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.
Ricardo Viera awarded Latino Lifetime Achievement Award.
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A look at teachers union membership over 30 years.
Researchers are assessing data to determine what interventions work best for students with severe behavioral problems.
Professor works with preschool teachers to implement strategies to increase mathematical focus in learning centers.
Lehigh faculty are integral to the international dialogue surrounding education. Here is a look at their global initiatives.
A Mountaintop team aims to help caseworkers forge ties with troubled families to gauge county services and help children thrive.
New book looks at role of school leaders in diverse student populations.
Lehigh's new apiary sits alongside the College of Education's Organic Education Garden.
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a 'war on poverty' with initiatives that came to include Head Start.
Obscured by the rancor of the school reform debate is this fact: Socio-economic status is the most relevant determinant of student success in school.
When President Barack Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 into law, it was the first time in 30 years that nutrition standards had been improved for the school meals program.
A new book follows the fortunes of the freed slaves who returned to Africa from Brazil
Jerry Bidlack made music “a part of their lives.”
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson called apps-plus-handheld-devices "a watershed moment in civilization." The most powerful tools ever imagined, he said, "are in the hand of essentially everyone." Scott Garrigan, professor of practice of Teaching, Learning, and Technology at Lehigh, explains how technology is empowering students.
ducation in America is at a crossroads. Lehigh's commitment to innovative research and focus on applying research to practice allow College of Education faculty to help shape education and mental-health policy across the nation and beyond.
Alex “Dr. O” Ostapenko took the most pride in his students’ successes.”
