理海大学｜Lehigh University

理海大学(Lehigh University)是一所私立研究型大学，位于美国宾夕法尼亚州费城以北70英里的伯利恒(Bethlehem)，地处理海谷(Lehigh Valley)。该校由实业家艾萨.帕克(Asa Parker)建于1865年，后来发展成一个以工程科学闻名的综合性大学。

理海大学可以颁发文科学士学位（BA）,理科学士学位（BS）,硕士学位，博士学位。 大学共设有4个学院：文理学院（Arts and Science College）, 工程应用科学学院（COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE），商学院（COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS ）和教育学院（COLLEGE OF EDUCATION）。

近年来，理海大学的商学院发展迅速，已经成为美国最为著名的商学院之一。 另外，理海的文理学院和教育学院在美国学术界也享有很高的声誉。

现在，理海大学拥有本科在读学生4500人左右，研究生2000左右。师生比例：1：9.3。 99%的教职人员拥有博士学位或者相应领域的最高学位。 平均课堂大小20-25人 77%的课程30人以下的课堂规模

在2006年，在美国权威杂志《USNews》的顶尖大学排名中，理海大学位列33。与她排名相近的有：纽约大学，波斯顿学院，维斯康星大学，威廉玛丽学院等历史悠久的著名老牌大学。 在2006年，美国著名杂志《BusinessWeek》的本科商学院排名中，理海大学位列20。与她排名相近的有：南加州大学，印第安娜大学，华盛顿大学等。

理海大学也常被译为 利哈伊大学 。

英文版介绍：Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school. The university comprises over 4,600 undergraduate students, 2,000 graduate students, almost 600 professors, and almost 1,500 administrative professionals.

The university has four colleges: the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences, the nationally ranked College of Business and Economics, and the graduate-only College of Education. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest college, home to roughly 40% percent of the university s students.The colleges offer a variety of degrees, including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy.

In July 2008, the Dalai Lama held a public lecture and conducted a series of teachings at Lehigh University.

一、Academics

Lehigh s average class size is 25 30 students; over 80% of classes have fewer than 30 students.[6] The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 9:1.[2]

The 2008 edition of US News World Report s Best Colleges ranked Lehigh in its Most Selective admissions category and 31st in the National Universities (Doctoral) category. The The Princeton Review classifies it among the Best Northeastern Colleges .

1、P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science

The 2008 edition of US News World Report s Best Graduate Schools voted Lehigh 42nd in top engineering schools.

Graduates of Lehigh s engineering programs invented the escalator and founded Packard Motor Car Company and the companies that built the locks and lockgates of the Panama Canal. Roger Penske of Penske Racing is an alumnus. Students from Lehigh s Materials Science and Engineering department were chosen to assist in the analysis of debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honors society, was founded at Lehigh.

2、College of Business and Economics

In 2008, BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh s College of Business and Economics 25th in the nation among undergraduate business programs.[8] Lehigh s accounting program is particularly strong, ranked as the number one undergraduate accounting program in the nation by BusinessWeek.[9] Accounting and finance majors at Lehigh are heavily recruited by Big Four auditors, consulting firms, and investment banks. Additionally, BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh s part-time MBA fifth in the nation and first in the region in 2007.

Most business college classes take place in the Rauch Business Center, which includes four computer labs. The Rauch Business Center also includes a financial services lab where students have access to premium investment research equipment.

3、College of Arts and Sciences

Based in the Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh offers a variety of performing and visual arts programs. In particular, it has many music programs, including its Marching 97, the Wind Ensemble and the Philharmonic orchestra. It has a dedicated Humanities Center, which is an active center for discussions in philosophy, literature, religion studies, and other subjects.

Lehigh also has a program called ArtsLehigh, oriented towards enhancing interest in the arts on campus.

4、College of Education

The College of Education offers graduate programs in Counseling Psychology, Educational Leadership, School Psychology, Special Education, Teaching, Learning, and Technology , and Transcultural Comparative International Education.[14] More than 6000 students have received one of these degrees as of 2007, with some of them going on to receive awards such as MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year.

5、Faculty

As of 2007Lehigh has 614 total instructional faculty, 443 of which are full-time. Over 99% of the faculty has a Ph.D. or the highest terminal degree in their field About three-quarters (74%) of them are male.

Faculty members are required to have a minimum of four office hours per week.

二、Athletics

Called the Engineers until 1995, Lehigh s teams are now officially known as the Mountain Hawks, although teams prior to 1995 may be rerred to by the older title. They mostly compete in the Patriot League as part of NCAA s Division I.

Lehigh competes in 25 different NCAA Division I sports. Despite the rigor of its academic programs, its 2006 student-athlete graduation rate of 97% ranks 12th among all 326 NCAA Division I institutions. In 2002, it won the inaugural USA Today/NCAA Foundation Award for having the nation s top graduation rate of all Division I institutions. Lehigh student-athletes success on the field and in the classroom has resulted in Lehigh being one of the 20 Division I schools included in U.S. News World Report s America s Best College Sports Programs. Lehigh graduates have gone on to professional careers in the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer,and the National Basketball Association as players, scouts, coaches and owners. Lehigh graduates have competed in both the Olympics and the Super Bowl.

Wrestling

The most storied athletic program at Lehigh is its wrestling team. Over the past several decades it has turned out several All-Americans and had numerous squads finish with Top 20 NCAA national rankings. Under coach Greg Strobel, recent teams have dominated the EIWA league. On April 15, 2008, the athletic department announced the hiring of former assistant coach and two-time national champion Pat Santoro as Lehigh s next head coach.

The Rivalry

Lehigh University is notable for their rivalry in sports and academics with nearby Lafayette College. Since 1884, the two football teams have met 142 times, making The Rivalry the most played in the history of college football. It is also the longest uninterrupted rivalry in college football, with the teams playing at least once every year since 1897. The Rivalry is considered one of the best in all of college athletics and ESPNU recently ranked The Rivalry #8 in their Top Ten College Football Rivalries. This game is sold out long bore gameday each year.

三、Presidents of Lehigh

Henry Copp e (1866-1875), soldier, author, and engineer

John McDowell Leavitt (1875-1880), Episcopal clergyman

Robert Alexander Lamberton (1880-1893), lawyer

Thomas Messinger Drown (1895-1904), chemistry professor

Henry Sturgis Drinker (1905-1920), the only alumnus to serve as president

Charles Russ Richards (1922-1935), presided over the first graduate degrees awarded to women

Clement C. Williams (1935-1944), civil engineer

Martin Dewey Whitaker (1946-1960), who worked to develop the atomic bomb

Harvey A. Neville (1961-1964), the only faculty member ever elected president

W. Deming Lewis (1964-1982), presided over the admission of undergraduate women

Peter Likins (1982-1997), civil engineer

William C. Hittinger (1997-1998), electrical engineer

Gregory C. Farrington (1998-2006), chemist

Alice Gast (2006-present), Lehigh s first female president, chemical engineer

四、Spirit and traditions

Lehigh students have several lasting traditions: Lehigh s school colors, brown and white, date back to 1874, and the school newspaper of the same name was first published in 1894.

Following the death of Asa Packer in May 1879, the University established Founder s Day to be held in October to remember and recognize those have contributed to the success of the University. The event remains an annual tradition.

Freshmen are traditionally inducted into the University in a convocation in Packer Chapel and welcomed at a Freshman-Alumni Rally where their class flag is given to them by the class from fifty years bore.

Until the 1970s, freshmen wore small brown hats with their class numbers called dinks from the beginning of the fall semester until the Lafayette football game. The week leading up to the big game was full of festivities created to unite the students and fuel spirit. In one of these events, The Pajama Parade, the freshmen were led across the penny toll bridge in their pajamas singing We Pay No Tolls Tonight to the Moravian College dormitories where they would serenade the women. The week bore the game still involves decoration of the Greek houses, a bonfire, parties, rallies and the Marching 97 performing unexpectedly during classes the Friday bore the game.

While the riots to rip down the goal posts in Taylor Stadium are a thing of the past, many alumni return for the Lafayette game (which is usually sold out a month in advance) to root Lehigh on, to attend parties at their former fraternities and sororities, and to see old friends.

五、Ranking

1、US News World Report

The 2008 edition of Best Colleges from US News World Report s ranked Lehigh as Most Selective in admissions and 31st in the National Universities (Doctoral) category. It ranked as follows among the 126 top-tier universities:

8th in Alumni Giving.

16th in Classes with fewer than 20 students.

28th in Best value.

30th in Retention rate.

32nd in Student selectivity.

32nd in Graduation rate.

36th in Percentage of students in the top 10 percent of their high school class.

36th in Average standardized test scores.

The magazine also included Lehigh in its America s Best College Sports Programs list.

2、BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh s undergraduate College of Business Economics 25th overall in the nation in 2007. The school was ranked 1st in accounting, 11th in median starting salaries for its graduates, and 21st in academic quality.