Friday,
June 20, 2003
Lincoln
University Presents Opening Ceremony for Summer Environmental
Science Program for High School Students, Sunday,
June 29
High
school juniors and seniors at the kickoff of Lincoln
University’s Environmental Science Program on
June 29.
Program
organizers include from left: Dr. Derrick Swinton,
associate director, Environmental Science Program;
Dr. Grant D. Venerable II, vice president, Academic
Affairs; Donald S. Welsh, regional administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region III;
and Dr. David F. Royer, chair, Biology Department.
WHO:
Dr. Grant D. Venerable II, Vice President of Academic
Affairs
Lincoln
University
Dr.
David F. Royer, Chairman, Biology Department
Lincoln University
Dr.
Derrick J. Swinton, Associate Director, Environmental
Science Program
Lincoln University
Donald
S. Welsh, Regional Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III
WHAT:
Lincoln University presents opening ceremony for its
four-week, residential Summer Environmental Science
Program for high school juniors and seniors. The program,
which will operate between June 29 and July 26, is
designed to stimulate greater interest in environmental
science and to encourage students to pursue careers
in the environmental field.
WHEN:
Sunday, June 29, 2003 • 3:00 p.m. -- 4:00
p.m.
WHERE:
On the campus of Lincoln University, Marshall
Living Learning Center
1570 Baltimore Pike, Lincoln University (southern
Chester County), PA
BACKGROUND:
On
June 7, 2002, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Administrator Christie Whitman announced an
environmental educational partnership between Lincoln
University, Philadelphia Academies, Inc., a non-profit
educational organization, and the EPA.
The EPA is providing a $50,000 grant to Lincoln to
help fund the summer program. This is the first federal
environmental education partnership developed to respond
to the No Child Be Left Behind Act of 2001. The law
increases support for educating American youth and
expanding higher education opportunities — particularly
for students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds
— and especially those at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities.
