President’s Cabinet
Meeting
November 7, 2007
2:00 PM
Vail Hall Board
Room
Minutes
Attendees:
President Ivory V. Nelson,
Vice
President William B. Bynum,
Vice
President Michael B. Hill,
Vice
President Howard E. Merlin,
Vice
President Grant D. Venerable and Ms. Diane
M. Brown.
Minutes
Minutes of October 30, 2007 Cabinet meeting were approved.
New Trustee
The Senate has confirmed Governor Rendell’s nomination of
Mr. Kevin E. Vaughan to the Board of Trustees of Lincoln University. Mr. Vaughan, a resident of Philadelphia, has been appointed to a
term
ending August 31, 2010.
Fiscal Affairs
Purchasing Procedures
– Cabinet discussed the following proposed changes to the purchasing
procedures
to help expedite the purchasing process:
-
Implement “competitive pricing”
rather than
competitive bidding
-
Implement “Strategic Sourcing”
-
Review possibility of raising the
bid level from
$5,000 to $10,000
-
Consider raising the level for legal
review
Director of Human
Resources Search - Vice President Merlin informed the Cabinet that
the
final two candidates for the position of Director of Human Resources
will be
visiting Lincoln
University to
interview on Friday,
November 9th.
Academic Affairs
The Lincoln
University
– Barnes Foundation Visual Arts Program - Meetings and discussions
regarding course development are ongoing, with the expectation that the
necessary course descriptions and syllabi will go before the faculty by
March,
2008. Key to moving forward are the
recruitment of credentialed faculty in art history and museum studies,
professional public relations materials, advertisements in major
publications,
and scholarships. Currently, the
Visual
Arts program has seven (7) majors, including juniors and seniors in the
old Studio
Arts Program. Because of the significance
of this program, recruitment of students will not be limited to the
surrounding
areas, but will be expanded to reach nationally and internationally.
Development &
External Relations
Lincoln University has
established the “Lenfest Scholarship Fund” to provide scholarships for
students
in the art program. The scholarship fund
was established through a $300,000 personal contribution from Mr. H.R.
(Gerry)
Lenfest.
Student Affairs and Enrollment
Management
President Nelson distributed an article “addressing Anxiety,
Depression and Suicide Among HBCU Students.”
Vice President Bynum indicated that Lincoln University
currently has persons and programs in place which have been very
effective in
identifying and addressing these issues in our student body.
Spring 2008 Admission statistics as of November 2, 2007.
# Undergraduate applicants Spring 2008 ……………………
415
# Undergraduate applicants Spring 2007 ……………………
492
# Undergraduates admitted Spring 2008 ……………………
125
# Undergraduates admitted Spring 2007 ……………………
40
# Deposits Paid Spring 2008 ………………………………… 56
# Deposits Paid Spring 2007 ………………………………… 13
There being no further business,
President Nelson
adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
Diane M. Brown
Assistant to the President
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