The College of Education graduate will assist with university-level English language education in Portugal and serve as a cultural ambassador for the United States.
Three-year grant will support the integration of humanities teaching and scholarship across all disciplines through research, curriculum development and undergraduate student experiences.
Provost Pat Farrell presented Witt with a Lehigh medallion during a dinner at the President's House.
Members of the Lehigh community gathered at a reception to welcome Witt and hear her vision for the College of Health.
A teaching award will be named in honor of the materials science and engineering professor, who battled Lou Gehrig’s disease for nearly three years.
Peirce joins Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics following successful career with Wharton Executive Education.
As inaugural dean, Witt will oversee the continued development of the College, which will launch in Fall 2020.
Lehigh moved up six spots from 2018.
