by Emily Snell | Oct 3, 2012 | News Slider
Residents of High Rise were forced to evacuate around 9 p.m. on Oct. 2, when a sprinkler in the dormitory was briefly activated on the fifth floor. The hallways flooded and 30-40 residents, assisted the firemen with the cleanup. Students who were evacuated from the dormitory were quickly allowed back into their rooms to assist with the cleanup and salvage their personal belongings. This was the third evacuation for High Rise in 2012. In March, High Rise residents were evacuated two consecutive nights after a water line burst and then a small fire occurred in the steam plant connecting to the dorm, after a breaker blew in a “substation” on campus. In both instances, utilities in the dormitory had to be cut off, and students endured a long waiting process in the middle of the night before being allowed to re-enter their rooms. No one was injured in the events, and the university reported that it fixed the problems. Continue to follow Lumination for more information on this developing story....
by Emily Snell | Oct 2, 2012 | News Slider
In this week’s installment of Lumination News, Jeremy Keck and Kelly Dean are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Nicolette Carney gives you the latest in political news, Brynn Watkins updates you on the weather forecast, Caitlin Selle has your entertainment news and Crystal Davis brings you up to speed on sports. Videos feature information about Lipscomb’s public hearing at a Metro Planning Commission meeting, technology developments with myLipscomb, Now That You Ask with John Seigenthaler, social club pledging, Rape Aggression Defense classes, “A Servant of Two Masters,” HumanDocs, Kingdom Politics at Acklen Church of Christ, and Nashville Spotlight on the 12th Avenue South area. LUmination Newscast 9-27-2012 from lumination Network on...
by Emily Snell | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Roller coasters have been a part of Charla Long’s life for many years. Though no longer in the theme park industry, Long says her job as dean of the College of Professional Studies is “a roller coaster every single day.” Long, who previously worked with Silver Dollar City, Disney and Premier Park (which owns Six Flags), said the service mindset that was reinforced during her 10-year stint in the theme park business still influences the work she does. “I think that when you have a service mentality, that never leaves you whatever occupation you have,” she said. “I’m all about, ‘what’s in the best interest of students, how can I better serve my students, how can I show genuine hospitality?’ That’s something that I’ve certainly learned as a Christian. That’s a faith calling for me, but certainly I had that reinforced at Disney. Although they’re not a faith-based company, we had a lot of common tenets about how we treat people.” Long taught in the College of Business from 2002-2003 before moving to Wisconsin with her husband, Allen, who was working with OshKosh B’Gosh at the time. After 18 months teaching employment law at the University of Wisconsin, Long said she felt drawn to return to Lipscomb. “I really missed the opportunity to serve in a different way at Lipscomb,” Long said, “although I love a public education environment because I’m light there. Students don’t seek you out for light here like they do at a public institution. They were always in my office for personal problems because they had no one to talk to. Here we don’t get...
by Emily Snell | Sep 27, 2012 | News Slider
After hearing from upset neighbors and from university officials, the Metro Planning Commission Thursday night rejected Lipscomb’s proposal to change Parkwood Terrace apartments from residential rental property to university office space. The other three parts of the university’s amended institutional overlay proposal passed by a 7-2 vote, clearing the way for McFarland to expand west (beyond the required setback lines), for residential property next to Draper Jewelry to be cleared for a parking lot and adding more “campus-related building square footage within the overlay.” It was the change in the use of the apartment property that sparked most discussion. Both sides shared their opinions about the overlay proposal before the vote. Eight community members spoke in favor of Lipscomb, while 10 others from the neighboring area shared strong disapproval for the university’s proposed changes. Among those sharing their feelings was Elizabeth Betsy Thompson, 88, a Lipscomb high school and university graduate, who has lived in her home since 1935 and “very much wanted to speak” about the Parkwood Terrace proposal, which she said went counter to what she understood to be a university promise to the neighborhood. “It grieves me to see them want to destroy that subdivision,” she said, adding that she believes Lipscomb made a verbal commitment not to cross Belmont Boulevard. “All promises made sometimes don’t get in writing… that bothers me that Lipscomb is not living up to their word.” After hearing from both sides of the argument, commission members voiced their personal opinions on the matter and asked additional questions of Phil Ellenburg, Lipscomb’s general counsel, who represented the university at the hearing. “We’re obviously disappointed and wish it had come out a different way,” said...
by Emily Snell | Sep 27, 2012 | News Slider
In this week’s installment of Lumination News, Crystal Davis and Jeremy Keck are behind the news desk to update you about what’s going on at Lipscomb Erica Aburto shares what’s new in politics, Ariel Jones has your entertainment news, Jael Teme updates you on the weather forecast and Nicci Carney brings you up to speed on sports. Videos feature information about a Metro Planning Commission meeting and how it affects Lipscomb’s expansion plan, a meningitis death at MTSU and how you can stay healthy, bicycle safety tips, one professor’s perspective on violence in the Middle East, a Lipscomb missions event, Lipscomb’s coffee house event on Thursdays, a Mexican Independence Day celebration, the African Street Festival, and Nashville Spotlight on the 12th South Farmers’ Market....
