How you make campus feel like a home as a student will stick with you for years … and keep you coming back to campus for a lifetime.
As you begin your Lehigh journey, be sure to dedicate your time to those things that define you now and to seek out those things that you have yet to realize feed your soul. Despite your hefty course load, extracurricular involvement, and drive to succeed, we know you will squeeze it all in.
You will want to support those areas with your time, talent, and treasure when you stay connected to us as alumni. It’s true … at least from what we have seen based on the alumni who came before you. For generations, students who find a home at Lehigh come back to South Mountain as engaged alumni. They support students in the classroom, workplace, and athletic fields. We hope to be able to count you among them someday.
Long-standing tradition where the incoming class is adopted by the class that attended Lehigh 50 years before!
Here are a few areas that resonate with alumni and future alumni, and activities that should capture your Lehigh loyalty for a lifetime.
Lead
Lehigh students and alumni are leaders. They make the future. Find where you want to make your impact. Then know that you can do the same as alumni.
- Student Senate: Representatives of the student body who strive for a cohesive and celebrated community.
- Association of Student Alumni: An organization that combines school spirit with traditions to create connections and build community.
- Fraternity and Sorority Life: Dedicated to leadership, service, scholarship, integrity, and friendship.
- Clubs and organizations: Join a club, find an organization, and get involved.
- Orientation Leader: Serve as a role model for our first-year and transfer students.
- Gryphon Society: Advocates, mentors, policy enforcers, and resources for students living in residential halls.
Fun
Being involved in life at Lehigh is crucial over the next four years and builds connections to what you will still care about when your life moves beyond South Mountain. The fun, though, will keep you coming back for years!
- Arts: Academically vibrant. Socially engaging. The arts at Lehigh take many forms.
- Athletics: Club sports. Intramurals. Division I. Um, Le-Laf (the Rivalry). You will want to play and cheer on the Mountain Hawks.
- South Side: Music, culture, food, movies, coffee, theater … the area around campus brims with activities.
- Lehigh After Dark: A vibrant substance-free nightlight for all students’ interests.
- Family Weekend: Invite families to campus to visit you and take in all things Lehigh.
- Founder’s Day: Celebrating Asa Packer and what his gift and vision have meant to Lehigh.
- Hawk’s Nest: The premier food court experience with late-night hours.
Experience
Alumni play key roles in so many student journeys as they learn in the classroom, gain knowledge outside the classroom, and then turn the world into their classroom. Jump into these things, and you will meet the alumni who pave ways for your success.
- The Rally: Long-standing tradition where the incoming class is adopted by the class that attended Lehigh 50 years before!
- Internships: Meaningful moments in a student’s professional development and often supported by engaged alumni.
- Global Lehigh: Explore different countries and cultures through events, meals, guest speakers, films, and more.
- Professional associations: Whether you are interested in fintech or the Society of Women Engineers, professional groups get you connected.
- Affinity organizations: Find support through the Chaplain’s Office, Pride Center, Center for Gender Equity, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
- Design Labs: Calling all makers! Get busy making in labs at MountainTop and Wilbur Powerhouse.
- Baker Institute: Entrepreneurs, creators, innovators, you have found a new home!
- Lehigh Connects: The exclusive online career and networking platform for Lehigh students and alumni.
- Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD): The place to get career-ready and life-ready as you discover a path to find your future.
- Lifelong Learning: Learning at Lehigh starts in the classroom but continues for advanced degrees, certificates, webinars, and fun free sessions.
