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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA — The 30th annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference (MAUSRC) is returning to Lincoln University on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Lincoln University last hosted the MAUSRC on April 18, 2002.
This annual conference affords undergraduate students from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an opportunity to present their scholarly research, gain internship experiences, network and discuss matters of mutual interest. Over the past 29 years, undergraduate students have shown a growing interest in presenting their research findings at the conference.
President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D. said that the Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference is in keeping with “Advancing the Legacy” of Lincoln University.
The conference will be held in Lincoln University’s new $26.1 million International Cultural Center (ICC) from 11 am to 5 pm. Dr. Emmanuel Babatunde, chair of the Sociology and Anthropology department, will deliver the keynote address in the 1,049-seat, state-of-the-art theater.
A total of 15 colleges and universities will be presenting research at the conference including Villanova and Cheyney Universities and Hood, Elizabethtown and Wilson Colleges. Lincoln University will have 35 students from a cross section of disciplines presenting their research on various trending issues in the social sciences.
Lincoln University presentations include: Family Structure and Juvenile Delinquency;Mental Slavery and Graduation Rates; Drug Use and Addiction at Universities; andEffective Counseling and Academic Performance.
“The conference is aligned with the goals and objectives of Lincoln University’s Board of Trustees,” Dr. Judith A. W. Thomas, dean of the School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies said. “It continues to provide a culture of academic strength in research at the University.”
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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.