2008 Woodie Awards
Dr. Ivory V. Nelson says that he turned down the presidency at Texas Southern University in Houston earlier this year after he was named a candidate for the job. "They wanted me," says Nelson, whose contract at Lincoln is scheduled to expire in 2009. "They offered me the job.
The aroma of different spices fills the air as Jose Sabastro welcomes patrons into the new Mexican restaurant, Mi Cocina Mexicana. Located in Jennersville, Mi Cocina Mexicana served its first dish on January 4, 2008 in what was billed as their grand-opening.
If you believe that old cliché that "behind every great man is a great woman," one must stop and listen to the story of Patricia Nelson. The First Lady of Lincoln University keeps a low-profile, but she is friendly and eager to talk about her husband's legacy as she did recently at her modest home next to the Mary Dod Memorial Chapel.
The flyers have been posted across campus since January. The Office of Career Services at Lincoln University is about to launch their biggest event of the year. On March 13, 2008, the Career Fair will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Main Gymnasium.
Once touted as the "Black Princeton," Lincoln University once prided itself on being the leader among Historically Black Colleges and Universities. But some students say that Lincoln is having trouble meeting the needs of their students and they use as an example, the Department of English and Mass Communications.
The owner and publisher of the New York Amsterdam News, one of the nation's oldest Black newspapers, has donated funds to the Department of English and Mass Communications. Wilbert A. Tatum, an alumnus of Lincoln University and his wife Susan, has made a gift of $5,000 to the university to support students in the Mass Communications program.