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