Nominate a Lehigh Strategy Champion
The Lehigh Strategy Champion Awards recognize faculty and staff who demonstrate exceptional commitment to advancing Lehigh University’s strategic plan through their leadership, innovation, and collaboration. Help us highlight and celebrate meaningful contributions that strengthen Lehigh’s future.
Engagement Opportunities
Event: Obstacles to Interdisciplinary Education - Small lunch gatherings (5 total)
Date: Sept., Oct., and Nov.
Hosted By: Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Faculty and Staff
Event: PhD Educational Opportunities - Small dinner gathering
Date: Oct. 23
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: COH College Meeting
Date: Oct. 27
Hosted By: Mark Erickson
Audience: COH Faculty and Staff
Event: Artificial Intelligence - Small dinner gathering
Date: Oct. 27
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: Inspiring the Future Makers Strategy Town Hall
Date: Nov. 10
Hosted By: President Helble, Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Obstacles to Interdisciplinary Education Discussion
Date: Nov. 11
Hosted By: Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Student Senate
Event: Future Maker Forum - Artificial Intelligence
Date: Nov. 12
Hosted By: Dominic Packer, Greg Reihman, Lori Kennedy and Nathan Urban
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Young Alumni Council Meeting
Date: Nov. 17
Hosted By: Mark Erickson
Audience: Young Alumni Council
Event: Strategic Administrative Partners Group Meeting
Date: Nov. 19
Hosted By: Mark Erickson
Audience: Strategic Administrative Partners Group
Event: Future Maker Forum - Activating Mountaintop
Date: Dec. 9
Hosted By: Nancy Trainer
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Employee Relations Advisory Committee Meeting
Date: Dec. 17
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: Employee Relations Advisory Committee
Event: Future Maker Forum - Student Outcomes
Date: Jan. 30
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Future Maker Forum - Lead in Educational Innovation Initiative
Date: Feb. 25
Hosted By: Bill Gaudelli
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Future Maker Forum - A Lehigh for Everyone Initiative
Date: March 26
Hosted By: Robert Robinson
Audience: Campus Community
Event: COB College Meeting
Date: April 16
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: COB Faculty and Staff
Event: Student Outcomes - Small dinner gathering
Date: April 17
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: Inspiring the Future Makers Strategy Town Hall
Date: April 17
Hosted By: President Helble, Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Future Maker Forum - Enhance the Shared Bethlehem Experience Initiative
Date: April 23
Hosted By: Tracey King
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Data Day 2025
Date: May 8
Hosted By: Yenny Anderson
Audience: Invitation Only
Event: Planning Group DILAT
Date: Nov. 1
Hosted By: Vinod Namboodiri, Won Choi, Yaling Liu, George DuPaul
Audience: Invitation Only
Event: Development and Alumni Relations Department Meeting
Date: Nov. 8
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: DAR Staff
Event: Community Involved Research - Small dinner gathering
Date: Nov. 11
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: Inspiring the Future Makers Strategy Town Hall
Date: Nov. 12
Hosted By: President Helble, Nathan Urban, Mark Erickson
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Lehigh UDI Trailblazers - Small dinner gathering
Date: Nov. 13
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: Advancing Technology Transfer in PA
Date: Nov. 15
Hosted By: Lehigh, PA Office of Community & Economic Development, PA Office of Transformation and Opportunity
Audience: PA-based Universities, Industry & Government Stakeholders
Event: URC presentations to campus: ACES and DILAT Planning Groups, and Conflict and Change Applicants
Date: Nov. 18
Hosted By: Anand Jagota and Dominic Packer
Audience: Campus Community
Event: CAS College Meeting
Date: Nov. 20
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: CAS Faculty and Staff
Event: COH College Meeting
Date: Nov. 22
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: COH Faculty and Staff
Event: Inter-College Programs - Small dinner gathering
Date: Nov. 25
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: AI - Small dinner gathering
Date: Dec. 3
Hosted By: President Helble
Audience: Selected engaged Faculty and Staff
Event: Future Maker Forum - An Organization of the Future Initiative
Date: Dec. 3
Hosted By: Greg Reihman
Audience: Campus Community
Event: COE College Meeting
Date: Dec. 12
Hosted By: Nathan Urban and Mark Erickson
Audience: COE Faculty and Staff
Event: Strategic Plan Implementation Info Session
Date: Jan. 31
Hosted By: President Helble, Nathan Urban, and Christine E. Cook
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Exploratory First Semester - Small lunch gatherings (9 total)
Date: Jan. and Feb.
Hosted By: Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Faculty and Staff
Event: Faculty Town Hall - Exploratory First Semester
Date: Feb. 29
Hosted By: Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Faculty
Event: Faculty Town Hall - Exploratory First Semester
Date: March 22
Hosted By: Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Faculty
Event: Campus Planning Open House
Date: April 18
Hosted By: Nathan Urban, Christine E. Cook, and Michael Todd
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Strategic Plan Implementation Info Session
Date: May 1
Hosted By: President Helble, Nathan Urban, and Christine E. Cook
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Data Day 2024
Date: May 9
Hosted By: Yenny Anderson
Audience: Invitation Only
Event: Strategic Plan Implementation Info Session
Date: Sept. 5
Hosted By: President Helble, Nathan Urban, and Christine E. Cook
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Focus Session: Leading in Educational Innovation
Date: Oct. 26
Hosted By: Bill Gaudelli
Audience: Campus Community
Event: Focus Session: Redefine a Deeply Interdisciplinary Education Panel Discussion
Date: Nov. 9
Hosted By: Terry-Ann Jones
Audience: Campus Community
News
Lehigh Advances Into Year Three of Its Strategy With a Focus on Sustaining Success
Town Hall highlights major Year Two achievements, a university-wide push for AI readiness and priorities for the year ahead.
ACES Symposium on Energy, Water and Data Centers Brings Together Leaders from Education, Industry and Government
The day-long event in Iacocca Hall facilitated dialogue regarding challenges and opportunities for powering the future.
President Video Message: Free Expression and Belonging, and Lehigh’s New Brand
A message sent to members of the Lehigh campus community.
Year Two Progress Report - Inspiring the Future Makers
A message sent to members of the Lehigh community.
President Video Message: Fall 2025 Campus Update
A message sent to members of the Lehigh campus community.
President Video Message: Fall 2025 Campus Update
A message sent to members of the Lehigh campus community.
Lehigh Hosts National Workshop on Rethinking PhD Training in Washington, D.C.
There was a strong agreement among attendees at the three-day event that the traditional PhD model must evolve.
Lehigh Trustees Endorse New Plan to Shape Campus for Future Generations
The plan is the "logical next step” in implementing Lehigh’s Inspiring the Future Makers strategy, notes President Joseph J. Helble ‘82.
Report shows Lehigh's Economic Impact on Community Totals $1.4 Billion
The university invested in a Community and Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2024, which showed its comprehensive impact on the Lehigh Valley.
Lehigh’s Community and Economic Impact: Moving the Lehigh Valley Forward Together
A look at Lehigh’s Community and Economic Impact Report.