Lindback Teaching Award
A Lincoln University alumna and former trustee has won the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teachers. Kathleen J. Butler Hayes ’89, a 24-year veteran of the School District of Philadelphia, is a librarian at South Philadelphia High School.
Reaffirmation of Accreditation Granted
Lincoln University has been granted institutional accreditation for another eight years by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the regional accrediting body.
Placement Testing
Lincoln University will offer summer placement testing from July 9 to 12 for first-time and transfer students entering the University in fall 2019.
Race, Social Mobility, and Higher Education
Speaking at a higher education event, Lincoln University President Brenda A. Allen called on education to “evolve its practices” in order to continue to drive social mobility for students of color and students from low-income families
Student Leader Named Competitiveness Scholar
Lincoln University student Elisabeth Bellevue has been named as a 2019 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Lincoln Supports Local Arts Festival
For the second year in a row, Lincoln University has announced its sponsorship of the World Stage at the Connective Art & Music Festival in downtown Oxford.
Provost elected to lead STEM board
Dr. Patricia Ramsey, Lincoln University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been elected chairwoman of the STEM4US! Board of Directors.
John Lewis inspires, challenges graduates at Lincoln University’s 160th Commencement
Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting HBCU, advanced its legacy as more than 400 members of the Class of 2019 graduated during the 160th Commencement.
Lincoln community celebrates 165-year legacy with giving challenge
Over 200 members of the Lincoln community joined together for Founder’s Day on April 29 to celebrate the 165th anniversary of Lincoln’s charter. Students, faculty members, staff, and friends of the University gave monetary donations to Lincoln as part of the 1854 Founder’s Day Challenge.