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SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENTS CALENDAR
April, 2003 - May, 2004
This calendar will be updated frequently. Please call the Office of Special Events and Community Relations (484) 365-8000, extension 3224/3225 for additional information on a particular event.
APRIL, 2003
April 10, 2003

"Sesquicentennial Kickoff and Honors Convocation

11:00 AM

Speaker: Mr. Tony Brown, PBS Series, Tony Brown Journal

Manuel Rivero Gymnasium

A Sesquicentennial Special Event
MAY, 2003
May 1, 2003 Sesquicentennial Reception for Lincoln University Supporters President's HomeDevelopment and External Relations
May 3, 2003

Founder's Day Banquet


6:00 PM

Speaker: President Ivory V. Nelson, PhD

Thurgood Marshall Living Learning Center

 
May 4, 2003

144th Baccalaureate Service

10:00 AM

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Calvin S. Morris '63

Mary Dod Brown Chapel

 
May 4, 2003

144th Commencement


1:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Mark Dean, IBM Inventor, Microcomputer System

Vail Hall Lawn

Honorary Doctorates Conferred:
Mr. Walter Chambers '52,
Dr. Mark E. Dean,
Mr. Mannie Jackson
JULY, 2003
July 19-21, 2003 Sesquicentennial Alumni Picnic/Golf Tournament Weekend Alumni Relations
July 19, 2003

Sesquicentennial Annual Alumni Picnic

12:00 PM

Robert N. Gardner Fitness Trail  
July 20, 2003

Play "Looking Over the President's Shoulder"

2:00 PM

People's Light and Theater Company, Malvern, PA 
July 21, 2003

Golf Tournament

8:30 AM

Wyncote Golf Club, Oxford, PA 
SEPTEMBER, 2003
Sept. 11, 2003

All University Convocation: "The State of the University"

11:00 AM

Speaker: President Ivory V. Nelson, PhD

Manuel Rivero Gymnasium

 
Sept. 23, 2003

Journalism-Communications Conference

1:00 PM

Media Miles: " We Have Come a Long Way"

English Department
Sept. 24, 2003

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Lecture Series: "Challenges and Achievements: African-American Students in Higher Education"

12:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer, Professor and Chair/Director, WEB Dubois Research Center, University of Pennsylvania


Dickey Hall Auditorium

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
Sept. 27, 2003

Ladies Lions Auxiliary 70th Anniversary Scholarship Fashion Show and Luncheon

11:30 PM

Lincoln University Students as Models

Christiana Hilton Inn

Delaware Chapter, The National Auxiliary of Lincoln University
OCTOBER, 2003
Oct. 4, 2003

Seventh Annual Scientific Poster Session

10:00 AM

Student Union Building School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Oct. 15, 2003

All University Convocation

4:00 PM

Speaker: Ms. Susan Taylor, Editorial Director, Essence MagazineManuel Rivero Gymnasium A Sesquicentennial Special Event
Oct. 19, 2003

Coronation of Mr. and Ms. Lincoln Mr. Lincoln - Charles Fleming III '04 Ms. Lincoln - Venice Garner '04

6:00 PM

Manuel Rivero Gymnasium 
Oct. 22, 2003

Colloquium "Those Who Excelled in Mathematics and Science"

4:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. James A. Donaldson '61, Dean , School of Arts and Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DCDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science
Oct. 22, 2003

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Series "From Shreveport, Louisiana to Lincoln University, Pennsylvania: A Black Man's Success Story"

12:00 PM

Speaker: President Ivory V. Nelson, PhD

 


Dickey Hall Auditorium

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
October 24, 2003

Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Gala

 

6:00 PM

Honorees: Walter P. Lomax Jr., MD; Dr. H. Alfred Farrell; Dr. Lozelle J. DeLuz; Mr Kenneth Gamble

Wyndham Philadelphia at Franklin Plaza

A Sesquicentennial Special Event
October 25, 2003 Lincoln University Homecoming, 2003Lincoln University CampusAlumni Relations
NOVEMBER, 2003
Nov. 1 - 20, 2003 Human Services Club Food Drive Distribution Boxes to be set up in the Sub and student dorms Department of Sociology
Nov. 12, 2003

Colloquium "The Science of Mathematics Learning"

7:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Takayuki Yamauchi, Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Lincoln UniversityDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science
Nov. 14, 2003 Sesquicentennial Exhibit of Lincoln University From 1854 - 2004 Location:TBADepartment of History and Political Science
Nov. 17, 2003

"Islam: Terrorism…Myths, Misconceptions, Panel Discussion And Reality"

7:00 PM

Dickey Hall Auditorium International Services and Programs
Nov. 17-21, 2003 National/International Week "Strengthening LU's International Legacy" Dickey Hall AuditoriumInternational Services and Programs
Nov. 19, 2003

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Lecture Series "The Unity of Knowledge and the Lincoln University Core Curriculum"

7:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Grant D. Venerable, II, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lincoln University


Dickey Hall Auditorium

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
Nov. 19, 2003

Immigrant Life in Southern Chester County"

7:00 PM

Dickey Hall AuditoriumInternational Services and Programs
Nov. 20, 2003

Lincoln Concert Band and Jazz Band in Concert

7:00 PM

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Nov. 20, 2003 Career Day "Come visit the Education Department's Sesquicentennial Celebration" (display of photos, books, etc.) Department of Education
Nov. 22, 2003

POSTPONED
Opening Session of the International Conference Panel: "Advancing the International Legacy of Lincoln University"




10:00 AM

Invited Panelists: Dr. Peri Mutewera '94, Director, Department of Dental Medicine, Ms. Ebonique Padgett ' 96, Department of Commerce China Desk, Mr. Amedeo Volpe '74, Former Minister Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Joseph Mbulu '98, Director, Operational Audit Group, NVU

Dickey Hall Reception Room

International Services and Programs
Nov. 22, 2003

POSTPONED
International Conference Luncheon

12:15 PM

Student Union Building International Services and Programs
Nov. 22, 2003

POSTPONED
"Advancing the LU International Legacy in Education"

2:00 PM

Panel: Dr. Orville E. Kean '59, President Emeritus of the University of the Virgin Islands University, Dr. Tjama Tjimikua '83, Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia, Dr. Sibusiso Nkomo '91, Executive Director, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and former Chair of the Political Science Department of Lincoln University (via satellite).

Dickey Hall Auditorium

International Services and Programs
Nov. 22, 2003

"Kwame Nkrumah's Grand Contribution to American People"

3:30 PM

Speaker: Dr. Zizwe Poe, Assistant Professor, History and Political Science, Lincoln University

Dickey Hall Auditorium

International Services and Programs
DECEMBER, 2003
Dec. 2, 2003

The Opera Workshop presents "Amahl and the Night Visitors" by Menotti, performed by Lincoln University Students

7:00 PM

Mary Dod Brown Memorial ChapelDepartment of Visual and Performing Arts
Dec. 2, 2003 Winter Student Art Exhibition featuring works by Lincoln University Studio Arts students Student Union BuildingDepartment of Visual and Performing Arts
Dec. 3, 2003 Cooperating Teachers and Student Teachers ConferenceLocation: TBADepartment of Education
Dec. 3, 2003

Colloquium "A Flaw in the Proof of lim (sinx/) =1x > 0.

4:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Tong Banh, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Lincoln UniversityDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dec. 3, 2003

Humanities School Christmas Party

3:30 PM

Thurgood Marshall Living Learning CenterSchool of Humanities
Dec. 4, 2003

Sesquicentennial Christmas Concert

7:30 PM

Mary Dod Brown Chapel Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Dec. 15, 2003

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Lecture Series "Erin Dudley Forbes Charter School as a Protective Factor: What's happening in its third year of existence?"

12:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Lenetta Lee, Associate Professor, Education, Lincoln University

TBA

School of Social Sciences & Behavioral Studies
JANUARY, 2004
Jan. 4, 2004

Alcohol Education Grant Program (S.O.B.E.R.)

TBA

Guest Speaker Department of Health and Physical Recreation
Jan. 14, 2004

Colloquium "What is Galois Theory?"

4:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Jawahur Pathak, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Lincoln University Department of Mathematic and Computer Science
Jan. 15, 2004

Deadline to Submit Applications for Sesquicentennial Competitions

4:00 PM

 Office of Special Events and Community Relations
Jan. 22, 2004

Martin Luther King Program

4:00 PM

Speaker: TBA

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

 
Jan. 28, 2004

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Lecture Series "A Scaffold of Learning Principles for Internalizing Science"

12:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Ellen Smith, Adjunct Instructor, Lincoln University

President's Board Room, Vail Hall

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
FEBRUARY, 2004
Feb. 7, 2004

Women's Empowerment Conference

9:00 AM

Various Campus LocationsThe Women's Center and the Office of the Chapel
Feb. 11, 2004

Albert C. Barnes Lecture

4:00 PM

Dickey Hall Auditorium School of Humanities
Feb. 11, 2004

Black History Month Program

4:00 PM

Speaker: TBA

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

 
Feb. 12, 2004

Oxford Area Historical Association Discussion/Presentation

7:00 PM

Ware Presbyterian Village 
Feb. 12, 2004

Faculty Artist Recital, featuring works by Lincoln alumnus John Cooper, '49

7:00 PM

Charles Pettaway, Pianist, Lincoln University


Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Feb. 18, 2004

Colloquium "The Number 0: Its Origin and its Use, Part II"


4:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Abdulalim Shabazz, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Lincoln University

Dickey Hall Auditorium

 
Feb. 19, 2003

Sesquicentennial Oratorical Contest

4:30 PM

Dickey Hall Auditorium  
Feb. 25, 2004

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Series

12:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Zizwe Poe, Assistant Professor, History and Political Science

President's Board Room, Vail Hall

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
Feb. 27, 2004

Black History Month Convocation

TBA

Speaker: TBA


Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

 
MARCH, 2004
March 3, 2004

Colloquium "Following Your Dreams and Finding Your Passions: Why I Chose to Become a Mathematician"

4:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Monica C. Jackson, Post Doctoral Student, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia


Dickey Hall Auditorium

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
March 3, 2004

Sesquicentennial Performing Arts Competetion

4:00 PM

Mary Dod Brown Chapel 
March 4, 2004

Women's History Month Program

TBA

Speaker: TBA 
March 8-9, 2004

B.E.E.P. (Black Executive Exchange Program)

8:00AM-8:00PM -8th: Dickey Hall 318 and

8:00AM-2:00PM -9th: Dickey Hall Auditorium

Department of Economics and Business Administration
March 8-12, 2004

Sesquicentennial Forums: Multicultural Education Promoting Excellence in Teaching

TBA

Panel of Speakers: TBA Department of Education
March 9, 2004

"A Musical Celebration of the Poetry of Noted Alumnus, Langston Hughes"

7:00 PM

Mr. Albert R. Lee, Faculty Artist Recital


Mary Dod Brown Chapel

Department of Visual and Performing Arts
March 10, 2004

Honors Convocation

4:00 PM

Speaker: TBA

Manuel Rivero Gym

A Sesquicentennial Special Event
March 12, 2004

Deadline for Sesquicentennial Poetry Contest

12:00 PM

Dr. Benson Prigg, University Hall 303.3 
March 15-19, 2004

Sesquicentennial Forums and Open House

12:00 PM

Dickey Hall 354 Department of Sociology
March 17, 2004

Amos Lecture Series

4:00 PM

Speaker: TBA

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

Amos Scholarly Lecture Series
March 18, 2004

Larry Neal Humanities Lecture

3:30 PM

Speaker: TBA

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

School of Humanities
March 22, 2004

Student Recital featuring Outstanding Singers and Instrumentalists and the Lincoln String Ensemble

4:00 PM

149 Ware CenterDepartment of Visual and Performing Arts
March 22, 2004

Deadline for Visual Arts Competition

12:00 PM

Professor Jeffrey Chapp, Visual and Performing Arts 
March 24, 2004

Spring Student Art Exhibition, featuring works by Lincoln University Studio Arts Students

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Student Union Building Department of Visual and Performing Arts
March 25, 2004

Sesquicentennial Spring Concert by the Lincoln University Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble

7:00 PM

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel Department of Visual and Performing Arts
March 30, 2004

Choral Salute to Lincoln University


7:00 PM

Concert Choirs of Lincoln University, Cheyney University, and Delaware State University

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

Department of Visual and Performing Arts
March 31, 2004

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Lecture Series


12:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Babatunde, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Lincoln University

President's Board Room, Vail Hall

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
March 31, 2004 Colloquium "Security and Performance Issues in Wireless Networks "Speaker: Dr. Tiki Suarez, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Business and Industry, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 
APRIL, 2004
April 1, 2004

An Evening of Theatre with the Lincoln University Players

7:00 PM

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel Department of Visual and Performing Arts
April 4, 2004

Oxford Presbyterian Church 250th Anniversary


8:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Speakers:
8:00 AM - Dr. Valerie Tate-Green
11:00 AM - Dr. Ivory V. Nelson

Concert Choir

Oxford Presbyterian Church
April 8, 2004

Lectures and Recitals Series

TBA

TBA 
April 11-17, 2004

Sesquicentennial Spring Fling

TBA

 Student Activities
April 14, 2004

Humanities School Day

4:00 PM

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel School of Humanities
April 15, 2004

Colloquium "Need for Proper Mathematics Education for All People"

4:00 PM

Speaker: Andreas Woods, Ph.D, Candidate, Egyptology at Brown University, Providence, RIDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science
April 15, 2004

Happy 150th Birthday, Lincoln /Convocation

TBA

Speaker: TBA


Manuel Rivero Hall Gymnasium

A Sesquicentennial Special Event
April 17, 2004

Washington DC Sesquicentennial Gala

7:00 PM

National Museum of Women in the ArtsA Sesquicentennial Special Event
April 21, 2004

Cooperating Teachers and Students Teachers Sesquicentennial Celebration

TBA

 Department of Education
April 24, 2004

Sesquicentennial Brown Bag Lecture Series

12:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Christian Filostrat

President's Board Room, Vail Hall

School of Social Sciences and Behavioral Studies
April 30, 2004

Rites of Passage

10:00 AM

TBAHonors Program
MAY, 2004
May 1, 2004

Graduate Award Ceremony

10:00 AM

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel School of Humanities
May 1, 2004

Sesquicentennial All Reunion/ Founder's Day

6:00 PM

Manuel Rivero Gymnasium A Sesquicentennial Special Event
May 2, 2004

Sesquicentennial 145th Baccalaureate Services

10:00 AM

Speaker: TBA

Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel

 
May 2, 2004

145th Sesquicentennial Commencement

2:00 PM

Speaker: TBA


Campus of Lincoln University

 
May 6, 2004

New York Sesquicentennial Gala

5:30 - 8:30 PM

Sheraton Hotel, New York A Sesquicentennial Special Event

 


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