C A M P U S Scholarship Recognizes 50 Years of Coeducation Fifty years ago, Lehigh welcomed its frst class of undergraduate students that included women. Now, in honor of the milestone anniversary of Lehigh coeducation, four foundational donors have come forward to launch the Soaring Together Scholarship Program, which will provide recipients with an unprecedented level of support while advancing gender equity. The program, which bears the name of the university’s celebration of coeducation, ofers full-tuition merit scholarships as well as experiential learning opportunities, career and professional development, and alumni support and networking to impact students academically and throughout their careers. The program was launched with four foundational gifts totaling nearly $3.5 million from Mark Alpert ’70; Board of Trustees Vice ChairMariaChrin ’87 ’10P and John Chrin ’85 ’86 ’10P; Trustee Ann Lewnes ’83 ’22P and Greg Welch ’22P; and JohnStaub ’86. These gifts will allow the university to initially ofer six scholarships, with the aim of eventually building a cohort of 12-15 recipients per academic year. With the university's vision to ofer D O U G L A S B E N E D I C T / A C A D E M I C I M A G E 50 of these scholarships through philanthropy, the Soaring Together Scholarship Program will become the largest andmost comprehensive of its type at Lehigh. “We are grateful to these donors for being among the frst to fund this important scholarship program in honor of this milestone,” said Lehigh President Joseph J. Helble ’82. “Our goal with any scholarship is to openLehigh’s doors to talented students. This programis broad in both scope and impact. It’s designed to support new learning experiences and inspire relationships that will strengthen our alumni network, and help us continue to advance gender equity.” The scholarships will be awarded to a select number of incoming Lehigh students who excel academically and demonstrate an interest in and commitment to advancing gender equality. All applicants to Lehigh are eligible to apply for the scholarship, beginning with the Class of 2027. “The Soaring Together Scholarship Program is exciting tome because, not only does it allow us to honor the many signifcant and sustained accomplishments of women at Lehigh, it will also serve to attract and reward the next generations of those who seek to advance gender equity at Lehigh and, in so doing, to advance Lehigh broadly,” said DanWarner, vice provost for admissions and fnancial aid. “I’mthrilled about a scholarshipprogramthat celebrates the impact and contributions of Lehigh women—past, present, and future,” saidMaria Chrin. “As barriers, like the gender gap, continue to be broken, Lehigh as an institution and as a community will become even stronger. I have great expectations for the next 50 years of women at Lehigh.” KEYSIGHT LAB A new Keysight Technologies Lab in Packard Lab is a testing ground that will allow students the kind of experiential learning that will help distinguish them as young professionals entering the fields of electrical engineering and computer engineering. The lab was dedicated on March 31. The spacewasmade possible by a gift from Keysight Technologies Inc., a global provider of electronics test andmeasurement solutions based inCalifornia. RonNersesian ’82, above left, is the company’s executive chairman and former chief executive officer. He received his bachelor’s degree fromLehigh in electrical engineering. “Lehigh engineering students are widely regarded as among the most innovative and industrious in the world,” said Nersesian. “We’re very glad to provide this support to Lehigh’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [ECE].” With the lab at their disposal, he said, students will graduate and be ready to contribute on the job on day one. Chengshan Xiao, the ECE department chair, said the new testing and measurement equipment will allow students to perform state-of-the-art industry-ready experiments, innovative senior design projects and more. He said faculty have already designed new and advanced courses to fully utilize the equipment such as vector signal generators, signal analyzers and multi-channel oscilloscopes. 8 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N
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