Purpose Statement: Lehigh will fully activate the 740-acre Mountaintop campus and transform it into a vital destination and resource for the Lehigh community and beyond. We will use Mountaintop as a location for big and messy work. We will explore the creation of a graduate student and postdoc village, spaces for corporate partnerships, inviting outdoor areas, retail and community event space.
Leads: Brett Davidson, Mark Ironside, Nancy Trainer
Project Manager: Ruth Traldi
Strategic Goals Supported:
- Make it New
- Embrace risk taking and a philosophy of fast failure as vital to innovation and learning.
- Pursue understanding in emerging areas.
- Be nimble, dynamic and future-focused.
- Make a Difference
- Focus deeply in interdisciplinary research and education.
- Lead in student learning outcomes through building from theory to practice to expertise.
- Build and strengthen external partnerships.
- Become a user-focused university.
- Make it Together
- Broaden Lehigh’s global perspective and impact.
- Enhance access and equity, develop trust and ensure a sense of belonging for all members of the Lehigh community.
- Strengthen and grow community engagement and service, and partnerships within Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley.
Strategic Throughlines: Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Libraries, and Wellness
Initiative Team(s) / Advisory Group(s): Ad hoc committees of existing Mountaintop users.
Mountaintop Initiative Advisory Group:
Brett Davidson, Assistant Vice President, Development for Colleges and University Initiatives (Initiative Lead)
Mark Ironside, Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services (Initiative Lead)
Ruth Traldi, Director of Engagement and Programs, Mountaintop Campus (Project Manager)
Deirdre Kwiatek, Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives and Communications
Kate Bullard, Senior Director of Research Development
Laura Bachman, Director of Conference Services
Lindsay Lebresco, Executive Director, Content Creation
Ryan Rose, Associate Vice President for Facilities and Campus Planning
Steph Lawrence, Director, Transportation & Parking Services
Important Organizational Infrastructure: Space Planning Committee, and Capital Projects Group.
Highlights and Accomplishments:
- Completed comprehensive campus planning effort resulting in “Making the Future: A Plan for the Lehigh Campus”
- Expanded resources and community spaces on Mountaintop through opening of a new 3D printing hub and a fitness center
- Continued activation of Mountaintop through increased number of credit hours offered there, establishment of Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, Research Translation Acceleration (RTA) on Mountaintop, relocation of Technical Entrepreneurship and Office of Technology Transfer to Mountaintop, opening of Forest Park, and increased number of community events and programming
Explore more accomplishments for this and other initiatives on the Completed Projects page.
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Have a question or want to get involved? Reach out to inmtcamp@lehigh.edu