September
14, 2007
PRESIDENT IVORY NELSON CHALLENGES STUDENTS
TO DO THEIR
BEST AT UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION
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LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY, PA ~ In his address to faculty, staff and students
at University Convocation, President Ivory V. Nelson affirmed, “The
state of the university is well.”
Noting the accomplishments
of the faculty and the renovations and new construction that
have taken place or under way to make the campus more student-friendly,
Dr. Nelson told the students that they are attending the university
during a historic period of growth and development.
In the past
couple of years, for example, the university has spent millions
in renovations and new construction. Additionally, the university
will soon break ground for construction of an International
Cultural Center and Technology Building.
During that same span,
the university has enhanced its curriculum and developed five
Centers of Excellence, including the sciences, teacher education,
business and technology and mass communications. A collaborative
program with the renowned Barnes Foundation for art majors
has drawn praise as the nation’s first
such offering.
“You are at a pivotal moment in
the history of this university,” Dr.
Nelson said. “Opportunity abounds at Lincoln University and you
can be part of it. We have an outstanding faculty and a great staff,
and they are here to make you succeed.”
Dr. Nelson challenged students
to get fully engaged in their academic pursuits and let nothing
prevent them from reaching their full potential.
“We are living in extraordinary
times,” he said. “No
matter what your situation has been, you now have the opportunity
to do whatever you desire to do.”
Dr. Nelson also acknowledged the accomplishments
of track coach Cyrus Jones, who will be inducted into the Track
and Field Hall of Fame later this year and student-athlete
Ashley Parker of Pleasantville, N.J., who has been named one
of the nine finalists for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the
Year award.
The assembly also featured comments from
Miss Lincoln, Tiffany Perry, and Mr. Lincoln, Milan Carter.
They encouraged their fellow classmates to do their best, indicating
anything less is unacceptable.
President Nelson ended the program
with the induction of officers into the Student Government
Association for the 2007-08 school year. They are Adonita Ahmetaj,
president; Chester Hampton, vice president of internal affairs;
Kerrie Brewster, vice president of external affairs; Courtney
Jackson, executive secretary; Alisa Davis, executive treasurer;
and Harold Williams, president pro-tem.
Founded in 1854, Lincoln
University is a premier, historically Black University that
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 is nationally
recognized as a major producer of African Americans with undergraduate
degrees in the physical sciences (biology, chemistry and physics);
computer and informational sciences; biological and life sciences. Lincoln
has an enrollment of 2,423 undergraduate and graduate students.
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