by Brianna Langley | Nov 6, 2015 | News Slider
International ambassadors, investigators and military officers gathered as one panel in Lipscomb’s Ezell Center Thursday, Nov. 5 to discuss with students and community members what it means to have an international career. Hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Lipscomb’s Department of History, Politics and Philosophy, the event had pver 60 attendees that came to engage in discussion and glean helpful advice on future international jobs and careers. Panelist Colonel Beverly Lee said there are deep rewards that come with international careers. “This is a quote that I love, ‘my deepest fear is that I’ll look back on my life one day and wonder what I did with it,’” Lee said. “And in this type of career, you’ll never have to do that because you’ll know you were busy with humanitarian work and you were busy building cultural relationships with other nations.” Former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Charles R. Bowers served as the panel moderator for the evening while the other six panel members spoke on various subjects regarding international careers and jobs. Former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Ronald Schlicher was one of the panel members and advised students to take full advantage of opportunities to attend career panels. “Forums like this are really great. When I was at the University of Tennessee back in 1979, I didn’t have anything like this,” Schlicher said. “So, when I thought about the Foreign Service, I kind of had to concentrate on the theoretical aspects of it and those are important and compelling, but they’re not the whole story.” Schlicher spoke about both the pros and cons of working in the...
by Brianna Langley | Nov 1, 2015 | News Slider
Give a poor man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a fishing season. But Lipscomb’s College of Business has created a new Missional Entrepreneurship program that takes this mantra to another level: Help a man start a fishing business and you’ll feed him for a lifetime. “Basically we describe missional entrepreneurship as doing good, giving back and reconciling broken things,” director of missional entrepreneurship Rob Touchstone said. “So, you’re running a business with integrity while generating profits to give back and participating in God’s mission as you go.” Because this particular type of a mission-oriented approach to business does not yet exist as a program at any other university, Lipscomb’s College of Business is pioneering the idea for the collegiate world. “Right now, it’s offered as a 15-hour minor,” Touchstone said. “However, what we’re building is a center for business as mission and what that means is training students to think about how they can bring business and mission together.” Touchstone is giving his Introduction to Entrepreneurship class and his Missional Entrepreneurship class a direct opportunity to participate in business as mission on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. “As far as the Jamaica efforts go, this all started with me going and building a relationship with Jamaicans while I was a youth minister leading groups over there,” Touchstone said. “This is also a result of my Introduction to Entrepreneurship class and my Missional Entrepreneurship class coming together.” Touchstone’s Introduction to Entrepreneurship students are focused on learning the basics of entrepreneurship with a missional twist: all of the...
by Brianna Langley | Oct 12, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider, Opinion
Chattanooga Located about two hours south of Nashville is Chattanooga. Nicknamed the “Scenic City,” this place is not short of picturesque scenery. Peaceful mountains and rivers surround Chattanooga. With fall break just around the corner, it is an ideal spot for a short escape from the hustle and bustle of school. What to do: Visit the Tennessee Aquarium Open since the early 1990s, the Tennessee Aquarium is always a crowd-pleaser. Along with tons of exotic marine life, there is a huge butterfly room, reptiles and even penguins. Shop on Frazier Avenue Need a little retail therapy to help you decompress from all that school work? Frazier Avenue has you covered. To be such a small stretch of space, Frazier does not disappoint when it comes to shopping. There are a variety of boutiques to browse. Blue Skies is the place to go if you’re looking for charming and unique gifts. Plum Nelly offers jewelry, house collections and more. River City Apparel has a wide range of trendy clothing for the contemporary customer. Get your heart pumping at High Point Climbing Gym Looking to engage in something a little more active? High Point Climbing Gym is ideal for adrenaline junkies. With 30,000 feet of climbing space, you can climb till your heart’s content. There is even an outdoor climbing wall that stretches up the building. Where to eat: Urban Stack If you’re in the mood for good burger, Urban Stack is worth a visit. Although it has only been open a few years on West 13th Street, it is a staple in Chattanooga. If you’re not a fan...
by Brianna Langley | Sep 29, 2015 | News Slider
The Tennessee World Affairs Council joined Lipscomb’s Department of History, Politics and Philosophy for a public discussion on the United States’ role in today’s global community. TWAC President Patrick Ryan was the evening’s moderator. “The Tennessee World Affairs Council is a nonprofit educational group,” Ryan said. “We’re all volunteers, and we all have day jobs. We just want to educate and inspire our fellow citizens in regards to what’s going on in the world.” The group that gathered Monday, Sept. 28, debated questions regarding the United States’ international as examined on the PBS-sponsored show “Obama at War: Inside the Obama Administration’s Struggle to Deal with ISIS and the Civil War in Syria.” The points raised include defining what American interests are worth fighting for militarily, whether or not military expansion is necessary to preserve modern American interests, how partisan politics impacts American international relations and what political doctrines the next United States president should adopt. TWAC not only is a nonprofit organization, it also is nonpartisan and was born out of a group of concerned citizens. “I was a naval officer for 26 years and was in Navy intel, so I kind of had an outsized interest in international affairs when we started this in Cookeville a few years back,” Ryan said. TWAC has moved its headquarters in recent months to Nashville. The group is planning to host similar discussions Sept. 29 at Green Hills Public Library, Sept. 3o at the Frothy Monkey and Oct. 7 at Belmont University....
by Brianna Langley | Sep 19, 2015 | News Slider
After generating an idea almost 40 years ago, Dr. Jerry Gaw of the Lipscomb Department of History, Politics and Philosophy prepares for the completion of a laborious literary project. His coming book focuses on how David Lloyd George’s Church of Christ background influenced his politics while he served as Prime Minister of Great Britain during the First World War. “I first learned that Prime Minister David Lloyd George was a member of the Church of Christ in 1979 when I was in graduate school,” Gaw said. “I did not get to start research in Britain until 1994 because that’s when I received a grant to do so.” Since that initial 1994 grant, Gaw has only been able to travel overseas for research three other times. After years of compiling and writing, he hopes to be able to send his first draft in for publishing no later than March of 2016. From then, Gaw said it should only take a little over a year before the final product is out on the market. “I have published a book about Joseph Lister and antisepsis, which was my dissertation subject. The final book I wrote came out in 1999 though,” Gaw said. “Everybody ‘ought to have at least one book in each millennium I think.” Gaw’s working title for his unedited 500-page piece is David Lloyd George and the Politics of Religious Convictions. The book will revolve around Lloyd George’s writings and policies that allude to his upbringing in the Church of Christ and his various social and economic convictions that seem to be results of his religious affiliation. “When I first started doing research in 1994,...
