Mary Ellen Alu

Mary Ellen Alu

Director, Editorial Services
Editor, Lehigh Bulletin
Office of Communications and Public Affairs
(610) 758-6391
maa614@lehigh.edu

Mary Ellen Alu is director of editorial services in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. She is editor of the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin, published three times a year; and she has played a key role in other publications, including the College of Education’s Theory to Practice magazine and Lehigh Business, the annual magazine of the College of Business. She also writes and edits for Lehigh’s online news sites.

Alu joined Lehigh’s communications office in 2014 after a lengthy career in journalism. She worked as an editor for AOL’s online news service, Patch; as an editor and reporter for The Morning Call daily newspaper in Allentown, Pa.; and as a reporter for The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She holds a Masters of Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Wilkes College (now University). She is the recipient of numerous writing and reporting awards.

Alu is a former co-president and board member of Families with Children from China – Lehigh Valley Chapter. She also served as an assistant troop leader for Girl Scout Troop 6008 based at St. Thomas More in Salisbury Township, Pa. 

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LUAG loans out ‘Nude Dressing Hair’ for unique Glackens-Renoir art exhibit.

Winners: 2018 Leonard P. Pool Memorial Prize

Winners: 2018 Leonard P. Pool Memorial Prize

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Up Close: Suzanne Daugherty, CFO of PJM Interconnection

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Recognition

Recognition

‘When Business Meets Social’

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Q & A with Dean William Gaudelli

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Lehigh Convocation Opens 2018-2019 Academic Year

Professor Kashi Johnson encourages first-year students to ‘step outside that comfort zone.’

Students 'Hatch,' Test 21 Potential Business Ideas

Lehigh students in the Baker Institute’s inaugural summer Hatchery program showcase and celebrate their projects on Demo Day.

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A Footbridge, a New Way of Storytelling

Students of an art, architecture and design course and the journalism department work together on a pedestrian bridge project.

Four Questions with Carly Fiorina

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Unpicking the Secrets of Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Real Food, Real Change

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Lehigh Doctoral Students Honored at 2018 Hooding Ceremony

The 75-minute ceremony was marked with cheers and lengthy applause.

The Give and Get of Business-to-Business Partnerships

David A. Griffith examines reciprocal value-sharing in manufacturer-retailer relationships.

Carly Fiorina To Deliver Lecture in Ethics Tuesday

As Lehigh launches its Center for Ethics, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO comes to campus to address “Why Ethics and Respect Matter.”

‘Queer in Africa’ Conference Cancelled

Scholars, activists and community organizers to shed light on human rights issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community in Africa.

The Complexity of Being Human

Artist-in-Residence Karyn Olivier builds a wall inside the LUAG Main Gallery.