President’s
Cabinet Meeting
April 3, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Vail Hall Board
Room
Minutes
Attendees:
President Ivory V. Nelson,
Vice President Howard E. Merlin, Vice President Grant D. Venerable,
Vice
President Michael B. Hill, Vice President William
B. Bynum and Ms. Diane M. Brown.
Minutes
Cabinet minutes of March 28, 2007 were approved.
Commonwealth Funded
Capital Projects
Governor Rendell has approved the release of funds for the
following capital projects:
-
Construction of New
Learning/Counseling/Academic
Student Center - $7,000,000 for Design and Contingencies
-
Landscape
of General Campus - $3,000,000 for
Design and Contingencies
-
Construction of additional Tennis
Courts,
Softball Field, Soccer Field and Bleachers -
$3,000,000 for Design and
Contingencies
-
Construction
of New Science
Building
– Additional $5,000,000
-
Roof Upgrades – Additional $2,000,000
-
Construction of International
Cultural Center – Additional
$3,000,000
-
HVAC Systems and Controls –
Additional
$3,000,000
Development and External Relations
Vice President Hill presented reports on Career Services activities,
Executive Speaker Series and National
Preparatory Examination Courses Lincoln University 2006-2007. The reports are attached as a part of these
minutes.
Student Affairs and Enrollment
Management
Open House
The Open House held on Friday, March 30 had approximately
1,300 students and parents in attendance.
Election of Student
Government Association (SGA) Officers
Election of SGA officers was held last week. The
elections were held on-line for the first
time. The following officers were
elected for the 2007-2008 year:
President
–
Adonita Ahmetaj
VP-Internal
- Chester Hampton
VP-External
- Kerrie
Brewster
Treasurer
-
Alisa Davis
Secretary
-
Courtney Jackson
Handling of Prize and
Award Dollars
Cabinet clarified the University’s position on the awarding
of prize and award dollars. The
following guidelines will continue to be followed:
Students with loans – dollars will be
used to reduce the amount of the loans and/or applied against the next
year’s
tuition and
fees
Cash paying students with no balance –
refund in amount of award will be issued
Admission Statistics for fall 2007 (as of April 2, 2007)
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2007……………………….. 4583
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2006……………………….. 4655
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………………
1377
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2006……………………………
1506
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2007…………………………………. 78
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2006…………………………………. 160
# Graduate applications received for fall
2007…………………………….... 141
# Graduate applications received for fall 2006………………………………. 143
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………..……………
9
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2006……………………..……………
25
There being no further business, President Nelson
adjourned the meeting at 12:00 p.m.
Diane M. Brown
Assistant to the President
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CAREER
SERVICES
Student
Leadership Development Conference
Workshops
Offered:
Professional
Etiquette Dinner
Mock
Interview
Financial
Management
Real
Estate: Recent College Graduates
Professionalism
Understanding
and Mastering the Hiring Process
Invest
in Yourself
Networking
or Not Working
Career
Fair
Attendance: 250
Students
Organizations: 90
29 Corporations
27 School Districts
25 Government Agencies
9 Non-Profit Agencies
Graduate
Fairs
Students
Attending
Schools
Participating
Medical
185
8
Law
125
7
General
312
19
Medical/Law
School Visits
Medical
Students
Attending
Temple
School
of Medicine
7
Thomas
Jefferson University
2
Law
Temple
University Beasley School
of Law
7
Penn
State Dickenson
School
of Law 6
Villanova
University
2
Roger
Williams University, RI
7
Executive
Speaker Series
Executive in
Residence Program
Speaker
Classes
Attendance
Charles Terrell, Ed.D., VP
Af. Am. People
32
Div. of Diversity Policy
& Programs
Biological
Technique 19
Assoc. of American Medical
Colleges
Shannon Moore, Regional VP
Marketing
24
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
HR
Management
30
Prod.
& Operation Mgmt.
5
J. M. Herr, Chairman/CEO
Bus. Communications
11
Herr Foods, Inc.
Princ.
Of Acctg. II
22
Princ.
Of Acctg. II
25
Payne Brown, VP
Comp.
African Politics 11
Strategic Initiatives
African
American Exp.
17
Comcast Corporation
John O’Brien, VP
Oral
Communications 28
Emerging Brands
Senior Seminar 15
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals,
LP
Peter B. Alois,
President/Founder
Oral
Communications 21
Alois Global Trade
Strategies, LLC
Int’l. Fin.
Mgmt.
6
J. Everett Prewitt, President
African American Exp. 27
Northland Research Company
Mass Media & Society
14
Victoria Wyeth, Wyeth Family
Art Expert Drawing I/Intro. To Media
25
Brandywine River
Museum
&
Color
TOTALS:
8 Speakers
332
Students
Women in Leadership Series
25 Students
Barbara Gee, VP, Strategic
Sales Alliances, Comcast Cable Communications LLC
Rev. Lorina Marshall-Blake,
VP, Government Relations, Independence
Blue Cross
Kimberly Reed, Regional
Diversity Recruit. Mgr., Deloitte Services LP
Gary Michelson Executive Leadership
Lecture
70 Students
A
Report on National Preparatory Examination
Courses
Lincoln
University
2006-2007
Number
of Students
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
14
Law School Admission Test
(LSAT)
21
Medical College Admission Test
(MCAT)
12
PRAXIS (Education)
13
TOTAL
60
Course
Cost
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
$11,184
Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
$17,980
Medical College Admission Test
(MCAT)
$13,188
PRAXIS (Education)
$ 3,000
TOTAL
$45,352
Sources of
funding:
Title III (Academic Affairs)
Horace Mann Bond-Leslie Pinckney Hill Grant
LEAPS (NSF)
Continuing Education receipts
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