Michael Taylor, Director Lincoln University welcomes admission applications from prospective freshmen anytime after they have completed their junior year in high school. The University employs the "rolling admissions" system in which there is no firm deadline for applications. However, students are strongly encouraged to apply by April 15 if admission is desired in August and by December 15 if admission is desired in January. Lincoln also accepts the General Equivalency Diploma.
In the second year of our LEAPS grant improvements were made that enabled the recruitment of thirty-seven (37) students into the 2006 summer bridge program. LEAPS will continue to enable Lincoln University to significantly increase the number of science and mathematics graduates. • Many students in the School are undertaking summer research internships and presenting their experiences at poster sessions. In 2005-06 Academic Year, 29 students presented posters at the Annual Science Fair at Lincoln University, Philadelphia Alliance for Minority Participation, and the University of Florida. • Several faculty members attend professional conferences on a regular basis and many have published articles in peer-reviewed journals. Faculty members of the School have increased the number of grants submitted for funding. • We have continued our tradition of hosting an Annual Science Fair. This year, students presented a total of twenty-nine (29) posters. The poster session attracts visitors from various universities (and from other countries). At the same time, we held our first Annual Science Conference adjudged a success by students and faculty alike. • In 2005-06, the School saw an increase in the number of graduates matriculating into graduate and professional schools. (Three to medical school in 2005-06 and this year another three have been accepted. Two Lincoln graduates received the MD degree in the past year.) • The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has concluded alliances with other institutions both within and out of state. A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) was signed with Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (PSUCOM) enabling collaboration in research for Lincoln students and faculty, sponsorship of joint seminars, and increases in the number of students attending graduate and medical school at PSUCOM. Lincoln has signed an MOU with the World Communications Charter School to provide dual enrolment programs for WCCS students in biology, mathematics, and English comp. We hope that the arrangement will increase the flow of well-prepared freshmen into Sci-Math majors at Lincoln. • The Chemistry Department fulfilled the prescribed criteria for the American Chemical Society certified completed B.S. degree. Overview of Goals, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics The following summarizes the strategic goals of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for the 2006-07 academic year.
