This year, Lehigh students traveled to Honduras to understand how technology can positively impact the working poor. They left with a better appreciation of microfinance—and how technology has its place in even the most remote and impoverished communities. See how Lehigh’s approach to integrating business and engineering is helping take microfinance to the next level. View the audio slide show. > Take a look at the hand-held technology designed by students, one of two projects developed in collaboration with microfinance officials from Honduras. more > Learn how microfinance in Honduras works -- and how our technology is helping expedite the loan transaction process (5.8 Mb PDF). more > Lehigh traveled the Honduras countryside to learn how microfinancing is aiding small business owners and household entrepreneurs. Read our story. more > Kelsey Smith '07 shares her experience and discusses how microfinance has helped put her business education in perspective. more >   Like to learn more about our programs? Have a question about our microfinance initiatives? Drop us an email and share your thoughts.

Located just a short drive from New York and Philadelphia, Lehigh University is in a unique position to evolve along with the business community. It's why we focus on closely integrating our curriculum with Lehigh's three other colleges and, in particular, the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. In fact, well over half of all undergraduate students participate in team projects that cross colleges. "That means non-traditional, hands-on, experiential, beyond the textbook initiatives," says Todd Watkins, who walked you through the slideshow above. To get a sense of why Lehigh's been so successful at cross-disciplinary education, take a few minutes to read more about a few of our unconventional programs: Computer Science and Business The only undergraduate program of its kind. Integrated Product Development Recognized 11 times by NAIIA Integrated Business and Engineering An honors program for tech-savvy individuals

 

   

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