and Drawings Collection (Bearden, Rivers, Soto, Roth, Ruscha, Tobey, Calder, Kitaj, Marca-Relli, Cruz Azaceta, Segal, Lam, Picasso, Warhol, Llinas, Golub, Jimenez, Piper, Simpson), and the Philatelic and Numismatic collection.
Lehigh's Faculty Development Program aims to foster excellence in teaching and learning by providing faculty with tools, development opportunities, workshops, and consultation services.
As part of the Lehigh Lab-Lehigh's award-winning campus-wide initiative to advance the adoption of innovative technologies and techniques that enhance teaching, learning, and research-Faculty Development works closely with the other divisions of Library and Technology Services to provide a coordinated array of support for faculty. Central to the Lehigh Lab is the Technology Resource Learning Center (TRLC) located in the Fairchild-Martindale Library Media Center, where faculty can learn more about academic uses of technology. Faculty are encouraged to arrange a visit to the TRLC or the Digital Media Studio if they wish to receive guidance, assistance, and training with instructional technology projects at any stage of development.
The Director of Faculty Development also offers confidential, voluntary consultations to faculty about their teaching, which may include discussions of effective approaches to teaching, classroom observation visits, informal mid-semester evaluations of classes, assistance with course development questions, and advice on the effective incorporation of academic technology into courses. In addition, the Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator is available for meetings with faculty, individually or departmentally, for discussions about the effective use of writing assignments to teach disciplinary subject matter and communication skills.
Dr. Gregory Reihman, Director of Faculty Development, may be contacted at 610-758-6840 or grr3@lehigh.edu. Dr. Gregory Skutches, Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator, may be contacted at 610-758-4932 or grs206@lehigh.edu. The Faculty Development web site is accessible at www.lehigh.edu/~infdli.
Lehigh University Press represents a clear expression of faculty and institutional commitment to the advancement of scholarship. Press management rests with a Director, Scott Paul Gordon (English), and with an Editorial Board comprised of university faculty.
The Press is interested in all fine scholarship, but has strength in several areas: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Transatlantic World, and Science, Technology, and Society. By linking the name of the university to a list of exemplary work by scholars across the nation, the Press reinforces the value of excellence in scholarship for faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students alike. Recent publications by the Press have won national awards, including Peter Coates, The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy (1991: W. Turrentine Jackson Award of the Western History Association) and Patricia D'Antonio, Founding Friends: Families, Staff, and Patients at the Friends Asylum in Early Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia (2006: The American Journal of Nursing's Book of the Year).
Recent publications include: Alexander J. Nemeth, Voltaire's Tormented Soul: A Psychobiographic Inquiry; Edward R. Hogan, Of the Human Heart: A Biography of Benjamin Peirce; Jewel A. Smith, Music, Women, and Pianos in Antebellum Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, The Moravian Young Ladies' Seminary; Clark A. Elliot, Thaddeus William Harris (1795-1856): Nature, Science and Society in the Life of an American Naturalist; Jean R. Soderland and Catherine S. Parsynski, Backcountry Crucibles: The Lehigh Valley from Settlement to Steel; Nikki Shehpardson, Burning Zeal: The Rhetoric of Martyrdom and the Protestant Community in Reformation France, 1520-1570; Erica Obey, The Wunderkammer of Lady Charlotte Guest; Charles K. Jones, Francis Johnson (1792-1844): Chronicle of a Black Musician in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia; Eileen S. DeMarco, Reading and Riding: Hachette's Railroad Bookstore Network in Nineteenth-Century France; Steven Craig Harper, Promised Land: Penn's Holy Experiment, The Walking Purchase, and the Dispossession of Delawares, 1600-1763; Kathleen L. Lodwick, The Widow's Quest: The Byers Extraterritorial Case in Hainan, China, 1924-1925.
For more information, contact Lehigh University Press, Lehigh University, B040 Christmas-Saucon Hall, 14 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015. Phone: 610 758-3933. Fax: 610 758-6331. Website: www.lehigh.edu/~inpress/.
The central mission of the Division of Student Affairs is to foster student success both inside and outside of the classroom. The Division of Student Affairs is comprised of the many departments listed below that can be important resources for students.
The Dean of Students Office is comprised of four major areas: Campus Living, Campus Involvement and Leadership, Academic Life and Student Transitions, and Advocacy and Equity.
Campus Living: Because Lehigh values the residential living and learning experience, all first-year and sophomore students are required to live on campus. While juniors and seniors are permitted to live off campus, many of them choose to remain living on campus in apartment-style housing or fraternity and sorority houses. Students find they make close affiliations through their living environment as well as have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, social, and personal development programs. The residential setting supported by six live-in professional residence life coordinators, and approximately 90 undergraduate residence assistants, known as Gryphons.
Campus Involvement and Leadership: The Offices of Student Activities, Community Service, Leadership Development, and Student Center Facilities provide a vast array of opportunities and options for students to be involved and engaged on campus, while learning important life skills. There are nearly 150 student-run clubs and organizations, several leadership development programs, an experiential leadership training Ropes Challenge Course, and many peer leadership training experiences. Annually Lehigh students have been known to provide nearly 50,000 hours of service. A diverse offering of programs includes America Reads/America Counts tutoring, Alternative Spring Break service trips, and Service Roundtables.
Academic Life and Student Transitions: No matter how accomplished the student, the university experience can present an entirely new set of academic challenges. The Office of Academic Support, The Center for Academic Success, Office of the First-Year Experience, The Center for Writing and Math, and Support Services for Students with Disabilities are all available to assist students in achieving academic success.These offices provide peer tutoring, peer mentoring, academic counseling and coaching, time management skills, study skills, and a variety of transition programs such as new student orientation.
Advocacy and Equity: The Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Women's Center, and LGBTQA Services all work collaboratively with students, faculty and staff to foster a welcoming, accepting campus environment. Students create and participate in the numerous educational, social, and cultural programs and events that enrich our campus. In addition, these departments serve in the advocacy capacity for the diverse needs of our campus community.
University Counseling and Psychological Services: The college years are optimally a time of exploration, change, inquiry and growth. In addition, students may experience crisis situations, transitions, stress, anxiety and adjustments. The UCPS provides a number of confidential services including individual and group counseling to assist students in all stages of development, interpersonal, and intra-personal issues.
University Health and Wellness Center: Students who need assistance with their physical well-being, preventative health care measures, and health education, will find a fully trained professional staff available to assist them. The center is staffed by physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and wellness educators.
Alcohol, Drugs, and Other Lifestyle Choices Programs, education, and services are integrated into many aspects of student life with administrative coordination of much of this work provided by the Office of Counseling and Psychological Services (610-758-3880) located in Johnson Hall. Web based (see Counseling Service Site) and direct services are provided for a wide range of issues ranging from wellness and health to matters of substance use and misuse. Because members of the Lehigh community recognize that substance abuse and chemical dependency can significantly affect student lives, educational programs are designed to encourage peak performance and avoid high-risk behavior. Confidential individual and group counseling and consultation services are available to students who find themselves having problems because of their own substance use, or related to friends and/or family members having similar problems. Appointments are easy to make by calling the office of Counseling and Psychological Services at 610-758-3880 or by visiting the 4th floor of Johnson Hall during office hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with some additional evening hours), Monday through Friday.
Theme weeks and sponsored outreach programs such as Alcohol and Drug Awareness Week and National Alcohol Screening Day provide educational programs on a variety of addiction and peak performance topics. Peer education consultation is also available to students creating programs and planning interventions. Intervention services include training programs for Residence Life staff, peer educator groups, athletes, students referred by the Dean of Students office, and other members of the Lehigh community. Individual and group counseling is provided by the office of Counseling and Psychological Services. Students who struggle with defining their own values regarding substance use and other addictions (i.e., gambling, internet) are encouraged to clarify and process their beliefs in a safe, confidential environment. On-campus counseling may allow students to successfully enter into recovery (i.e., from alcoholism or chemical dependency) without having to disrupt their university careers. If a student cannot accomplish this on campus, referrals to in-patient or outpatient treatment programs can be made. Aftercare services can be provided once the student returns to campus, utilizing on-campus counseling or by referral to 12-step group meetings (such as A.A. and N.A). These meetings are held on campus and in the surrounding community. Referral to other treatment programs, community service programs, and programs associated with the court system can also be facilitated by various offices within Student Affairs.
In accordance with federal legislation, specifically Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Lehigh University recognizes the special needs of students with physical, sensory and learning disabilities. Services for students with physical disabilities are coordinated by the director of Facilities Services in conjunction with the Dean of Students Office. Academic support services for students with learning disabilities and other cognitive and sensory disorders are coordinated by the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office works in conjunction with faculty members to provide appropriate classroom accommodations for students with a diagnosed learning disability. Students requesting accommodations must present the university with current and comprehensive documentation. For more information, contact the Dean of Students Office 610-758-4152; University Center, room 212.
The university offers health services to all students at the Health Center in Johnson Hall. During the fall and spring semesters, providers are available to see patients from 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday to Friday. Providers include nurse practitioners and physicians. A registered nurse is present to see patients on Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a provider on call. During breaks, hours are shortened.
The Health Center staff treats a variety of health problems, including illnesses and injuries. Gynecologic care is available by appointment. Allergy injections can be administered. Some minor surgery is performed at the Health Center. Many laboratory studies can be done at the Health Center; students are referred to local facilities for X-rays. Patients are referred to local medical and surgical specialists when indicated. More seriously ill students are sent to a general hospital.
Prior to arrival on campus, each new or transfer student must submit to the Health Center a completed health history form, and updated immunization record. A recent physical examination is required if a student plans to participate in varsity athletics.
Following enrollment, additional examinations are provided by the Health Center for students participating in intercollegiate athletic programs, and when required for graduate school or scholarship programs.
There is no charge for most of the care provided to students. Some exceptions are as follows: referrals to physicians, hospitals, or other medical facilities outside the student Health Center, and medications not carried by the Health Center which require prescriptions. A low-cost university-sponsored insurance plan is available, which complements the services of the Health Center. Expenses covered include costs for services that are not available at the Health Center, such as X-rays, laboratory studies, consultant fees, and medications not stocked by the Center. Hospital expenses are also covered. Students are urged to check with their parents regarding existing insurance coverage and to consider purchasing the university-sponsored plan if they are not adequately covered. Please consult your insurance carrier or physician if your plan is of the managed care/preferred provider type.
A health service brochure is available through the Health Center or consult our web page at www.lehigh.edu/health.
The University Counseling and Psychological Service, at 610-758-3880, is located on the fourth floor of Johnson Hall. The office is open from 8:00 - 5:00 (with some additional evening hours), Monday through Friday. Most services are free of charge. Counselors are available for 24-hour emergency consultations via campus police (610-758-4200).
I. Philosophy & Mission
The University Counseling and Psychological Service (UCPS) is dedicated to the belief that a person's college years are a time of challenge, inquiry, experimentation, productivity and change. 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. Individual contacts, group therapy, faculty and staff consultation, and numerous outreach activities are some of the primary means by which the mission is accomplished. UCPS staff members are committed to providing assistance to all registered Lehigh students interested in personal, social, and academic growth and discovery, and to the larger campus community through consultation, teaching, research, and various other types of involvement.
II. Direct Services
To accomplish its mission, and while upholding the established state and APA (American Psychological Association) ethical principles and code of conduct for psychologists, the UCPS provides a variety of services to the Lehigh University community including:
• Crisis Intervention Services
The UCPS provides assistance to individuals and groups in crisis. Psychologists provide 24-hour coverage through the campus dispatcher (call dispatcher at 758-4200 and ask for psychologist on call).
• Group and Individual Psychotherapy
UCPS staff members provide group and individual counseling and psychotherapy services to both undergraduate and graduate students. A short-term treatment model is used for individual work while much of the group work is of longer duration. Referrals for psychiatric consultation are made when requested and appropriate. All counseling and therapy services within the UCPS are confidential.
• Outreach Programming
The UCPS provides programming focused on the developmental needs of college students–designed to enhance the capacity of students to maximize their personal, social, and academic potential. These presentations occur in various settings, including living residences, classrooms, athletic sites, and meeting rooms across the university. Topics may include issues related to race, eating and body image, sexuality, drinking and other drug use, study styles, athletic performance, grieving, stress, and relationships. Some of this programming may include partnership with UCPS sponsored student peer education groups.
• Assessment and Evaluation
Upon request and when appropriate, UCPS personnel administer and use personality and career exploration instruments. They also utilize a wide variety of assessment tools when assisting groups and individual students.
• Consultation Services
Staff members provide consultative services to the university community with the objective of helping students, faculty and staff identify and resolve difficulties that may be exerting a negative effect on some individual, group, or system. This may include the use of referral resources within the university or in the local community.
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Training
One component of UCPS work is to help persons such as residence life staff, peer counselors, university personnel, student leaders, and faculty more effectively advise, counsel, interact and communicate with others. A second component is to enhance the development of persons specifically interested in securing the identity and skills of a psychologist - these typically being advanced graduate students, doctoral level interns, and professional staff.
• Advocacy
Staff of the UCPS advocate for those students and groups who struggle for understanding and respect in a society sometimes blinded by traditional norms and expectations. Through dialogue, education, programming, consultation, and direct service, the staff is committed to being engaged with issues such as racism, sexism, and other practices that destroy self and group esteem.
Mastering time management, study skills appropriate for college level courses, as well as specific subject matter is imperative for academic success. The Center for Academic Success provides undergraduate and graduate tutors for most first and second year courses as well as study skills strategies and presentations to individual students and student groups. Center staff members work closely with other Academic Support Services to ensure that students are supported in their academic endeavors.
Success at Lehigh depends, in part, on mastery of a number of advanced academic skills. The Writing and Math Center supports these vital academic abilities, providing trained consultants in writing and math. The Center provides individual or small group tutoring for students enrolled in undergraduate math courses, and writing consultation for students and for the Lehigh community. Tutoring and consultations are provided by graduate students and faculty; the service is free of charge.
One function of a college education is to foster the growth and development of the student to prepare for a meaningful and satisfying life after college. Lehigh provides career planning services for undergraduate and graduate students as an integral part of the career development process.
Career planning can best be described as an educational process through which students (1) identify and develop their abilities, aptitudes, and interests; (2) learn the relationship between their capabilities and interests, their university experiences, and professional opportunities outside the university; and (3) prepare for those opportunities.
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. This part of the process requires students to develop skills in such areas as effective resume and cover letter writing, interviewing techniques, and individual job search strategies to enhance productive interactions with employers.
The goals of this process are: to enable Lehigh students to think of themselves as educated individuals with skills and abilities of value to employers; to think in terms of functional responsibilities rather than simply linking major subjects to jobs; to acquire and develop the skills necessary to become self-reliant and informed decision-makers; to prepare for a competitive job market; and to develop the potential to become self-reliant managers of their own careers.
The Office of Career Services is committed to the preparation and education of all Lehigh students during the transition from the academic environment to the work place. Career Services offers the following resources and services to help students prepare for professional opportunities after graduation:
Career Counseling. Students may meet with professional counselors to discuss their career options and goals, individual job-search strategies, effective interviewing, and related interests. Self-assessment tools are available to assist students in identifying interests, skills and values.
Peer Educators. Peer Educators are student volunteers who have applied and interviewed to be trained to provide career assistance to their peers. Peer Educators are available throughout the semester to students who walk in with quick questions regarding resume assistance, the LUCIE system, library resources, and general job searching help.
Career Resources. Among the resources available in the Career Library are books and articles on career planning, current information on career opportunities, occupational information, graduate school resources, job search directories, a library of employer literature, and a database of alumni contacts who have volunteered to assist students with their job search strategies. Students may obtain a free Career Planning Guide that describes how to use the on-campus interviewing system, prepare for interviews and plant/office visits, write resumes and letters, and develop individual strategies.
Workshops and Special Programs. Throughout the year counselors conduct a variety of seminars and presentations in collaboration with academic departments, professional societies, living groups, and other interested campus organizations. Workshops are offered on resume writing, interviewing techniques, networking, career portfolios, job searching and internet strategies. Special programs are conducted each semester, including career panels and mini career classes.
Experiential Education. Experiential Education programs are designed to enable Lehigh students to make educated decisions about career choices. Through participation in these programs, students gain firsthand knowledge and experience in a particular career field. Experiential Education programs include: internships, part-time positions, externships and cooperative education.
On-Campus Interviewing. Career Services works with over 200 organizations that interview on campus each year. Students utilize web-based software called LUCIE (Lehigh University Career Information Exchange) to view job openings, apply for positions using an on-line resume and sign-up electronically for specific interview times. Employers interview undergraduate and graduate candidates from all four colleges. Each year the OCI program is kicked off by a Career Fair that showcases nearly 200 employers interested in recruiting Lehigh students.
LUCIE. LUCIE is a searchable job listing database available on Career Service's Web Page http://www.lehigh.edu/careerservices. Job openings for internships, full-time and advanced-level positions can be searched by employer, location, job function, or major. Undergraduates and graduate students from all four colleges will find listings related to their fields of study.
Pre-professional Advising. The pre-professional advisor, along with a faculty advisory committee, provides information and guidance to candidates pursuing careers in medicine, dentistry, and other health professions, including individualized advising, special programs on health-related topics and field trips. In addition, information and assistance is provided for students interested in law school and legal careers.
The office is open throughout the year. The main phone number is (610)-758-3710 and the website is http://www.lehigh.edu/careerservices.
Office of Fellowship Advising
The Office of Fellowship Advising (OFA) helps Lehigh undergraduates apply for competitive national fellowships and scholarships. It publicizes opportunities, oversees the selection of candidates for awards that require university nomination and, with the assistance of Fellowship Advisors, guides students through frequently complicated application procedures.
The OFA web-site (http://www.lehigh.edu/~inofa/) contains descriptions of more than two hundred fellowships and scholarships, with links to the foundations' official sites. The descriptions are divided into three categories. "Awards for Undergraduate Study" are grants which students hold before taking their bachelor's degrees and, in a few cases, during the summer following graduation. "Awards for Graduate Study open to Seniors" are fellowships for which students apply before completing their bachelor's degrees and hold during their time at graduate school. "Awards for Current Graduate Students" are grants for students in the graduate school. Other sections of the site provide three types of information: the latest news and deadlines of the major awards; advice about how to present an effective application; and a compendium of publications, databases, and web-sites pertaining to awards in general.
Similar information is contained in the OFA's booklet National Fellowships and Scholarships, which is published annually. Copies of the booklet and further information about awards can be obtained from the OFA's director, Ian Duffy (ipd0@lehigh.edu).
The University's distance education program provides graduate degree programs, certificate programs, individual graduate credit courses, and non-credit professional programming to adults in an accessible and cost-effective manner. Working men and women may pursue their educational goals through the University while remaining highly productive employees. Admission standards and course requirements are the same for distance and on-campus students, and distance education students receive the same degrees and transcripts. Lehigh distance education is delivered to the students by satellite (Lehigh Educational Satellite Network or LESN) or Internet (LESN-Online) with some use of videoconferencing, Internet2, DVD, CD, or videotapes.
Satellite-based programs include Master's Degrees in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Information Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Quality Engineering, Polymer Science and Engineering, and the MBA. Certificate programs in Chemistry, Engineering, and Business are also available. Satellite courses are transmitted to downlink sites at the students' work locations.
LESN-Online, using the capabilities of the Internet, delivers programming to distance students with high-speed access. Featuring both synchronous and asynchronous streaming media technology, LESN-Online provides courses that enable students to see and hear their instructors while they view course materials as downloadable graphics. The following programs are now fully available online: non-credit professional and technical short courses; individual credit courses; credit/non-credit certificate programs, including Regulatory Affairs, Analytical Chemistry, BioOrganic Chemistry, Supply Chain Management, and Project Management, plus full Masters' Degrees in Chemistry, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
For specific information on programs and course offerings, admissions, registration, and technical system requirements, visit the distance education website at www.distance.lehigh.edu or call (610) 758-4372.
There has been a summer session program at Lehigh for over a century, developing into a significant part of the University's overall academic program. Lehigh now offers over 200 courses each summer. They range from travel programs in Europe, Asia and Mexico, to field camp in the Rocky Mountains, to on-campus courses that service Lehigh undergraduates and graduates, adult professionals in business and education, and students at other colleges who return to their Lehigh Valley homes for the summer. At Lehigh, summer is a time for educational experimentation. There are many special summer offerings not available during the regular academic year, including a growing number of courses offered completely on-line. For more information visit the summer sessions website at www.lehigh.edu/summersessions or call (610) 758-3966.
Lehigh University departments and research centers offer a varied selection of non-credit continuing education programs for adults. Reflecting Lehigh's traditional educational strengths, these offerings focus on professional development, organizational problem solving, and technical skills. They carry no regular academic credit, but participants can often earn some form of continuing education credential.
Lehigh continuing education programs are designed to meet specific needs. Contents, schedules, and timing are adapted to effectively serve the audiences for which they have been developed. Apart from programs presented on the Lehigh campus, a number of seminars are available for "in-house" presentation to organizations on a contract basis. For more information about these programs, contact the appropriate department or research center.
For ESL students who want to improve their ability to use and comprehend English on-campus and off-campus in formal and informal settings.
The ESL English Language Learning Center provides professional English language tutoring for undergraduate and graduate international students and their spouses wanting to improve their English skills in all skill areas: academic and conversational speaking, listening, reading, writing and grammar, and test preparation for TOEFL, GRE and GMAT.
The ELLC lab is located in the ESL Department Office in Coxe Hall, Room 204. Contact the ESL office for more information: (610) 758-6099 or email inesl@lehigh.edu. Also, please visit our website for online English assistance and information www.lehigh.edu/~inesl/ELLC