November 8 ,
2007
STUDENTS TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTES TO
LINCOLN
BUT WIND UP AS HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS
LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY, PA ~ Sophomores Alesha Blue and Steven
Steel had different reasons for enrolling at Lincoln University,
but their paths crossed when they walked across the stage
in recognition of academic excellence at the university’s
annual Honors Convocation Wednesday in Manuel Rivero Hall.
Blue is a criminal justice major
and had explored other universities before settling on
Lincoln. She has a
3.67 grade-point average and hails from Long Island, N.Y,
about 290 miles north of Lincoln University.
“I enrolled at Lincoln because the recruiters placed
much emphasis on education,” Blue said. “They
also said the university has people who would help you succeed. Once
I got here, I found that to be true.”
The event was also meaningful
for Blue. Her parents,
Dottie Blue and Isaac Lamb, made the trip from Long Island
to witness the event and watch their daughter receive her
certificate of recognition.
Steele, on the other hand, is
from nearby Avondale, Pa., about 10 miles from the campus. He
is a political science major and hopes to become a teacher
or politician.
“I came to Lincoln because it’s close to home
and it has a great history,” said Steele, who has a
3.97 grade-point average. “It is a school that
has produced memorable leaders.”
Steele is the first in his family
to attend the nation’s
first historically black college.
Steele lauded Drs. F. Carl Walton
and Chieke Ihejirika, assistant professors in the department
of political science, for helping him decide on a career. “They have
been extremely helpful,” he said. “They mentored
me and gave me pointers about my career, sort of pointed
me in the right direction.”
Blue and Steel were just two of the large number of students
honored at the assembly, an annual pause on the academic
calendar to recognize students who have earned high academic
achievement.
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.
Lincoln
University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1570 Baltimore Pike, P.O. Box 179, Lincoln University, PA 19352 \
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