Historically Black school to close Friday after surviving two world wars, the Spanish flu and the Great Depression.
in rural central Illinois that broke ground on President Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1865 — tried but failed to raise enough money to recover from the combined impact of COVID-19 and a December cyberattack, David Gerlach, the college's president, said in aLincoln, which has roughly 600 students, saw its enrollment fall after the coronavirus hit, disrupting its operations and finances.
By the time Lincoln regained access to its key computer systems in March, estimates showed"significant enrollment shortfalls" requiring a"transformational donation or partnership to sustain Lincoln College beyond the current semester," according to the school's statement. The school, in Lincoln, Illinois, paid a ransom of under $100,000 to recover data blocked by the attack, which originated in Iran, GerlachWord of Lincoln's imminent collapse prompted an effort by some students, faculty and alumni to raise money to keep the college open, posting under the hashtag #SaveLincolnCollege on social media.
"@elonmusk Lincoln College with this 2.2 mw solar farm has been shuddered by Covid. Need a miracle gift in support as 1-7 Rural Predominately Black institutions in the US," Gerlach wrote in a tweet tagging Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of electric car maker Tesla.
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