HBCU STUDENT AMBASSADORS AND ADVISORS EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVE
One of the DREF Research Matters signature programs is the HBCU Research Accelerates Possibilities (R.A.P.) Sessions. Continuing with its second virtual year, the culturally relevant themes fashioned to empower the HBCU campus community supports the overall mission of the NIH’s All of Us Research Program. The HBCU selected student ambassador from Lincoln University is Ms. Kimora Bowles.
Dr. Tricia Rose, Hip-Hop Scholar and Author, to Deliver Lincoln University's 163rd Commencement Address
The Class of 2022 will be celebrated at a graduation ceremony on the campus at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 15. More than 450 graduates will be honored. Tricia Rose, Ph.D. and the Honorable Dr. Clifford E. DeBaptiste, MHS ’84, the founder, owner and CEO of DeBaptiste Funeral Homes and Milestone Events, LLC—who has served the Chester County community for more than 67 years—will also receive honorary doctor of humane letters degrees.
Lincoln University Writing and Reading Center staff attend MAWCA Conference
Lincoln University Writing and Reading Center tutors; Dajah Burrows, Tamia Lawrence, Ezekiel Quattlebaum, and Dr. Samaa Gamie attended the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association (MAWCA) Conference hosted by the University of Maryland Writing Center on Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Some exciting Residence hall Pantry updates!
The West Chester Food Cupboard in West Chester, PA wants to partner with us and expand our pantry. They also have a partnership with Wawa who donates to them frozen sandwiches. As a result of their connection, Wawa will now be supporting Lincoln University too.
New Residence Hall Resource Pantries Established for Student Success
Lincoln University’s inaugural residential academic success coaches, Tyler Kearney- Good and Jonathan Harris, launched a resource pantry in Lorraine Hansberry Hall on Tuesday March 15, 2022 and Frederick Douglass Hall on Thursday March 17, 2022.
The Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament is underway for more than 60 teams from HBCUs.
For 33 years, American Honda has partnered with America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to highlight the wealth of academic talent through our Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) program.
Food Lion Feeds & Lincoln University Partner on Campus Food Pantry
Lincoln University staff and Food Lion associates are joining together to announce Food Lion Feeds’ recent $12,000 donation for food pantry improvements including a deep freezer and other appliances, shelving, storage bins, and inventory.
SIMBAA Literary Magazine announces open submission period, annual contests.
Simbaa, Lincoln University’s Magazine of the Arts, is now accepting submissions for its spring 2022 edition. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit for consideration their best poetry, short stories, essays, visual art, and photography.
Three Lincoln University students included as Exelon awards $2.4 million in scholarships to 24 students at historically Black colleges and universities.
Exelon Corporation and the Exelon Foundation have committed $2.4 million in scholarships to 24 college freshmen selected for the company’s HBCU Corporate Scholars Program, launched in partnership with UNCF.
Fundraising professional with 30 years of experience in the field will join Lincoln later this month.
Ava Willis-Barksdale joins Lincoln University as the Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Lincoln University Foundation, the University announced today. The appointment is effective January 24, 2022.