by Amy Estepp | Oct 16, 2011 | News Slider
Almost a month into it, the university’s first student-run televised weekly newscast continues to grow. The show debuted Sept. 23 and contains mostly content that is directed toward the students who call Lipscomb “home.” Replays can be seen on campus Channel 97 at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily as well as Friday on luminationnetwork.com, the award-winning student web site. The TV show features mostly events and news happening on campus, but there are a few other segments including: sports, weather, entertainment and an interview segment. For most of the crew, this newscast is their first chance at being part of a news production. Communication and journalism majors are getting real-life studio exposure and experience under the direction of Rachel Carden, broadcast news director. Carden, a senior journalism and new media major, directs the team of students and helps them come up with story ideas as well as edits the stories, assigns roles and manages the news team. Carden said she is excited about the opportunity the students have to experience what it is like to be a part of a newscast. “This is the first year we have done it,” she said, “and it is a really big accomplishment for us.” Former WSMV news director Alan Griggs serves as the faculty sponsor for the student newscast. Griggs gives all the credit to the students and their hard work for making the broadcast possible. He explains that the newscast offers a variety of opportunities for students. “We are rotating jobs and responsibilities every week so students can get to do something every week,” Griggs said. “One week they might...
by Amy Estepp | Oct 4, 2011 | News Slider
12th Avenue South is not the only place mustaches will be today. Mark Slagle and Alex Cox are supporting their MANA Mustaches in their vintage 1970’s orange Winnebago complete with shag carpet and an original 8-track player. The Manabago, as they call it, is set up in the square to help support the mission and to raise awareness of MANA nutrition, an initiative helping defeat the ongoing epidemic of acute malnutrition in Africa. Simply put, MANA is a small nutritional supplement packet that after four to six weeks a formerly acutely malnourished child will not only be up to weight but will also have received the proper nutrition needed for healthy brain development. Today, during chapel, founder, Mark Moore will give more information about the necessity of MANA and how you can become involved. Then, go to the square and find out how you can become involved with the Manabago. Maybe you too will end up with a MANA mustache. Photo Credit: Whitney...
by Amy Estepp | Apr 15, 2011 | News Slider
A variety of spiritual events are taking place on Lipscomb’s campus as the end of Lenten season draws near. Lipscomb’s Student Government Association (SGA) Spiritual Life Committee is providing students with events every day of Holy Week. Monday morning students are invited to gather for a sunrise service in the Quad (the field in between Crisman Administration building and the Beaman Library.) The gathering will begin at 6am and will be accompanied with donuts, drinks, student-led worship and one chapel credit. On Tuesday night, students can attend another worship gathering that will be held in the amphitheater. The Tuesday night singing service will be held from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Another service will be conducted from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday night in Ward Lecture Hall. A member of the community will be showcased and will lead students in a unique worship service. Chapel credit will be given for Wednesday night. A night of great food and fellowship, Thursday night will be paralleling the Last Supper. The Spiritual Life Committee is inviting 100 students to sign up to be a part of this special evening. The first 100 students to sign up in the SGA office will be invited to a free Copper Kettle dinner and time of fellowship. Students will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Hall of Fame room in Allen Arena. The week will conclude with a day sponsored by Campus Ministry. Good Friday will feature the stations of the cross. Student’s will be able to visit and take part in the stations every...
by Amy Estepp | Apr 11, 2011 | News Slider
After failing to become a hit Christian music artist, Constance Rhodes joined the 75 percent of women to struggle with eating issues. She tasted bits of all eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, binge eating, etc.) before founding FINDINGbalance Inc. and becoming an author and advocate who endorses positive body images for all women and men. Last Monday, Lipscomb women listened to her candid conversation that stripped to the bone the lies of eating disorders and body image during the first NAKED event. The NAKED series continues for the next two Mondays. Rhodes set the stage for events to come when she spoke from her heart about her own experience and her personal mission to demystify and attack eating disorders. Her non-profit, FINDINGbalance, is the first national organization for creating consumer awareness and understanding of Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). The mission is to remove the stigma of eating disorders and body image issues and to promote prevention while encouraging a path to freedom for those effected by EDNOS. The Dallas native now lives in Franklin, Tenn., with her husband, AJ, and three kids. Rhodes moved to Music City as an aspiring Christian radio artist with sky-high aspirations. “I dreamed of being the next Amy Grant,” Rhodes said. “But then I flopped.” After her dreams of becoming a Christian music artist fell, Rhodes had what she referred to as a “story change.” She soon began climbing the corporate ladder in music business and worked for six years at EMI Christian Music, where she ended as marketing director. At this point she recognized herself as being “a highly productive person [whose] life...
by Amy Estepp | Mar 14, 2011 | News Slider
They’ve gone to a village in Guatemala, an orphanage in Mexico, New York City and points between and beyond. As usual, many Lipscomb students, with faculty support, are spending their spring break helping people in different parts of the world and also growing. Every year students, faculty, staff and alumni join together to partner with Lipscomb’s mission initiatives. Lipcomb offers a variety of trips both international and domestic. Hundreds of Lipscomb affiliates are involved and hundreds of lives changed. This year, the mission efforts began even before spring break officially got under way. The first trip departed at dawn March 10, leaving from Nashville International airport en route to Guatemala. Jordan Lewis, a junior nursing major said that she wasn’t nervous, but just excited to take part in the medical mission trip located in the Ulpan Valley of Guatemala. The Chattanooga native is a rookie to medical missions, but she is not letting her inexperience get in the way. “I expect to help with medicines and playing with the kids, and helping with the doctors,” said Lewis. “Overall, I am most excited about seeing a different culture and being somewhere completely rural.” This is the 10th consecutive year for Lipscomb admissions recruiter, Josh Link, to serve the City of Children. The City of Children is an orphanage located in Ensenada, Mexico. After spending every spring break of his college years in Ensenada, Link is now the trip leader. But what keeps Link returning to the City of Children? “I am most excited about seeing the kid that I have a relationship with,” said Link. “There is a kid that...
