First-Year Programs
Brown and White Night
Summer Reading Program
Mountain Hawk Monday
Family 5K
AlcoholEdu
Brown and White Night
Join us for the newest Lehigh tradition, Brown and White Night! This reception is for all first-year students to celebrate the completion of your first semester at Lehigh and reconnect with people you have met along the way. Light refreshments will be served! Please email fye@lehigh.edu if you plan to attend.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
4:00-5:30pm
Asa Packer Dining Room (UC 3rd floor)Acknowledgement Card for Brown and White Night
Every August the Lehigh campus is transformed by the incoming first-year class. Now is your chance to recognize first-year students and acknowledge their impact on the Lehigh community. We want to highlight students' contributions to the intellectual environment as well as the social culture.
Summer Reading Program
The selection process for the 2010 Summer Reading Program has begun and we want your help! Through this program, we ask incoming first year students to read a book over the summer and engage them in small-group discussion in the fall as a way to help students transition to the university community and encourage them to be active participants in the academic experience.
Selection Process: The book is chosen by the Book Selection Committee which consists of faculty, staff and students. The following criteria will be considered when making the final selection: relevance to the student community and society as a whole; extent that the book explores multiple perspectives, ideas, backgrounds, or cultures; appeal to a wide audience across the colleges; opportunities for students to be engaged through the book themes and follow-up discussion; and general readability and literary quality.
Past Selections:
(2003) Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
(2004) Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
(2005) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
(2006) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
(2007) Freedom in Exile by The Dalai Lama
(2008, 2009) Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
If you have a book recommendation that you would like the Book Selection Committee to consider, please provide the following information by Monday, March 9:
Mountain Hawk Mondays
Looking for some quick answers to college issues? Well this is the place to get them! Mountain Hawk Monday programs offer great tips and advice for being successful in your first-year. These programs are designed to help your transition to college life. So, grab a friend and attend any Mountain Hawk Monday programs.
Next session: Registration Basics
Do you have questions about registering for your spring courses? Need a checklist so you don't miss a step? Join us on Monday, November 2 at
4:10pm in Maginnes 102
7:15pm in M&M Lounge
Family 5K
Strap on your running shoes and join the rest of the first-year class for the Family 5K. This event is a fundraiser for the South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center and involves you and your family!!!! Held during Family Weekend, the event includes a 5K (3.1 miles) walk or run. All Lehigh students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to participate! Click here for Registration Form and LU Waiver.
AlcoholEdu
Lehigh is working to create a healthier and safer living and learning environment by reducing high-risk drinking and related consequences. We believe that high-risk drinking affects interpersonal, social, and residential life in many ways. As a new Lehigh student, you are expected to complete the AlcoholEdu program before you arrive on campus. AlcoholEdu is an online, science-based program that provides detailed information about alcohol and its effects on the body and mind. The goal of the course is to help you to make well-informed decisions about alcohol and to help you cope with the drinking behavior of your peers.