President’s
Cabinet Meeting
April 17 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,
Dean John O. Chikwem, Dean Judith
A.W. Thomas, Dean Gladys J. Willis and Ms. Diane M. Brown.
Minutes
Cabinet minutes of April 10, 2007 were approved.
Security on college
Campuses
The recent incident at Virginia Tech has raised many
questions concerning safety and security on the nation’s college and
university
campuses. President Nelson asked the
Cabinet to review the current crisis management plan in place for Lincoln University to see how our plan
measures
us. He also indicated that he would like
to see a notification system put in place that would utilize cell phone
communication with students in the case of emergency.
The installation of a warning siren to be
sounded in emergencies was also discussed as a possible additional
security
measure.
Capital Projects
The Commonwealth Budget has approved furniture and equipment
funding for the following projects:
University
Hall: $2,000,000
Student
Union: $3,000,000
Perimeter fencing will only be installed along Baltimore
Pike at this time. The cost of
installing additional fencing along Ashmun Road makes it not possible
at this time.
The summer project list submitted by the Physical Plant must
be discussed with Student Affairs & Enrollment Management personnel
prior
to establishing priorities and approval by the Cabinet.
Student Affairs and Enrollment
Management
The group discussed acceptable products for promotional
marketing which will be permitted at Lincoln University
in connection
to student athletics and events. It was
agreed that marketing of tobacco products will not be permitted in any
form. Other products may be considered
on a case by case basis.
Cabinet discussed the possibility of offering alumni
discounts for graduate studies at Lincoln University. Cabinet agreed to look closely into an
acceptable discounting mechanism that would make implementation
possible. As this is a policy matter,
approval of the
Board of Trustees will be necessary.
The 2007 Nissan Student Government Leadership Program
(NSGLP) will be held July 29-August 2, 2007.
The program is designed for SGA Presidents of HBCUs and
accommodates only
60 students. Lincoln University
will nominate its SGA president for participation.
Admission Statistics for fall 2007 (as of April 16, 2007)
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2007……………………….. 4951
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2006……………………….. 4526
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………………
1567
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2006……………………………
1424
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2007………………………………….
109
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2006………………………………….
140
# Graduate applications received for fall
2007…………………………….... 146
# Graduate applications received for fall 2006………………………………. 170
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………..……………
9
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2006……………………..……………
31
Academic Affairs
Vice President Venerable provided an update on the progress
of the Self-Study.
President Nelson and the vice presidents will participate in
the “Assessment Day” scheduled for Monday, April 23, 2007.
Following its recent review, the PA Department of Education
has given full approval of Lincoln University’s
Professional
Educator Programs.
Dean Chikwem reported that he has 50 students now
participating in internships with many more internships available for
our
students.
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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