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.
Researchers in the College of Education have been awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to develop programs and monitoring tools to help preschool and elementary school children in language, behavior and literacy.
Dr. Barb Plohocki, director of Environmental Health and Safety, issues message on results of water testing.
Successful Lehigh alums share strategies for the workforce at Women in Business conference.
Jim Donovan’s namesake was lawyer and master negotiator.
Students in Lehigh's 3D Design Foundations classes join with Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) to make art more accessible to those with vision loss and other disabilities.
A Lehigh professor helps develop a low-cost, user-friendly way to protect credit card information from theft.
Lehigh alum Perry Smith '87 and his family rescue a piglet, and the story goes viral.
Lehigh to be anchor tenant in new South Side development
Africana Studies program awarded $500,000 NEH challenge grant that will be used to create endowment to expand public humanities initiatives
Joe Kender ’87, ’93G steps down after eight years as Lehigh’s Vice President of Advancement
Prof. Edward S. Shapiro receives prestigious national award—and standing ovation.
David E. Welsh brings more than 18 years of professional experience to the role.
Activist Bree Newsome says her decision to take down Confederate flag was ‘deeply personal.’
We tested your business knowledge in the inaugural issue of Lehigh Business.
NEH award will be used to create endowment to expand public humanities initiatives.
Public art project conceived by Lehigh students.
Lehigh University Police Department to move headquarters to Packer Avenue.
Economics Prof. Todd Watkins was named executive director of the Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise.
Lehigh's iconic images featured on buttons for the Sesquicentennial.
CBE alumni inspire students during WSC Financial Services Forum
