President’s
Cabinet Meeting
Tuesday, October 21,
2008
9:00 a.m.
Vail Hall Board Room
Minutes
Attendees: President
Ivory V. Nelson, Vice
President
Michael B. Hill, Vice President Grant D. Venerable, Vice President William B. Bynum, Vice President Howard E.
Merlin, Dean
Gladys J. Willis, Dean Judith A.W. Thomas, and Ms. Diane M. Brown. Dean John O. Chikwem was in attendance for the
latter portion of the meeting. Mr. John Thompson, Director of Physical Plant,
was in
attendance for a portion of the meeting.
MINUTES
Cabinet minutes of October 14,
2008 were approved.
PHYSICAL PLANT BRIEFING
Mr. Thompson provided an update
on the status of ongoing construction and renovation projects. He indicated that steam (heat) to all
residence halls has been turned on. Mr.
Thompson was instructed to bring the academic/administrative buildings
on line
as well.
PRESIDENT
The Higher Education Opportunity
Act
of 2008 – The vice presidents were asked to review the Duane Morris
update
on the new reporting and disclosure requirements under The Higher
Education
Opportunity Act of 2008 signed into law on August 14, 2008. It was indicated that Lincoln is already in compliance in
some
areas. However, an in-depth review of
the legislation is necessary to determine what Lincoln University
must put in place to be in compliance with other requirements under the
Act. A thorough review of the Act will
be performed by University personnel to identify all requirements to
which Lincoln
is subject. Responsibility for compliance
with many of
the requirements began on August 14, 2008.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Award - The
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded Lincoln University
a grant totaling $4,009,132. The grant
will
be funded over the five-year period September 30, 2008 through June 30,
2013. President Nelson is the principal
investigator of the grant, which is titled “Strengthening Research
Infrastructure at Lincoln
University.”
Middle States Commission on Higher Education – A Lincoln University
team of academic affairs personnel will attend the Annual MSCHE
Conference
December 7-9, 2008 in Baltimore,
MD.
U.S. Department of State – Ms. Constance
Lundy, Director of International Student Services, will be asked to
spearhead
the university’s efforts to make our students aware of State Department
opportunities available for them in the areas of Foreign Service and
American
diplomacy. The office of Career Services
will also be involved in this effort.
Survey on post-secondary education costs – Lincoln University
will cooperate with the PA State Board of Education in its attempt to
survey PA
resident students to determine the affordability of post-secondary
education in
the Commonwealth. Dr. Renford A.B.
Brevett will provide the Board with the information requested in order
for our
students to participate in the survey.
NCAA Division II Membership Process – President Nelson
distributed
copies of the agenda for the “NCAA Division II Membership Process –
Exploratory
Period Years 1 & 2 Presidents and Chancellors Meeting” which he
will be
attending October 29, 2008 in Indianapolis.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Vice President Venerable provided
a briefing on his recent trip to Dublin, Ireland.
Deans Chikwem and Willis
discussed tutoring programs/requirements in place in the School
of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
and the School
of Humanities. The tutoring program in place for
remedial English
has been a requirement for a number of years and has proven to be very
effective. Retention efforts include
tutoring sessions provided in each of the humanities departments. The “ALEKS” tutoring program in mathematics
is now in use. However, since it is a
new program requirement this year, its effectiveness can not be
evaluated at
this time.
Dean Thomas provided an update on
activities in her area including the Centers of Excellence and a
partnership
with the Philadelphia
Urban Center.
FISCAL AFFAIRS
Vice President Merlin presented
the FY09 Enrollment numbers as of October 21, 2008 (reported below in
SAEM).
Mr. Merlin discussed the
statement of fiscal activities and variance analysis for the three
months
ending September 30, 2008.
STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Fall 2008 Enrollment (As
of 10/21/08)
Undergraduate students enrolled:
1,974
Graduate students enrolled
550
Total
2,524
Vice President Bynum anticipates
that the fall 2008 student body will be the largest in the university’s
history. The entering class and graduate
programs will most likely record the largest numbers in the
university’s
history as well.
Security personnel have been
assigned to 3020 Lincoln
Plaza beginning
Monday,
October 20th.
The Homecoming events held over
the weekend were very well attended with an estimated 4,000+ in
attendance at
the football game on Saturday and 5,000 students, alumni and visitors
on the
campus. The atmosphere was one of
excitement and many positive comments were received from those in
attendance.
ESPN2 will air a piece on Lincoln
University
football November 4th
@ 1:30 AM and November 5th @ 2 PM.
The 10-12 minute segment will focus on Dr. Frank “Tick” Coleman
and
Coach O. J. Abanishe.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, President
Nelson adjourned the meeting at 12:30 p.m.
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