by Brittany Officer | Apr 23, 2010 | News Slider
1.Name, Hometown, Major? Katie Callis, Hendersonville, Tenn., Art Education 2. What’s next for you after graduation? I plan to teach art. 3. Long-term career goals? I want to be a successful art teacher, and enjoy it. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? The most important thing I learned at Lipscomb is to enjoy people– all kinds of people. People are so neat and different and I love getting to know them. 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? Laura Lake Smith, she is my hero! She is so passionate about her job and is such an intelligent professor. She has taught me many things. She is truly...
by Brittany Officer | Apr 23, 2010 | News Slider
1. Name, Hometown, Major Paige Reed, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Social Work 2. What is next for you after graduation? I’ll be attending UT Nashville for my masters in social work. 3. What are your long-term career goals? I want to work in Nashville and help inner city children grow to their potential. 4. What is the most important thing you have learned at Lipscomb? To be involved and try your best at everything you do, even if you don’t feel comfortable doing that! 5. Who at Lipscomb has had the most influence on you the most? Hazel Arthur, the Director of Social Work here at Lipscomb. It is very uplifting to see how much she loves what she does. She is a great woman to look up...
by Brittany Officer | Apr 12, 2010 | News Slider
BENNETT CAMPUS CENTER (LN)- Swift action corrected the problems that led to the state health department giving a failing grade to Lipscomb’s food court after a March 24 inspection. The food court grade leaped from a 68 to an 87 after the re-inspection April 16. Only one of the failing marks involved food itself, and all of the problems have been addressed, according to university officials, who quickly responded after the failing grade was issued. “It is important to know that the majority of the issues were corrected the same day Sodexo received the score, and as of this week every other problem has been fixed,” said Jeff Wilson, associate dean of Campus Life. Click here for the inspection report. The state of Tennessee uses a 44-item inspection with a maximum score of 100. Thirteen items are considered to be the most important, and if they fail to meet standards, a follow-up inspection must be done to ensure everything has been corrected. “We were due for the inspection this past Tuesday, but as of today, April 8, the health inspector has not been back,” said Michael Sullivan, executive chef for Sodexo Dining Services at Lipscomb. “The last time we spoke to the health inspector, she said she was not real worried about the score and believes it will receive a much better grade this time. Sodexo has been monitoring for corrections since the inspection and is ready for the next visit.” The food court had 19 issues that resulted in the failing grade. Of those, only one of them had to do with food; the rest were for things like paint peeling on the walls...
by Brittany Officer | Apr 10, 2010 | News Slider
1.Name, Hometown, Major? Bridgewater, N.J., Multimedia Leadership 2. What’s next for you after graduation? I will be looking for jobs in Nashville. 3. Long-term career goals? My goal is to work at a Television network. I would like to do production work or write for television news. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? The most important thing I learned at Lipscomb was to be myself. Lipscomb helped me become the person I am today, which is confident, secure and ready for the road ahead 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? The friends I met at Lipscomb influenced me the most because they really helped me open up and be true to myself. I don’t know where I would be without...
