by Anna Sawyer | Oct 2, 2020 | News, News Slider
The fall semester here at Lipscomb has been a unique transition for everyone. This change has been a new experience for both students and professors in which many classes have been constructed to accommodate for those learning remotely. Due to the pandemic, a virtual approach has been shown to become the norm within education; Lipscomb has been working especially hard to regulate safety guidelines both on and off-campus. It has already been a month since Lipscomb has returned to campus, and this year has proven to be a new experience for everyone. Lipscomb is running on the “Lipscomb Flex” model for hybrid learning. With the student life team actively working on creating events for this year’s student experience, many events have been open to students on campus and remote. “It’s kind of hard to get involved because a lot of the stuff is on campus,” said Brianna Benkley, a Lipscomb freshman commercial music major who is currently remote in Massachusetts. With many on-campus events, it is difficult for students like Brianna to get involved, but there have been many opportunities for remote students to still participate. For Freshmen Orientation, the Lipscomb QuestWeek team provided freshmen with fun and entertaining videos and zoom meetings that allowed students to still have a warm welcome to the semester. “I still feel like part of the community even though I’m far away.” With The Gathering and Breakout Chapels moving to virtual and small group options, Lipscomb continues to encourage the positive spiritual formation of its students. Breakout Chapels have still allowed remote students to interact with other students through Zoom meetings. There have...
