Lincoln University, US. Dafina Blacksher Diabate has been appointed Director of International Programs at Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania. Excited to join one of the oldest Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Dafina will serve as the senior international officer, providing leadership for the university’s international programs, partnerships, and strategy. For more than six years Dafina managed daily operations of the Association of International Education Administrators, based at Duke University. She negotiated contracts with universities, governments and for-profit and nonprofit organisations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, raising a quarter of a million dollars annually.  Dafina earned her doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.