President’s Cabinet Meeting
Thursday, December 3, 2009
2:00 p.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, Dean Judith A.W. Thomas, Dean Gladys J. Willis, Dean John O. Chikwem and Ms. Diane M. Brown.  

MINUTES

Cabinet minutes of November 17, 2009 were approved.


PRESIDENT

The library will continue to remain open until 2:00 a.m. for student use.

New computers will be placed in the labs in the Living Learning Center and Dickey Hall.

HPER Requirement in the News: The BMI Placement Test/PHR 103 Graduation Requirement currently receiving a great amount of attention in the media was discussed.


FISCAL AFFAIRS

Lincoln University’s audit report for the year ended June 30, 2008 contains no findings.

The bid process for a new dishwasher is to commence as soon as possible.

Cabinet was presented with draft “Management Performance Evaluation and Development Forms” for review and further discussion.  

The fiscal office will be exploring various options for electric conservation.
Permission will be granted to HBCU Financing to use the Lincoln University logo on its website as one of the institutions that has participated in its program.

The Internal Auditor, Purchasing Agent and Vice President for Fiscal Affairs will service as the review/selection Committee for the Financial Advisor.

STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Spring 2010 Admissions Statistics (As of 12.01.09)

# of undergraduate applications received for spring 2009 ……….........     346
# of undergraduate applications received for spring 2010 ……..…........    424
# for spring 2010 with SAT scores over 900 …………………….…...      18

# of undergraduate students admitted for spring 2009 …………….......    125
# of undergraduate students admitted for spring 2010 …………….......      63
# for spring 2010 with SAT scores over 900 ……..………………......      12

# of undergraduate deposits paid for spring 2009 …………………......      63
# of undergraduate deposits paid for spring 2010 …………………......      26
# for spring 2010 with SAT over 900 …….…………………………..        8

# of graduate applications received for spring 2009 ……………….......      44
# of graduate applications received for spring 2010 ……………….......      83

# of graduate students admitted spring 2009 ……………………….....      38
# of graduate students admitted spring 2010 ……………………….....      40

Lincoln University Scholarships

Vice President’ Jerryl Briggs’ recommendation to increase the Lincoln University Alumni Endowed Scholarship from $2,500 to $4,000 was approved by the Cabinet.  The hope is that the increased financial assistance will be an incentive for a larger number of higher achieving students to enter Lincoln. Alumni Scholarship recipients will also be permitted to apply for Centers of Excellence scholarships provided they meet those requirements as well.

In addition, the administration will look into establishing criteria that will permit incoming freshmen to receive an additional $1,000 in scholarship dollars for AP courses.

Meal Plan

The student meal plan will revert back to the structure in place prior to the fall 2009 semester.  


ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, President Nelson adjourned the meeting at 5:00 p.m.
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