President’s Cabinet Meeting
August 22, 2005
9:00 a.m.
Minutes
Attendees: President Ivory V. Nelson, Vice President Michael
B. Hill, Vice President William B. Bynum, Vice President Grant D. Venerable,
Ms. Melvie Hall-Bellinger, Mr. Kiran Taunk and Ms. Diane M. Brown. Attending
for portion of meeting: Mr. John Thompson
August 8, 2005 Cabinet meeting minutes were approved.
Physical Plant
Cabinet was given a briefing on capital projects.
- The new dorm was ready for returning students to move
in when they returned to campus on Sunday.
- Renovation of Cannon House is complete. Awaiting
issuance of Occupancy Permit before administrative office staff is able to
move in.
- Development staff will be able to move into Building
31 within two weeks.
- Proposals in response to the RFP for Security Cameras
at the Graduate Center are due August 26th.
- Several meetings regarding upcoming capital projects
are scheduled this week.
Registration
An efficient and smooth registration process was implemented and executed
over the past two weekends for freshmen and returning students. President
Nelson commended the staff for their cooperation and efforts during this
busy time. A letter of thanks and commendation will be sent to the
Lincoln University community.
Reporting of Issues
In accordance with a resolution passed by the Lincoln University Board of
Trustees, which established that “a confidential complaint mechanism shall
be established for the reporting of financial improprieties. A beta
mechanism shall be in place before the September Board meeting,” the office
of Audit and Control is in the process of implementing a “Hot Issues” email
site for reporting of fraud and financial misconduct issues only. The
site will be accessible only by the internal auditor.
The Office of Human Resources has been assigned the task of establishing
a suggestion box system for employees. All items/reports will be sent
to the attention of the President once collected and assembled by the Office
of Human Resources.
Employee Separation Process
The Office of Human Resources has been asked to devise a process, which will
insure the return to the University of all Lincoln University property upon
termination/resignation of employment.
Compost Operation Proposed in Community
The University has been made aware of an application to establish a commercial
composting operation in Lower Oxford Township. Residents in the community
are opposed to the plan and are seeking to intervene to stop this from happening.
Vice President Hill has been asked to look into the matter.
Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Admission Statistics for Fall 2005 (as of August 19, 2005)
# Undergraduate applications received for Fall 2005……………………..…..
5733
# Undergraduate applications received for Fall 2004………………………....
4401
# Undergraduate students admitted for Fall 2005…………………………….. 2067
# Undergraduate students admitted for Fall 2004…………………………….. 1696
# Graduate applications received for Fall 2005………………………………..
541
# Graduate applications received for Fall 2004………………………………..
387
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2005…………………………………….
333
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2004…………………………………….
312
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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