Alumni Bulletin - Fall 2007 - (Page 9)

(top left) Lehigh President Alice P. Gast and Provost Mohamed El-Aasser in Founder’s Day procession; (center) Professor Michael G. Kolchin delivers Founder’s Day address; (right) The LU choir performs “Desh,” with sitar player Arati Shah-Yukich. founder’s day 2007 FOUNDER’S DAY CELEBRATES PACKER’S VISION The Oct. 11 ceremony honored today’s Lehigh leaders who continue founder Asa Packer’s commitment to quality education. Lehigh University still embodies Asa Packer’s vision “to improve the intellectual and moral development of our students,” Michael G. Kolchin, professor of management and associate dean for graduate studies, told his colleagues in the 129th annual Founder’s Day address. Kolchin, winner of this year’s Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Faculty Award for distinguished teaching, delivered this year’s address. “We care about our students!” Kolchin said. “We are available to our students, not only for help in their studies, but for discussions about life and what happens after Lehigh.” Following the invocation, President Alice P. Gast welcomed the university community and presented a walking stick “much like the one Asa Packer carried” to Daniel E. Smith Jr. ’71, the new chariman of Lehigh’s board of trustees. Later in the ceremony, the Lehigh University choir, accompanied by a sitar player, performed “Desh,” a piece that combined Tibetan and Indian traditions. Muhammad Razavi ’10, president of the Muslim Student Association, gave the benediction. community STUDYING STEEL SITE’S DEVELOPMENT Lehigh University launched two initiatives to examine the development of Bethlehem’s South Side and its potential effects on the community and the university. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is building a $600 million casino, hotel, and retail complex on the former Bethlehem Steel site on the South Side. Proponents say it will spur economic redevelopment in the area, while others express concern about potential increases in crime and trafﬁc. In response, Seth Moglen, associate professor of English and interim director of the Lehigh Humanities Center, and John Pettegrew, associate professor of history and director of Lehigh’s American Studies program, organized the South Side Initiative. The project, conceived in April, will bring together the university community, the people of Bethlehem, government officials, experts, and developers to learn about the Bethlehem Steel site plans and address the community’s needs. Simultaneously, President Alice P. Gast has launched a South Bethlehem Development Study Group to determine Lehigh’s strategic approaches to the expected changes. The group will bring together internal and external experts to explore a variety of areas and their bearing on the university and its constituents. They will work in partnership with the South Side Initiative and incorporate information produced by the academic and community outreach efforts of the Initiative.—Tricia Long fall 2007 9

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