Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States.
It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school. The university comprises over 4,600 undergraduate students, 2,000 graduate students, almost 600 professors, and almost 1,500 administrative professionals.
The university has four colleges: the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and Economics, and the graduate-only College of Education. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest college, home to roughly 40% percent of the university's students.
The colleges offer a variety of degrees, including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy.

Campus
Lehigh's average class size is 25-30 students; The The Princeton Review classifies it among the "Best Northeastern Colleges."

Academics
See also: Lehigh university engineering highlights
Students from Lehigh's Materials Science and Engineering department were chosen to assist in the analysis of debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
The 2008 edition of US News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools voted Lehigh 42nd in top engineering schools. Lehigh has been voted best engineering graduate school by US News & World Report for the last couple years as well.
Graduates of Lehigh's engineering programs invented the escalator and founded Packard Motor Car Company and the companies that built the locks and lockgates of the Panama Canal. Roger Penske of Penske Racing is an alumnus.
Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honors society, was founded at Lehigh.

College of Engineering and Applied Science
In 2007, BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh's College of Business and Economics 20th in the nation among undergraduate business programs. Accounting and finance majors at Lehigh are heavily recruited by Big Four auditors, consulting firms, and investment banks.
Most business college classes take place in the Rauch Business Center, which includes two computer labs. The Rauch Business Center also includes a financial services lab where students have access to premium investment research equipment.

College of Business and Economics
See also: Lehigh University Music
Based in the Zoellner Arts Center, oriented towards enhancing interest in the arts on campus.

College of Arts and Sciences
College homepage: http://www.lehigh.edu/education
The College of Education offers graduate programs in Counseling Psychology, Educational Leadership, School Psychology, Special Education, "Teaching, Learning, and Technology", and Transcultural Comparative International Education.

College of Education
See also: Lehigh University faculty
As of 2007 About three-quarters (74%) of them are male.
Faculty members are required to have a minimum of four office hours per week.

Faculty

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Main article: Lehigh University History History

Henry Coppée (1866-1875), soldier, author, and engineer
John McDowell Leavitt (1875-1880), Episcopal clergyman
Robert Alexander Lamberton (1880-1893), lawyer
Thomas Messinger Drown (1895-1904), chemistry professor
Henry Sturgis Drinker (1905-1920), the only alumnus to serve as president
Charles Russ Richards (1922-1935), presided over the first graduate degrees awarded to women
Clement C. Williams (1935-1944), civil engineer
Martin Dewey Whitaker (1946-1960), who worked to develop the atomic bomb
Harvey A. Neville (1961-1964), the only faculty member ever elected president
W. Deming Lewis (1964-1982), presided over the admission of undergraduate women
Peter Likins (1982-1997), civil engineer
William C. Hittinger (1997-1998), electrical engineer
Gregory C. Farrington (1998-2006), chemist
Alice Gast (2006-present), Lehigh's first female president, chemical engineer Presidents of Lehigh
Nearly all of Lehigh's fraternities and sororities have their own houses which are owned by the university; most of the fraternities and six of the sororities are located on the "Hill" along Upper and Lower Sayre Park Roads. The remaining two sororities are located in the Centennial complex near Rathbone Hall. Just off-campus there is one full fraternity, multiple "satellite" fraternity houses, and many sports team have residences off campus.

Greek Life

Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Chi Rho
Beta Theta Pi
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Upsilon
Delta Phi
Zeta Psi
Theta Xi
Theta Chi
Kappa Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Sigma Alpha Mu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Sigma Kappa
Chi Phi
Chi Psi
Psi Upsilon Fraternities

Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Chi Omega
Gamma Phi Beta
Delta Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Pi Beta Phi Sororities
Lehigh students have several lasting traditions: Lehigh's school colors, brown and white, date back to 1874, and the school newspaper of the same name was first published in 1894.
Following the death of Asa Packer in May 1879, the University established "Founder's Day" to be held in October to remember and recognize those have contributed to the success of the University. The event remains an annual tradition.
Freshmen are traditionally inducted into the University in a convocation in Packer Chapel and welcomed at a Freshman-Alumni Rally where their class flag is given to them by the class from fifty years before.
Until the 1970s, freshmen wore small brown hats with their class numbers called "dinks" from the beginning of the fall semester until the Lafayette football game. The week leading up to the big game was full of festivities created to unite the students and fuel spirit. In one of these events, "The Pajama Parade," the freshmen were led across the penny toll bridge in their pajamas singing "We Pay No Tolls Tonight" to the Moravian College dormitories where they would serenade the women. The week before the game still involves decoration of the Greek houses, a bonfire, parties, rallies and the Marching 97 performing unexpectedly during classes the Friday before the game.
While the riots to rip down the goal posts in Taylor Stadium are a thing of the past, many alumni return for the Lafayette game (which is usually sold out a month in advance) to root Lehigh on, to attend parties at their former living units, and to see old friends.

Spirit and traditions

Detailed rankings
The 2008 edition of Best Colleges from US News & World Report's ranked Lehigh as "Most Selective" in admissions and 31st in the "National Universities (Doctoral)" category. It ranked as follows among the 126 top-tier universities:

8th in Alumni Giving.
16th in Classes with fewer than 20 students.
28th in Best value.
30th in Retention rate.
32nd in Student selectivity.
32nd in Graduation rate.
36th in Percentage of students in the top 10 percent of their high school class.
36th in Average standardized test scores. US News & World Report
BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh's undergraduate College of Business & Economics 20th overall in the nation in 2007. The school was ranked 15th in academic quality, 8th in median starting salaries for its graduates and 6th in accounting programs.

BusinessWeek
The 2008 edition of the The Princeton Review included Lehigh among its "Best Northeastern Colleges."
# 9 in the "More to do on Campus" category.
# 13 in the "Homogeneous Student Population" category. The Princeton Review
Packard Laboratory, home of the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Rauch Business Center
The Fairchild-Martindale Library
Packard Lab windows
Christmas Saucon Hall, home of the Department of Mathematics
Stairs Leading to Alumni Memorial Building
A statue of founder Asa Packer, by the Admissions Building
Above an entrance to Packer Memorial Church

Photo gallery

List of Lehigh University alumni Notes

Plotnicki, Rita M., Looking Back: A Lehigh Scrapbook, Lehigh University, 1991
Sermon in Stone Packer Memorial Church: A Historical Essay by W. Ross Yates
Historic Stones of Bethlehem essay project, Spring 2001
History of Lehigh
Past Presidents
Facts About Lehigh