Welcome, new grad students!
Dear New Graduate Student,
Congratulations on your acceptance to Lehigh and welcome to the Lehigh community of 2,100 graduate students! The Graduate Student Life Office is here to assist you with student life concerns by providing information, referrals, advice, and consultation. Your department will handle any of your academic concerns, including departmental assistantship awards.
The Graduate Life Office would like to invite you to Fall Orientation at Lehigh on Monday through Wednesday, August 19 through 21, 2013. At Orientation, we will offer information that will help you get settled at Lehigh as quickly as possible. Weather permitting, we’ll also take a tour of campus. Feel free to email us with any questions.
Here are the details:
What: New Graduate Student Orientation
When: Monday-Wednesday, August 19-21
Time: TBD
Where: TBD
We will make registration available soon.
Please take a look at the Graduate Student Resource Book 2013, as well as the other electronic materials on this website to help you as you prepare to move to and live in our community. Also, take a minute to look at our video clips for new international students which include valuable information for domestic students as well. They include information on:
Before You Come to Lehigh: http://vimeo.com/21667611
Graduate Housing: http://vimeo.com/21671559
Health and Wellness: http://vimeo.com/21653772
Once You are Here: http://vimeo.com/22897247
FINDING AN APARTMENT
In addition, please see Residential Services website on both on-campus and off-campus housing: http://www4.lehigh.edu/housing/graduate
REQUIREMENTS
- Pennsylvania State Law requires that students living in university housing either (1) obtain a meningitis vaccine or (2) fill out a declination form. You may obtain the vaccination at the Health Center for a fee. Lehigh’s injury and sickness insurance does not cover this fee because the insurance does not cover preventive medicine. Medically, only college freshmen living in dormitories are at an increased risk, so graduate students may feel comfortable choosing to waive the meningococcal vaccine. If you do not want the vaccine, you may waive it by completing the declination form. The form is available at the Student Health Center, Johnson Hall. This law does not apply to students living off-campus. Please address questions and comments directly to the Health Center: 610/758-3870. For details, please visit http://www.lehigh.edu/health/immune.shtml.
- Taking and passing the SPEAK test is required of all international T.A.s whose first language is not English. For information: 610/758-6099.
- Mandatory Tuberculosis (TB) Testing is required for international students. The test is $68. Results and medical recommendations will be given by appointment at the Health Center, Johnson Hall, 3rd floor. Your test results will not affect your enrollment status. For information, call the Student Health Center: 610/758-3870.
E-MAIL ACCOUNTS
More information on E-Mail accounts and technology resources at Lehigh is available at http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/accounts.html.
ID CARDS http://www.lehigh.edu/~inluid/
Your Lehigh ID card provides you with access to several important services, such as access to academic buildings (with approval), a GoldPLUS account http://www.lehigh.edu/~inburs/GoldPlus_Index.htm, athletic facilities and events, bookstore discounts and library borrowing. The ID office is located in the Christmas Saucon Annex, 14A E. Packer Avenue. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 a.m.
1. Before going to the ID office, check with your department to make sure that you are in the Banner system as a registered student. If you are not in the system, ask to speak with your graduate coordinator.
2. You must wait at least one day after registering for classes to get your ID card. Be prepared to have your photo taken for your ID card.
Make sure to check out the rest of the Graduate Student Life website for updates on Orientation and about the services we provide all graduate students.
Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions.
See you at Orientation -- Don’t forget to RSVP!
Feel free to email us at any time! ingrador@lehigh.edu
Kathleen Hutnik, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Life Office
