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Amber Racchini
Danhua Wang
Kristen Lawson
Meghan Erwin
Parveen Ali
Stephan Schaffrath
Jenkins, Melvin
Luke Faust
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Dr. Melvin A. Jenkins
Professor/Chairperson
Office
Pratt Hall, Room 202
Phone
724-357-2749
E-mail
mjenkins@iup.edu
Education
EdD, Developmental Education, Concentration: Student development and Personnel Services, Grambling State University
MA, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BA, Liberal Arts/Marketing, The Pennsylvania State University
Grants
Act 101 - $220,000 annually, PHEAA, Indiana and Punxsutawney, PA Educational Opportunity Grant: 2011, 2012, 2013
IUP Pittsburgh Promise Plus - $150,000, Heinz Endowments: 2012
The R. Benjamin Wiley Partner ship Program (formerly Philadelphia Partnership) (Phase II) - $145,000 annually, PA State System of Higher Education: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (total approximately $1,000,000)
IUP COM-PASS - $5,000, Stackpole-Hall Foundation: 2005
Understanding Minorities - $15,000, State System of Higher Education: 1996
Publications
"The effects of a precollege program on at-risk students,"
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education,
26(1), Fall 2009
"Factors which influence the success or failure of American Indian/Native American college students,"
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education
, 15(2), Spring 1999
Awards
Best 300 Professors, Princeton Review, 2012
IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research, Sponsored Programs Award for Outstanding Achievement in Curriculum & Instruction, 2008
IUP Panhellenic Association, Outstanding Professor, 2007
Discography
There is No Turning Back
. Compact Disc 3710136523, IUP Voices of Joy, 2007