Friday,
October 4, 2002
Lincoln
University Gearing Up Homecoming 2002, October 25-27 Nation’s
First Black University Celebrates Return of Alumni
LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY, PA--- Lincoln University, the nation’s
first Historically Black University, will celebrate its
annual Homecoming on its southern Chester County campus
during the weekend of October 25-27 with a full slate
of events designed to celebrate the University’s
rich tradition and strong alumni network nationwide.
Lincoln
University’s Homecoming weekend will officially begin
on Friday, October 25 when
the University hosts its Fall Open House for parents and
students from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
However, Lincoln University’s main event will be
Homecoming Day 2002 on Saturday, October
26 when the University will host a number of activities
designed to renew ties and forge new
relationships among alumni, current students faculty and
staff.
Among
the many planned on-campus Homecoming Day events will
be the Alumni Association Council Meeting, the Ladies/Lions
Auxiliary Meeting, reunion classes meetings, Homecoming
Networking Jam and the President’s Alumni Contributors
Awards Luncheon, where the University will officially
thank its largest contributors. The luncheon will be held
at the Student Union Building at 11:30 a.m. For more information
on the President’s Alumni Contributors Awards Luncheon,
contact Veronica Cohen, director of Special Events and
Community Relations at (484) 365-8000, ext. 3224/1235.
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 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.
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.
Please see the next page for a full schedule of planned
activities for Lincoln University’s 2002 Homecoming.
*2002 Homecoming Weekend Schedule of Activities*
October
25-27
Friday,
October 24
9:00
a.m. Information Table, Alumni Registration,
Student Union, top level and Alumni Contribution Opportunities
5:00
p.m. Alumni Hospitality Suite, Guest House
Saturday,
October 25 – Homecoming Day
9:00
a.m. Information Table, Alumni Registration,
and Contribution Opportunities, Student Union Building,
top level
9:00 a.m. Alumni Association Council
Meeting, Vail Memorial Hall, board room
9:30
a.m. Ladies/Lions Auxiliary Meeting, Guest
House
10:00
a.m. Open House, Langston Hughes Memorial Library
10:30
a.m. Reunion Classes Meeting (3's and 8's), Student
Union Building, top level
11:30
a.m. President’s Contributors Awards Luncheon,
Student Union Building, top level, University will officially
thank its largest donors
1:00
p.m.- Alumni Bowling Party/Social and
Graduate Social, Manuel Rivero Gymnasium Recreation Room
3:00 p.m.
3:30
p.m. "Return to the Blacktop" Alumni Fraternity/Sorority
Greek Sing, front of Living Learning Center.
5:00
p.m.- Alumni Hospitality Suite, Guest
House
9:00 p.m.
6:30
p.m. Live Jazz Social, Guest House
9:00 p.m. TBA Homecoming Networking
Jam (Time and location to be announced)
9:00
p.m.- Ol’ Schoolers Reunion Jam ,
Christina River Club, Wilmington, Delaware
2:00 a.m.
(Note:
Activities are subject to change without prior notice)
For
more information on Homecoming 2002, contact Lincoln University’s
Office of Alumni Relations at (484) 365-8000, ext. 3433
or 3429. You may also visit our web site at www.lincoln.edu
for more information on Lincoln University.
