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Lincoln University –Lincoln University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education has announced the appointment of Dr. F. Carl Walton as Vice President for Student Affairs. The appointment was made by President Robert R. Jennings who joined the University on January 2, 2012.
Walton joined the University as Associate Professor of Political Science in 2004, was appointed Director of the Honors Program in 2005, received tenure as an Associate Professor in 2007 and became Associate Provost for Student Development in 2010. His title was changed to Associate Vice President for Student Development in July of 2011 and in January 2012, he was asked to serve as Interim Vice President for Student Affairs.
“I am more than pleased that the search committee, comprised of a cross section of persons from the University recommended Dr. Walton as one of the finalist. With the level of enthusiasm and understanding that he has demonstrated for the most important constituent on our campus, it was easy to select him for the post,” explained Jennings. The President also pointed out that he believes the student affairs program will move to new levels of excellence under Walton’s leadership.
Walton holds a Ph.D. and M.A. degree in Political Science from Purdue University and a B.A. in Political Science from Morris Brown College.
Prior to joining the Lincoln University faculty, Walton served as a member of the Political Science faculty at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia and has also taught Political Science at the University of Georgia in Athens. Walton’s major research focuses on legislative politics and Black political organizations. Additionally, he has studied and presented research on the Congressional Black Caucus and published a chapter on, “The Christian Leadership Conference: Beyond the Civil Rights Movement,” Black Political Organizations in the Post Civil Rights Era (Rutgers 2002).
In addition to his contributions to the student affairs arena, he has been quite active in his profession. Walton has served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and has worked in the Office of Congressman Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA). He also participated in the New York University Faculty Resource Network Scholar-in-Residence Program during the summer of 2001.
He has always seen his professorial role as expanding far beyond the classroom and has advised numerous student organizations. While at Morris Brown College, he served as the Director of the Albert Edmonds Student Leadership Program. At Lincoln he has served as an advisor to the Political Science Club, the Student Government Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and as a participant on numerous panels that address issues of student concern.
Walton holds memberships in: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), the American Political Science Association and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
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Lincoln University – founded in 1854 as the nation’s first Historically Black University – combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society. The University enrolls approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students.
Internationally recognized for preparing learners and producing world-class leaders in their fields, Lincoln has created five academic Centers of Excellence-programs of distinction. They are: Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Lincoln/Barnes Visual Arts, Mass Communications, Grand Research Educational Awareness, Training (GREAT) for Minority Health, Teacher Education and Urban Pedagogy.