1) Celebrate Lehigh’s 150th
The entire Lehigh community is invited to join in The Sesquicentennial Block pARTy celebrating the university’s 150th. The block party puts an emphasis on the arts—visual, performing, literary, technical, and engineering. Centered at Zoellner and spilling out across campus, the Block pARTy will be a compelling and imaginative selection of events that captures the creative talent and spirit of innovation at Lehigh and in our local community. Most events are free.
2) Get In On The Squirrely Fun!
Did you know that the Huffington Post ranked Lehigh #3 in its list of "Squirrel-Obsessed Colleges?"
This fun fact, and other squirrely tales and topics, are on display in an exhibit in the EWFM Library Lobby: Lehigh Squirrels: A fun foray into Lehigh's squirrel obsession, including legends, history, biology, and literature.
There's more! The celebration of our bushy-tailed campus residents includes a squirrel photo contest (and possibly a Squirrel Facts Game later in the year). The photo contest is now accepting online submissions, and the winner will receive a Lehigh-branded stuffed animal squirrel, courtesy of the Lehigh Campus Bookstore.
Get more information and submit your photo here.
3) Update on the CORE Report and Opportunities to Share Feedback
Earlier this summer, the campus community received the report prepared by the Commission on the Residential Environment, or CORE. You can familiarize yourself with the report and the recommendations here.
The report -- which was the result of an in-depth and extensive review of residential life at Lehigh by more than 60 faculty, staff, students and trustees -- provides a powerful framework to begin a campus-wide conversation about how residential life at Lehigh can best support our educational mission and the development of our students, both undergraduate and graduate.
When the report was released, faculty, staff and students were invited to provide feedback, which you can read here. You can still add your own comments on the site if you have not yet had a chance to do so.
A series of meetings and open forums for members of our community to continue to participate in this conversation will be held this fall. Keep an eye out for more details as the dates are announced. As President Simon and Provost Farrell noted in their email to campus: “We recognize that many of the decisions we make -- both large and small -- can deeply impact our campus culture. These decisions around our residential and social spaces can inspire new ways of interacting and open up opportunities for engagement. They can allow for personal growth and development, and provide the chance to shape an environment that supports diversity, inclusion, and a healthy campus climate.”