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History In 1854, John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker, founded Ashmun Institute, later named Lincoln University, in Hinsonville, Pennsylvania. They named it after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. They founded the school for the education of African Americans, who had few opportunities for higher education. Presidents ...
A University's Beginnings. Originally established as The Ashmun Institute, Lincoln University received its charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on April 29, 1854, making it the nation's first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU).
Latest Fact Book. Accreditations and Associations. Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Associated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1972 as a state-related, coeducational university.
Welcome to Lincoln University, the nation's first degree-granting Historically Black College and University. ... Today, we are consistently ... Lincoln University, PA ...
Let's go LU Lions! Reimagining the Legacy: Learn. Liberate. Lead. History Lincoln University was founded in 1854 as the nation's first degree-granting Historically Black College and University, or HBCU. Originally chartered as Ashmun Institute, it was re-named Lincoln University in 1866 in honor of President Abraham Lincoln.
Carl Watton, Vice President for Student Affairs at The Lincoln University, says that historically, the term “freedom” emphasized a “freedom from [slavery],” but today the emphasis is on a “freedom to.”. Watton explains, “Historically, it meant a freedom from oppression. Today, it means a freedom [for students] to come here and ...
Dec 1, 2009 · Lincoln University in Pennsylvania was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson. It is located on Baltimore Pike in southern Chester County, a rural part of southeastern Pennsylvania. Lincoln was originally founded under the name Ashmun Institute, after the religious leader and social ...
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