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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – At least four Lincoln University alumnae will be receiving medical degrees from various medical schools across the country this month.
The new alumnae medical doctors graduated from Lincoln between 2006 and 2011 with bachelor’s degrees in either biology or health science.
“The College of Science & Technology is very proud of our alumnae,” said Dr. Derrick Swinton, Interim Dean of the College of Science & Technology. “Their efforts and persistence are commendable and further the goal of the Center of Excellence in Health Disparities to increase the number of Lincoln University alumni graduating in professional programs in the field of healthcare, thereby alleviating the problems of health disparities in the United States.”
The new medical doctors are:
Adaeze J. Chikwem ’10, who graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology, will be receiving her medical degree from Temple University Medical School.
Diahann M. Marshall ’11, who graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in health science, will be receiving her medical degree from Ross University Medical School.
Renee Peterkin ’06, who graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology, will be receiving her medical degree from American University of Antigua.
Stephanie Rand ’11, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology, will be receiving her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical School.
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.