Resources
Lehigh University offers various resources to help keep students safe, healthy, engaged, informed and supported.
Emergency Information
Lehigh University’s emergency planning measures help ensure our campus is as safe as possible, and our response to emergency scenarios of all types is thoughtful, collaborative and efficient.
Preventing and Addressing Sexual Assault
Lehigh is committed to maintaining a campus environment in which no member of the community is subject to sexual assault, harassment, gender violence, dating/domestic violence and sexual misconduct. Meet Lehigh’s Equal Opportunity Compliance Coordinator >
Alcohol Awareness and Harm Reduction Initiatives
Lehigh strives to cultivate and sustain a healthy and safe environment that minimizes high-risk drinking through education, policy evaluation, assessment and other initiatives to ensure students thrive socially and academically.
Hazing Prevention
Lehigh actively works with organizations, clubs, teams and other campus groups to raise awareness, engage in conversations and prevent hazing.
Lehigh EMS
Lehigh’s emergency medical service, staffed by volunteer students, faculty and staff, is a fully licensed response unit that provides basic life support services 24/7 when classes are in session.
Campus Dietician
Lehigh’s on-campus dietician provides students with healthy menu options and help in selecting well-balanced meals, snacks and desserts. Support for those with special dietary management needs is also available.
Disability Services
Disability Support Services works closely with students to ensure equal access to Lehigh programs, activities and services. Aid in requesting accommodations to address specific needs is provided.
Download HawkWatch, Lehigh’s free safety app, to directly connect with LUPD dispatchers, receive essential notifications, access information in emergency situations and track buses on campus.
Lehigh After Dark (LAD) provides a variety of social options as alternatives to alcohol. Events include weekly trivia nights, athletic challenges, open mic nights, comedy shows and a boardwalk carnival.
Joining more than 2,000 colleges and universities across the country, Lehigh became a tobacco-free and smoke-free campus in August 2021.
Not only is Lehigh’s dining services committed to providing healthy food options, they have pledged to annually increase the procurement of food from local, organic, fair trade and humane sources.
The Health Advancement & Prevention Strategies Office is dedicated to creating an environment that supports student learning and personal development by enhancing institutional health and safety through public health practice.
Lehigh’s Taylor Gym offers a wide variety of fitness and wellness programs for the Lehigh community, including classes taught by professional instructors. Classes range from circuit training to small group HIIT training, yoga & meditation, nutritional classes and more.
In striving to provide a safe environment for students while furthering Lehigh’s partnership with the City of Bethlehem, the University donated a police horse named Asa to the Friends of the Bethlehem Police Mounted Foundation to aid in patrols.
Break the Silence Peer Educators work to prevent gender violence on campus through healthy sexuality education.