President’s
Cabinet Meeting
Tuesday, November 10,
2009
9:00 a.m.
MINUTES
ATTENDEES: President Ivory V. Nelson, Interim Vice President
Jerryl Briggs, Vice President
Michael B. Hill, Vice President Howard E.
Merlin,
Vice President Grant D. Venerable and Ms. Diane
M. Brown. Mr. John Thompson was present for a portion of
the
meeting.
MINUTES
Cabinet minutes of November 3,
2009 were approved.
PHYSICAL
PLANT UPDATE
-
Mr.
Thompson was authorized to move forward with the replacement of the
hood in the
kitchen and to look into the purchase of a new dishwasher if that is
what is
required.
-
The order has been placed for the
necessary part
to repair the electric supply to for Rendell Hall.
Electrical usage by students housed in this
facility will be evaluated.
-
Thirty-three
(33) of the hand sanitizing units
have been replaced within the past four weeks
-
Cabinet approved the move of 42
parking spaces
to the peripheral of the campus instead of expanding the Dickey Hall
parking
lot. This is in line with plans to move
parking to the outer perimeter of the campus.
-
The landscaping project includes
planting 1,000
additional trees on the campus.
PRESIDENT
President Nelson discussed the
Project “Advance to the Top,” and what is needed to meet the goals
established
by the Board of Trustees.
DEVELOPMENT AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Bishop David G. Evans, Chair
of the Lincoln University Board of
Trustees, has requested that group meeting be scheduled for him with
faculty,
students and staff during his visit to campus on Thursday, November 12,
2009.
Invitations will be sent to these groups today.
FISCAL AFFAIRS
The RFP for financial advisors
had been issued.
Vice President Merlin is working
on the RFP regarding the provider of electrical services to the campus
in
preparation for the anticipated change in the rate structure.
STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Student body headcount (As of 11.10.09)
Financial Aid staff was able to
assist 143 students in securing financial aid to help satisfy their
financial
obligations to the university.
Undergraduate:
2,022
Graduate:
611
Total
2,633 (no change from
11.03.09 report)
Spring 2010 Admissions
Statistics (As of 11.09.09)
Vice President Briggs indicated
that the admissions numbers are down for Spring 2010 as they are not
admitting
anyone who falls below any of Lincoln University’s
admissions
criteria.
No. of applications received for
spring 2009 ………………………………
293
No. of applications received for
spring 2010 ………………………………
392
No. of applicants for spring 2010
with SAT scores over 900 ………….......
16
No. of students admitted for
spring 2009 ………………………………….
116
No. of students admitted for
spring 2010 ………………………………….
52
No. of students admitted for
spring 2010 with SAT scores over 900 ............
11
No. of deposits paid for spring
2009 ……………………………………….. 59
No. of deposits paid for spring
2010 ……………………………………….. 19
No. of deposits paid for spring
2010 for students with SAT over 900 ..............
6
Vice President Briggs indicated that the change made to
the academic
calendar will require that the food services be available an extra day
that had
not been originally planned. In view of
this, he has taken steps for the food service to be open on Wednesday,
November
25th.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business,
President Nelson adjourned the meeting at 11:00 a.m.
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