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Lincoln University, PA – A scholar, community leader and influential businessman, Lincoln University President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D. has not only made significant contributions to Lincoln University’s campus, but to its surrounding areas as well.
For this, the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry (CCCBI), a non-profit, membership-based organization in the area of Chester County, Pa, is recognizing Dr. Nelson as the 2010 Citizen of the Year.
Dr. Nelson, along with his guests, will attend the honoring ceremony on Oct. 14, 2010, at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA in the presence of hundreds of businesses and community leaders.
“This is a well-deserved honor,” says Nancy Keefer, president and CEO of CCBI. “It speaks to Dr. Nelson’s outstanding leadership role here in the area.”
Providing a first-class education to young men and women has been Dr. Nelson’s mission for nearly four decades. He and his wife, Dr. Patricia Nelson, moved to Chester County 11 years ago, after his seven-year tenure as president of Central Washington University.
Getting acquainted with the southern Chester County community was one of Dr. Nelson’s first objectives when assuming the role of president of the first-degree granting Historically Black University. Under his presidency, the University experienced unprecedented private support and academic growth, established lasting partnerships, and became more community oriented, especially with the construction of the community-centered facility, the International Cultural Center.
Understanding the responsibility of community dedication, Dr. Nelson has been a member of the board of directors of CCBI, the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), the NCAA Division III Presidents Council, the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce College and University Presidents Council, the Brandywine Valley YMCA Board of Directors, and the Union League of Philadelphia.
He is also the recipient of numerous academic honors and civic awards including the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Education Leadership and Educational Excellence Awards, the Philadelphia Tribune’s Philadelphia’s African American Leader Award, Harlem Week Guardian of Our Legacy Award, The Delta Sigma Theta Legacy of Love Educational Excellence Award, and Miller’s Gallery of Greats.
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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.