LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ On Friday, October 17, 2008 Lincoln University invites the public to get an up close and personal look at the nation’s first historically black institution of higher education at its Fall Open House.
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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Dr. Steve Perry, founder of the Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, CT and author of Man Up, delivered a motivational speech to Lincoln University's newly inducted class of 2012 on Sunday, August 17th, 2008. The theme of the Rites of Passage ceremony was clear: change.
"It's about what you will do, not what you have done," the dedicated community activist said. "Our worst enemy is us."
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ A new traveling exhibition opening in the Fellowship Hall of Lincoln University’s Mary Dod Brown Chapel on Thursday, October 2, 2008 traces Abraham Lincoln’s gradual transformation from an antislavery moderate into “The Great Emancipator,” who freed all slaves with a revolutionary war-time proclamation in 1863. “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” will be on display at Lincoln University until November 14, 2008.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Lincoln University will once again host a two week Fulbright Pre-Academic Summer Program for 30 graduate students coming to the US for further education. The Department of State sponsors these pre-academic programs for incoming Fulbright students during the summer prior to their graduate programs in the fall. The program will take place on Lincoln's campus from July 20, 2008 to August 3, 2008.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ On Friday June 6th Lincoln University held its second summer course program at the American College in Dublin, Ireland. Ten Business and Information Technology students participated in this 4 week session. Dr. Oswald Richards, Chair of the Department of Business and Information Technology taught the Strategic Management course.
Students taking a summer Semester Abroad Program met with President, Donald E. Ross and joined the Academic Dean for a photo-shoot to record this historic occasion.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ President Ivory V. Nelson has announced recent significant additions to the library's existing digital special collections, initiated in 2003.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Lincoln University, celebrating its 154th year as the nation’s first Historically Black University, will participate in the 19th annual “Real Men Cook” charity event on Father’s Day, June 15th from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. at the First District Plaza at 3801 Market Street in Philadelphia. Lincoln’s “Real Men Cook for Charity” team will include Dr William B.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Lincoln University President Ivory V. Nelson has announced that Gary Clarke has been promoted to the position of registrar at the nation’s first degree-granting historically black institution.
“We are pleased to appoint Gary to this important position,” President Nelson said. “He has a keen understanding of the functions of an office so critical to the effectiveness of the university.”
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Tracey J. Hunter Hayes has been elected president of the Alumni Association of Lincoln University (AALU) for a term ending in 2011, adding to his long standing service and commitment to his alma mater.
The AALU is an organization of graduates whose primary purpose provides support to assist the university in achieving short and long-term goals.
Karla Prattis Green, of Chester, PA is a relative of a Lincoln Alumnus, first African American faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Throughout her early childhood and teen years in Chester, Pennsylvania, the name Lincoln University resonated with Karla Prattis Green.