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Lincoln Students, SGA Leadership, Alumni, Faculty and Administrators On PA Senate Floor with Senator Dominic F. Pileggi.
HARRISBURG, PA – A select group of 26 students, student government association leadership, alumni, faculty and administrators visited Harrisburg, PA on Wednesday to urge the Pennsylvania General Assembly to significantly increase Lincoln University’s annual state appropriation, at the least fully restoring higher education cuts over the next two years.
The Lincoln University contingent met with a number of state representatives and senators and asked them to significantly increase the university portion of the appropriation for the state-related schools, which also includes the Pennsylvania State University, Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh.
Two months ago, Acting President Dr. Valerie I. Harrison testified before the General Assembly’s House and Senate Appropriations Committee regarding additional funding in the budget appropriation. Presidents of the three other state-related institutions also participated in the hearings.
In 2011, the Commonwealth’s annual appropriation to Lincoln and other state-related universities was significantly reduced. Governor Tom Wolf has proposed a plan to fully restore the higher education cuts over the next two years. The General Assembly is working on their budget proposals and it is anticipated that a state budget will be approved by the General Assembly and Gov. Wolf this summer.
In addition to Wednesday meetings with lawmakers, Lincoln representatives also attended a senate legislative session as well as participated in a luncheon with lawmakers, including leadership from the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus on the Lieutenant Governor’s Balcony.
Founded in 1854, The Lincoln University (PA) is the FIRST of four Lincoln Universities in the world and is the nation’s FIRST degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The University combines the elements of a liberal arts and science-based undergraduate curriculum along with select graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society. Today, Lincoln, which enrolls a diverse student body of approximately 2,000 men and women, possesses an international reputation for preparing and producing world-class leaders such as Thurgood Marshall, the FIRST African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Lillian Fishburne, the FIRST African American woman promoted to Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy; Langston Hughes, the noted poet; Kwame Nkrumah, the FIRST president of Ghana; Nnamdi Azikiwe, the FIRST president of Nigeria and a myriad of others.