October 24, 2006
PRESIDENT NELSON RECEIVES EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AWARD
LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY, PA. - Lincoln University President Ivory
V. Nelson has received the The Education Leadership Award presented
by the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) on Monday,
October 23 in New York, home of the national organization created
to provide financial assistance to students attending public
historically black colleges and universities.
The Education
Leadership Award is the highest honor given to a sitting president
of a public historically black college or university. As
chief operating officer of the institution, the recipient has
demonstrated outstanding business, academic and visionary leadership
through effective management.
“I am truly honored by
being chosen for this prestigious award,” President
Nelson said. “It is very humbling and I have the faculty, staff,
students and alumni to thank for their commitment to ensuring that the Lincoln
legacy will be enhanced and preserved.”
President Nelson was appointed
at Lincoln University in 1999, becoming the 12th individual
to lead the nation’s
first degree-granting historically black university. During
his tenure, Lincoln University has experienced significant
increase in fund raising, record enrollment, new academic programs
and major capital improvements.
TMSF, named after the Lincoln
University graduate who became the first African American associate
justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, was founded in 1987. Since
its inception, TMSF has awarded more than $50 million in scholarships
and programmatic support to more than 5,000 students.
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. For
more information on the open house, please contact the Office
of Admissions at (484) 365-8000 or (800) 790-0191. For
information on Lincoln University, please visit our website
at www.lincoln.edu.
