During this period the University
expanded its undergraduate and graduate program offerings and enjoyed 12
consecutive quarters of double digit new and continuing student enrollment
growth."
Vocus provides the only totally integrated on-demand software suite for PR
professionals.
"Lehigh University is a great example of an organization with a clear
vision of how public relations management software can help improve PR
performance," said Rick Rudman, president and CEO, Vocus.com or call 800.

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Since leaving his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer at Strayer Education, Inc. He held senior
positions at NYNEX (Verizon ), including President of NYNEX Computer Services
Company, as well as American Express.

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directly responsible for a major expansion of the company including gaining
approval to operate in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Georgia and Florida; opening more than a dozen campuses; nearly
doubling enrollment; maintaining industry leading operating margins (according
to analyst reports); as well as introducing asynchronous online classes which
now serve more than 11,000 students.

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Lehigh chose the Enterprise Edition of Vocus software with several
optional features including News-On-Demand, Email Campaigns and Analytics. Vocus software is delivered as an
easy-to-use and cost-effective annual subscription, with no need for internal
hardware, software or IT support.

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Vocus Public Relations Software Makes the Grade at Lehigh University

LANHAM, Md., the global leader in on-
demand software for public relations and government relations, announced today
that Lehigh University selected Vocus public relations software to help manage
its public relations and generate more publicity. The Vocus on -demand software suite manages media and analyst
relationships; interactive email campaigns; projects and news; files,
documents and other collateral; and online newsrooms. Vocus has received broad industry
recognition and is used around the world by more than 1,000 organizations in
five languages .vocus.

About Lehigh University
With more than 6,500 students, Lehigh University is consistently ranked as
one of the best private universities in the United States, combining the power
of a leading research university with the personal approach of a smaller
college.

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policy issues and meets twice annually.
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(Nasdaq: STRA). Steffey has been operating an
education advisory firm , Symposium Ventures, which provides services for hedge
funds, equity firms, private investors, as well as postsecondary and K-12
institutions. Steffey was an Executive in
Residence at New Mountain Capital and played a lead role in securing the $150
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His resignation was effective on May
17, 2005., and in gaining the
approval from Strayer 's Board of Directors for the recapitalization. "We now have one
integrated product that helps us manage our media relations, generate
publicity, and monitor and analyze our media coverage. Its students excel by discovering and building personal strengths in
a learning community that promotes interdisciplinary programs connected to
real world applications. Located in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, the
university is centrally situated between Washington and Boston and is less
than 90 miles from both New York City and Philadelphia.

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"Vocus will replace a variety of products that weren't designed to work
together and are therefore inefficient," said Dina Silver, APR, Lehigh
University's director of university communications . Our award-winning software helps customers manage media relations,
news monitoring and analysis , interactive email campaigns, online newsrooms,
government relations and PAC reporting. Vocus is a privately held company with headquarters in
metropolitan Washington and offices in North America , Europe and Asia.

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"I want to look more closely at other opportunities in the Education
Industry , as well as expanding Symposium Ventures," said Mr. For
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Steffey -- Chairman of Strayer University Trustees -- Announces He Has Stepped Down to Pursue Other Interests in the Education Industry

Steffey served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
Strayer Education, Inc. "I've
had a great time working with Strayer, and wish everyone there all the best., Vocus, Inc. "With more than
2,000 customers, Vocus has become the proven market leader by delivering
state-of-the-art products and dedicating ourselves to our customers' success .

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as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for
Strayer University from April 2001 to May 2004 , when he announced that he was
leaving his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer . He
continued to serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees (a non-executive and
non-employee position), until now.
Respectively, these options provide print, broadcast and online media
monitoring; interactive email with delivery metrics; and robust publicity
analysis and measurement."

About Vocus, Inc
Vocus is the global leader in on-demand software for public relations and
government relations.

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Symposium Ventures is located at PO BOX 101, Lyme, New Hampshire, 03768
(603-795-2146 phone, 603-795-2145 fax). The software also
analyzes media coverage and other PR information to provide real-time feedback
on the effectiveness of PR campaigns and early intelligence on trends
unfolding in the press.

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Steffey, Chairman of the Board
of Trustees for Strayer University, announced that he has left his position to
pursue other interests in the Education Industry. Strayer University is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Strayer Education, Inc. From
1996 to 2000 he served as Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York ,
the nation's largest system of postsecondary education. Vocus offers Web-based software that helps companies to
meet today's local and global communications challenges, and to build and
manage relationships with reporters, analysts, elected officials and other key
audiences.