November 19,
2007
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $25,450
DONATION FROM CITE
LINCOLN
UNIVERSITY, PA ~ President Ivory V. Nelson has announced
a $25,450 gift from the Consortium of Information and Telecommunications
Executives (CITE), a national nonprofit organization representing
African American employees and retirees of Verizon. The gift
will be used to fund academic scholarships.
“We are extremely grateful to receive this generous donation from CITE,” President
Nelson said. “These are individuals who understand
and have an appreciation for the value of a higher education.
Many of our students will benefit from their generosity.”
CITE is a national nonprofit organization
that represents over 35,000 African American employees
and retirees of the New York-based broadband and communications
company. CITE
is committed to industry excellence, community service, and
personal and professional development. A resource group
for Verizon employees, CITE provides employee advocacy, networking
and professional development opportunities.
CITE members
are active members of the community and provide scholarships
to students requiring financial assistance across the United
States.
“We partner with organizations like Lincoln University that are aligned
with our efforts to further literacy and technology in the community,” Leona
Punzi, CITE president said. “This donation is
an investment in the futures of well deserving young men
and women and the African American community.”
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 \
(484) 365-8000
