Where We're Headed

Late this past summer, I had the pleasure of spending an hour speaking with Lehigh President John Simon about a topic that he is clearly quite passionate about: the future of this university.

In a wide-ranging conversation, Simon shared his reflections on his first year in office, offered his appraisal on where Lehigh currently stands in the world of higher education and spoke about the joys and challenges that come along with being president of a university. It was a truly enjoyable conversation, and one I remember mostly for the clear and obvious enthusiasm with which President Simon spoke of this great university.

I went into that meeting feeling proud to work for Lehigh. I left it feeling excited about where Lehigh is going. We hope reading this issue of the Bulletin will leave you feeling the same way.

In this issue,  we delve into the details of the new path President Simon and the university leadership are charting for this great university. Their vision is one that has the potential to change and grow the university in fairly remarkable ways, but as Simon explains in the pages of this magazine, that vision is also one that builds on our historic strengths and honors our great traditions. You can read about the details of this potentially groundbreaking new future for Lehigh starting on page 26. 

Of course, the pages that follow also include the kind of stories you’ve come to expect from your alumni magazine—stories about the achievements of our wonderful faculty and students, stories about wonderful things being accomplished by your fellow alums, and stories that simply continue to help us, your magazine staff, tell the broader and ever-more impressive story of Lehigh.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

Sincerely,
Tim Hyland, Editor