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BOARD
OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
Saturday,
November 18, 2006
MINUTES
The
Lincoln University Board of Trustees met on Saturday, November 18, 2006
in Vail
Hall. Chairman Calvin S. Morris called
the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Eastern and gave the opening prayer. Secretary Lloyd called roll.
Trustees
present: Robert L. Archie, Esq.,
Dr. William E. Bennett, Howard H.
Brown, Esq., Mr. Warren R. Colbert, Ms. Andrea L. Custis, Dr. Don N.
Harris,
Mr. Tracey J. Hunter Hayes, Mr. William B. Ingram, Dr. David E. Knox,
Dr.
Ernest C. Levister, Ms. Kimberly A. Lloyd, Mr. Gregory C. Miller, Dr.
Calvin S.
Morris, Dr. Donald L. Mullett, Mr. Dwight S. Taylor, Hon. W. Curtis
Thomas; Ex-officio Trustee Dr. Ivory
V. Nelson; Student
Trustee Ms. Stephanie Cameron.
Quorum
of 12 satisfied. Emeritus Trustees Dr.
Walter D. Chambers, Dr. Frank T. Coleman, Mr. William A. Robinson; Faculty Representative Dr.
James L. DeBoy.
Trustees
excused: Dr. Robert L. Albright,
Reverend Charles A. Coverdale,
Bishop David G. Evans, Hon. Levan Gordon, Mr. Robert F. Powelson,
Nathan H.
Waters, Esq.; Emeritus
Trustee Dr.
Theodore Robb.
Trustees
absent: Ms. Carol Ann Campbell,
Richard H. Glanton, Esq., Hon. Dominic F. Pileggi, Mr. Sherman F.
Wooden, Ms.
Phyllis G. Woolley-Roy; Emeritus
Trustee Dr.
Kenneth M. Sadler.
MINUTES
Secretary Lloyd offered
the September 16, 2006 Board of
Trustees meeting minutes for Board approval.
The
motion was properly moved and seconded.
Motion
carried unanimously.
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT
Chairman Morris
announced the passing of Dr. Henry G.
Cornwell. Chairman Morris stressed that
during Board discussions, comments should be kept on a professional and
not personal level. He also asked Trustees to wait
until they are recognized before commenting. The Board recognized President Nelson for
his educational achievement award from the Thurgood Marshall
Scholarship Fund.
The Chairman’s comments were accepted as information.
PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
President Nelson offered
the following resolution for Board
approval:
RECOGNITION
OF
FACULTY MEMBERS FOR
RES253_111806
PEER-REVIEWED
SCHOLARLY OR JURIED
ARTISTIC
WORKS AND
PERFORMANCES
WHEREAS, Scholarly
and
creative activity are normally expected functions of academic
professors,
alongside the expectation of teaching and service; and
WHEREAS, Lincoln
University
has been privileged during its 152-year history to count among its
academic
ranks outstanding scholars and visual and performing artists; and
WHEREAS, Lincoln
University
can point to its fair share of creative scholars who have published
peer-reviewed books and journal articles or rendered juried artworks or
artistic performances; and
WHEREAS, Since the
year
2000 Lincoln University faculty members have contributed to their
academic
disciplines through published, peer-reviewed books and journal articles
or
juried artistic works and performances; and
WHEREAS, The
President and
Board of Trustees are desirous of recognizing these creative scholarly
and
artistic endeavors; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the
President and Board of Trustees wish to commend these faculty members
(with
titles of their works listed below):
Dr.
K. Ramachandra Bhat
Professor,
Chemistry (1986)
K. R. Bhat,
B. J.
Benton, D. S. Rosenthal, M. E. Smulson and R. Ray, “Role of Poly
(ADP-ribose)
Polymerase (PARP) in DNA Repair in Sulfur Mustard-exposed Normal Human
Epidermal Keratinocytes (NHEK),” Journal of Applied Toxicology, Vol.
20,
S13-S17 (2000).
K.
Ramachandra Bhat,
Betty J. Benton and Radharaman Ray, “DNA Ligase I Is an In Vivo
Substrate of
DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase and Is Activated by Phosphorylation in
Response to
DNA Double-Strand Breaks,” Biochemistry, Vol. 45, pages 6522-6528
(2006).
K.
Ramachandra Bhat,
Betty J. Benton and Radharaman Ray, “Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP
is
essential for sulfur mustard-induced DNA damage repair, but has no role
in DNA
ligase activation,” Journal of Applied Toxicology, Vol. 26, pages
452-457
(2006).
Mr.
Jeffrey Chapp
Associate
Professor, Visual and Performing Arts (1995)
2005 Clay
National
Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland (2005).
Work presented in catalogue; review of the show published
in the NCELA
Journal 2005, vol. XXVI.
An
Extravagance of
“Salt & Pepper” containers, shakers, concepts, Baltimore, Maryland
(2006). Digital CD catalogue has images
of artist’s work and is also available on line; “Improvised Iraq War
Commemorative Salt & Pepper shakers” featured in press release in
“Ceramics
Monthly,” May 2006.
Brothers in
Art: Steven Chapp – Prints and Other
Media & Jeffrey Chapp – Ceramics, Pickens, South Carolina, 2006.
Dr.
Anthony DiFilippo
Professor,
Sociology and Anthropology (1984)
Japan’s
Nuclear Disarmament
Policy and the U.S. Security Umbrella, New York: Palgrave Macmillan,
October
2006.
“Nuclear
Deterrence
and Animosity in Japan-North Korean Relations: Steps to Coexistence,”
Pacific
Focus, Vol. XXI, pages 137-174 (Spring 2006).
“U.S.
Policy and the
Nuclear Weapons Ambitions of the ‘Axis of Evil’ Countries,” New
Political
Science, Vol. 28, pages 101-124 (March 2006).
“Security
Trials,
Nuclear Tribulations, and Rapprochement in Japan-North Korean
Relations,” The
Journal of Pacific Asia, Vol. 11, pages 7-31 (2004).
Dr.
Jeffrey Hoogeveen
Associate
Professor, English and Mass Communications (1998)
David Blakely and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen, The Thomson Handbook (comprehensive—1200 pages and brief—600 pages), Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006.
Dr.
Anna Hull
Assistant
Professor, Biology (2005)
Anna K.
Hull, Vidadi
Yusibov and Vadim Mett, “Inducible expression in plants by
virus-mediated
transgene activation,” Transgeneic Research, Vol. 14, pages 407-416
(2005).
Anna K.
Hull,
Carolyn J. Criscuolo, Vadim Mett, Herman Groen, Wilma Steeman, Hans
Westra,
Gail Chapman, Bart Legutki, Les Baillie, and Vidadi Yusibov,
“Human-derived,
plant-produced monoclonal antibody for the treatment of anthrax,”
Vaccine, Vol.
23, pages 2082-2086 (2005).
Karin
Ljung, Anna K.
Hull, John Celenza, Masahi Yamada, Mark Estelle, Jennifer Normanly, and
Goran
Sandberg, “Sites and Regulation of Auxin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
Roots,”
Plant Cell, Vol. 17, pages 1090-1104 (2005).
Dr.
Terrance Johnson
Assistant
Professor, Sociology and Anthropology (2003)
“The Future
of Law
Enforcement: Can Community Policing
Survive a Post 9/11 Era?,” Law Enforcement Executive Forum, Vol. 6,
pages 23-38
(2006).
“Community
Policing: The Transformational Change,”
Lincoln Journal of Social and Political Thought, Vol. 3, pages 118-133
(2005).
Terrance A.
Johnson
and Raymond W. Cox, III, “Police Ethics:
Organizational Implications,” Vol. 7, pages 67-79 (2005).
Natasha D.
Farmer
and Terrance A. Johnson, Book Review:
The Shadowlands of Conduct Ethics and State Politics by
Beth A.
Rosenson, Public Integrity, Vol. 8, pages 187-188 (2006).
Dr.
Penelope Kinsey
Professor,
Psychology (1966)
“The Religious-Spiritual Orienting System and Coping: Implications for Assessment of African American,” Chapter 3 in Personality Assessment and Culture, edited by Ann Carter-Obayuwana, Sharon Gopaul-McNicol, and Delroy Louden, editors and contributors, Lincoln University: Office of Research Development, Planning, and Coordination (2005).
The
Reverend Dr. Melvin Leaman
Assistant
Professor, Philosophy and Religion (2001)
“Sojourns and
Confessions of a Compassionate Racist,”
DreamSeeker Magazine, Vol. 6, pages 12-17 (2006).
Dr.
Delroy Louden
Professor,
Psychology (1997)
Ann Carter-Obayuwana, Sharon Gopaul-McNicol, and Delroy Louden, editors and contributors, Personality Assessment and Culture, Lincoln University: Office of Research Development, Planning, and Coordination (2005).
Ms.
Jamie Mansell
Lecturer,
Health, Physical Education and Recreation (2004)
Jamie Mansell, Ryan T.
Tierney, Michael R. Sitler, Kathleen
A. Swanik, and David Stearne, “Resistance Training and Head-Neck
Dynamic
Stabilization in Male and Female Collegiate Soccer Players,” Journal of
Athletic Training, Vol. 40, pages 310-319 (2005).
Ms.
Rita McKinley-Pride
Visiting
Lecturer, Visual and Performing Arts (2005)
Performance:
“Live in Finland,” Opera Ebony (2006).
Dr.
Zoran Milovanovich
Professor,
Sociology and Anthropology (1994)
“Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: A Comparative Perspective,” Chapter 20 in Comparative and International Criminal Justice, edited by Charles B. Fields and Richter H. Moore, Jr., Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc., 2005.
Dr.
Gwinyai Muzorewa
Chair
and Professor, Philosophy and Religion (1998)
Gwinyai H. Muzorewa, editor and contributor, Know Thyself: Ideologies of Black Liberation, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2005.
Dr.
Oswald Richards
Chair
and Associate Professor, Business and Information Technology (1999)
“Education for Democratic Citizenship in an Environment of Demographic Diversity,” Lincoln Journal of Social and Political Thought, Vol. 3, pages 68-102 (2005).
Dr.
Susan Safford
Associate
Professor, Biology (1993)
Benjamin Rohe, Susan E.
Safford, Ilka Nemere, and Mary C.
Farach-Carson, “Identification and characterization of
1,25D3-membrane-associated rapid response, steroid
(1,25D3-MARRS)-binding
protein in rat IEC-6 cells,” Journal of Steroids, Vol. 2, pages 458-463
(2005).
Dr.
Abdulalim Shabazz
Distinguished
Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science (1997)
A. Shabazz, F. Semwogerere, and F. Abebe, Real Analysis: A First Course With An Inductive Approach, Victoria, B.C., Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2006.
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That each of the above-named faculty members will be given a copy of
this
Resolution, which will be placed on record in the Langston Hughes
Memorial
Library.
The
motion was properly moved and seconded.
Motion
carried.
The President’s report
was accepted as information.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
The Treasurer’s Report
was accepted as information. Motion was
made to receive the treasurer’s
report.
The
motion was properly moved and seconded.
Motion
carried unanimously.
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
Mr. Robert L. Archie,
Chair, Audit Committee, offered the
following resolution for Board approval:
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RES254_111806
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2006
RESOLVED, That
the Lincoln University Board of Trustees accepts the Audits of
Financial
Statements and Federal Award Programs (with Independent Auditor’s
Reports) for
the year ended June 30, 2006, presented and reviewed by Thompson, Cobb,
Bazilio
and Associates, PC and the University’s Administration at a meeting of
the
Audit Committee on October 30, 2006.
The June 30, 2006 financial statements include an
unqualified opinion by
Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio and Associates, PC.
The
motion was properly moved and seconded.
Motion
carried unanimously.
TRUSTEES,
DEGREES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Mr. Gregory C. Miller,
Chair, Trustees, Degrees and
Nominations Committee, offered the following resolutions for Board
approval:
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE APPOINTMENT RES255_111806
WHEREAS, Article
VI,
Section 11, of the Lincoln University By-Laws (revised July 1, 2005)
sets forth
the functions of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees and Nominations; and
WHEREAS, The
Committee on
Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations has made its recommendation for the
appointment of one (1) University Trustee to serve in accordance with
Article
II, Section 2(D) of the University By-Laws; now therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That
the Lincoln University Board of Trustees hereby approves the
recommendation of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees and Nominations
for the
appointment of The
Honorable Dwight Evans as University Trustee
to serve in accordance with
Article II, Section 2(D) of the University By-Laws.
The
motion was properly moved and seconded.
Motion
carried unanimously.
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE APPOINTMENT RES256_111806
WHEREAS, Article
VI,
Section 11, of the Lincoln University By-Laws (revised July 1, 2005)
sets forth
the functions of the Committee on Trustees, Degrees and Nominations; and
WHEREAS, The
Committee on
Trustees, Degrees, and Nominations has made its recommendation for the
appointment of one (1) University Trustee to serve in accordance with
Article
II, Section 2(D) of the University By-Laws; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the
Lincoln University Board of Trustees hereby approves the recommendation
of the
Committee on Trustees, Degrees and Nominations for the appointment of The
Honorable Ruth E. Smith, ‘81 as University Trustee to serve in
accordance with Article II, Section 2(D) of the University By-Laws.
The
motion was properly moved and seconded.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Mr. Miller announced that the deadline to
submit honorary degree nominations is December 18, 2006.
The Senate
reappointed Dr. Robert L. Albright,
Ms. Kimberly A. Lloyd and Dr. David E. Knox to the Board to serve an
additional
four-year term.
CONSENT
AGENDA: STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Mr.
Warren R. Colbert, Chair, Planning and Development Committee,
provided a brief report on contributions to the University and the
Trustee
forum initiative. Representatives from
Wachovia Bank provided a presentation on planned giving.
Mr. Colbert’s report was accepted as
information.
Mr.
Dwight S. Taylor, Chair, Buildings and Property Committee,
provided a brief report on construction activities at the University. Mr. Taylor’s report was accepted as
information.
Mr.
William B. Ingram, Chair, Educational Policy and Academic Affairs
Committee, introduced
Dr. Grant D. Venerable, Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Venerable provided a brief report on the
status of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education self-study.
Ms.
Kimberly A. Lloyd, Chair, Investment Committee, reported that the
Committee will be meeting throughout the year to review the
University’s
investment policies and procedures and University strategic goals. Chair Lloyd commended President Nelson and
Mr. Merlin for not having to use the University’s line of credit this
year. Ms. Lloyd’s report was accepted
as information.
Dr.
Ernest C. Levister, Chair, IT and the Library Committee,
introduced Mr. Steve Carol, Director, IT Department.
Mr. Carol briefed the Board on IT highlights
(1999-present). Dr. Levister requested
feedback from the
Board regarding a proposed Langston Hughes Resource Center. Dr. Levister also suggested the formation of
a Library Advisory Committee to look at long-term trends, priorities
and funding
sources. Dr. Levister’s report was
accepted as information.
The
Business Affairs, Executive, and Student Affairs Committee reports
provided in the Board Book were accepted as information.
Dr.
William B. Bynum, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment
Management
provided
a brief update on Student Enhancements.
Ms.
Stephanie Cameron, Student Representative to the Board,
provided a brief update on Student Government Association activities.
There
being no further business, Chairman Morris adjourned the
meeting at 11:10 a.m.
Eastern.