Friday,
January 31, 2003
Lincoln
University Opens Women’s Center; Facility To Serve
As
Wellness Resource for University’s Female Students
Lincoln
University, PA---Lincoln University opened its Women’s
Center at Lorraine Hansberry Hall with a reception and
ribbon-cutting on January 23. Here, Lincoln President
Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D. (fourth from right), and members
of the Lincoln Network Society Board, celebrate the opening
of the Women’s Center. The President’s wife,
Patricia Nelson (fourth from left) Ed.D., heads the Lincoln
Network Society, which created the Women’s Center.
The mission of the Lincoln University Women’s Center
is to assist female students in making healthy lifestyle
choices in six targeted areas of human wellness. These
areas focus on the intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual,
physical and cultural aspects of wellness. Initially,
the Women’s Center operating hours will be Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 1 p.m.-8 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5
p.m.
Founded
in 1854 as America’s first Historically Black University,
Lincoln University combines the best elements of a liberal
arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum
and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of students
living in a highly technological and global society.
The
University is nationally recognized as a major producer
of African Americans with undergraduate degrees in the
physical sciences (biology, chemistry and physics); computer
and information sciences; and biological and life sciences.
In addition, Lincoln is ranked first in Pennsylvania in
the same categories. From April 2003 through May 2004,
the University will celebrate its sesquicentennial, or
150th anniversary, with an array of campus and external
events, activities and announcements. For more information
about Lincoln University, please visit us on the web at
www.lincoln.edu.
