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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY - Lincoln University has been asked to be one of the leading universities in assisting the Republic of Liberia with business training and educational development for higher education.
On June 8, 2011, Lincoln University President, Executive Vice President and administrators will meet with Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Liberia, Dr. Mator Kpangbai and Chairman of the Mayor’s Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs, Stanley Straughter on the University’s main campus.
From June 9-12, an “Education Roundtable” will take place on the campus of University of Pennsylvania with educators in the region and representatives of the Liberian Ministry of Commerce. Participants also include: over 150 small and medium sized business owners and representatives from several United States agencies, such as the U.S. Export Import Bank, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. Trade and Development Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
On Friday, June 10, the African Diplomatic Reception will be held at Lincoln University’s Graduate Center in Philadelphia on 3020 Market Street, 4th Floor.
Expected guests are: Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell and Chief Operating Officer of Philadelphia’s Commerce Department Kevin Dow.
The main intent of the Roundtable is to restore the Liberian education system, which was devastated by the country’s 14-year civil war. Consequently, Liberia’s infrastructure and human and institutional capacity have severely suffered. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will invest over $70 million in the Liberian education sector. Chevron Corporation is also investing $25 million, through its social responsibility program, to support this cause.
Lincoln University, when it was formerly Ashmun Institute, was instrumental in building the Republic of Liberia. The Institute was the educational hub for African Americans who immigrated to Liberia and assumed positions in the country’s government. Members of the first graduating class of Ashmun Institute, James Amos, Thomas Amos and Armistead Miller, sailed to Liberia shortly after graduation, helping to start the community of “Americo-Liberians.”
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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 distinctions. They are: Lincoln-Barnes Visual Arts, Grand Research Educational Awareness and Training (GREAT) for Minority Health, Mass Communications, Teacher Education and Urban Pedagogy and Business and Information Technology.