by Monaih Sam | Aug 12, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
Elite Sports Medicine, led by Lipscomb alum Dr. Burton Elrod, is set to take over the providing of health care for Lipscomb athletics after a rebranding initiative made by Saint Thomas Health early last month. The rebranding changed the names of five middle Tennessee Hospitals but has no affect on Lipscomb athletics. “Literally, it’s the name on the shirt that changes,” said Athletic Director Phillip Hutcheson. “We did not change any of our trainers. We did not change any of our services or level of service.” Elite Sports Medicine has taken over the contract from Baptist Sports Medicine, as Saint Thomas Health focuses on other health-care opportunities. “There’s great familiarity with Elite Sports medicine from the surgical and care side,” Hutcheson said. “Dr. Elrod has worked with Baptist a lot and has operated any number of our athletes.” Dr. Elrod also serves as the head team physician for the Tennessee Titans and specializes in sports-related injuries such as arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder and elbow. Elrod received his undergraduate degree from Lipscomb and his medical degree from the University of...
by Monaih Sam | Aug 2, 2013 | News Slider
The fall semester is right around the corner, and cranes, construction trucks and hard hats are still a common site on the Lipscomb campus as summer projects continue. Piles of dirt and rock clutter the closed street behind the McFarland Science Center and the Crisman Administration Building as construction crews continue to work on the 15,000-square-foot pharmacy and health and sciences research facility. Much progress has been made since the project began and is scheduled for completion this fall. Swang 108, the large lecture auditorium in the Swang Business Center, has been completely gutted as hard hats are still hard at work constructing a major facelift that will include new seating, carpet, wall treatment, a new audio-visual system and an upgraded heating and cooling system. New additions to the Student Activities Center (SAC) include new locker rooms, restrooms, showers, and expended weight room and performance studio That construction is expected to be completed before classes are back in session. There is one summer project that is completed. The Osman Fountain, located in Bison Square, is complete with flowing water fountains and a baptistery. With construction equipment cluttering parts of campus, parking will be one of the main concerns students will be faced with when they return to school. Patrick Cameron, Assistant Director of Safety and Security, says that the construction will an affect on parking. “The biggest change the students will see is there are a few less spots behind Fanning next to the Village, but we will have more spots over at Stokes,” Cameron said. Cameron urges students to give themselves time to find a place to park...
by Monaih Sam | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Institute for Sustainable Practice (ISP) at Lipscomb University offers a variety of degrees for students in all phases of life, including an undergraduate Major in Environmental and Sustainable Science (ESS). Environmental and Sustainable Science covers interests in a diverse array of fields, ranging from Ecology, Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Analysis, Environmental Management, Organic Food Production and many more personalized concentrations. Dr. James English, Academic Director for the ISP, said the program is more involved than just taking Science courses. “A few years ago, students in most of these fields would just take a concentration of biology courses and chemistry courses. Then, maybe 10 years ago, many schools developed a program in Environmental Science,” English said. “The Institute for Sustainable Practice has a program that includes all those rather traditional fields, but also includes very applied areas of sustainability.” The programs offered by the ISP aren’t confined to just students interested in Chemistry or Biology. All students in all majors are encouraged to find out what the program has to offer and find a specialized career. “You want to go to Law school, but specifically you want to go for Environmental Law – our program encompasses that,” English said. “I have students who want to be farmers, environmental consultants. I have students who want to be entrepreneurs and start their own ‘green business.’ “And, of course, a great many of our students are studying ecology, conservation and wildlife biology. The thing all these students have in common is they are learning how the environment works, and doing something substantial to lessen our impact on...
by Monaih Sam | Jul 4, 2013 | News Slider
Do you remember being asked as a child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most of us had generic answers – a doctor, lawyer, maybe a policeman or firefighter. As children, we didn’t think of the numerous other professions that we could become such as a chemical engineer or entomologist, but how many people actually know what an entomologist is? Dr. James English didn’t plan on studying insects as a kid, but he is now a nationally recognized disease ecologist and environmentalist. The Navy veteran has brought his passion and environmental expertise to Lipscomb University’s Institute for Sustainable Practice (ISP). While attending the University of Arkansas – Little Rock, English found out that he loved biology classes that studied animals and wound up studying animal ecology. As a 20-year old reserve Navy corpsman, English’s U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Battalion was activated to serve in Desert Storm while he was still in college. “Talk about a growth period for me going out to Desert Storm as a 20, 21-year old kid in charge of guys getting shot,” he said. “It certainly was a character building time.” After war, English found it difficult to adjust back to the college life, but he did find himself a more serious student and began to take full advantage of his opportunity for higher education. After graduating from the University of Arkansas – Little Rock, English taught high school for two-years and eventually earned his Ph.D. in animal ecology from the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. English would later rejoin the Navy as an officer, serving as a disease ecologist and...
by Monaih Sam | Jun 26, 2013 | News Slider
The Lipscomb University College of Education’s teacher preparation program was recently named one of the top teacher prep programs in the nation. Lipscomb’s undergraduate secondary teacher prep program received a four-star ranking in a report compiled by The National Council on Teacher Quality (or NCTQ). Lipscomb is among the top four in the nation, along with Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Furman. The schools in the report prepare 99 percent of the nation’s traditionally educated teachers, according to the NCTQ. Dr. Candace McQueen, dean of the Lipscomb College of Education, says that teaching has become very complex, but she thinks most schools are moving toward the qualities that made Lipscomb stand out. “The public needs to hear (that) the complexity of teaching is different. The teacher has to know skills very deeply. They have to know how to question. They have to know how to group students. They have to be complex thinkers themselves,” McQueen said in an interview with the Tennessean. McQueen attributes the high rating to the school’s stringent early requirements for prospective teachers. Education students are put through a rigorous curriculum. The students are expected to master the subject they want to teach and are monitored after they take jobs. Lipscomb graduates around 80 teachers per...
