by Cole Gray | Oct 1, 2018 | News Slider, Newscast
This week on Lumination News, tune in for LeBron Hill’s coverage of how students reacted to an event on campus featuring Alex Azar, a Trump cabinet official involved in the immigration crackdown. Charissa Ricker previews the Dove Awards and Cavin Jacobson asks students what they think about the sexual assault allegations surrounding the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. Anchors: Abbi Scott and Carly Reams Entertainment: Charissa Ricker Sports: LeBron Hill Weather: George Wong...
by Kathryn Farris | Oct 1, 2018 | News Slider
Last year, Lipscomb College of Business seniors took part in a comprehensive test known as the Peregrine Exam. It was recently announced that years of hard work by both students and faculty had paid off. The Lipscomb College of Business outperformed all schools with similar accreditation, an accomplishment that reflects well on the university and could eventually boost degree values for current and former students. The Peregrine Exam is a comprehensive test used to measure learning outcomes. It covers various topics that have been taught in business courses. “One of the more important things we learn from the exam is the percentage of correctly answered questions in both the overall exam and in the sub areas,” said Assistant Dean of Accreditation and Assessment John Crawford. The College of Business uses the scores from the Peregrine Exam to shape curriculum by analyzing how B.B.A. students performed in areas both inside and outside of their specific major. However, the College of Business won’t be able to tell whether their curriculum changes are effective until new students cycle through the program and take the exam at the conclusion of their senior years. “The goal is always to do better, but it could be one of those situations where you’re trying to do something in an area where students tend to learn about that particular topic earlier on,” said Crawford. So, how do the students feel about the Peregrine exam? “Students don’t typically go away from the test saying that the material was unfamiliar or that they forgot most of a particular subject,” said Crawford. Similar sentiments were expressed by recent Lipscomb graduate...
by Sara Jones | Sep 30, 2018 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Gerron Hurt saw his hard work pay off as he took home the coveted MasterChef title on season nine of Fox’s hit series. The Nashville resident, who has taught English has at Nashville’s LEAD Academy High School, won $250,000 in prize money on Sept. 19. “Throughout the season, Gerron displayed the drive and characteristics we so often ask of one another and, especially, our students,” said LEAD Academy’s CEO Dwayne Tucker. “He was courageous in trying out for the show in the first place. He was committed, disciplined and self-reliant in his approach to the competition and the way in which he talked about his students and his passion for them was the very definition of serving others.” Hurt received a Master’s degree in teaching at Lipscomb University and a ESL certification last spring. Hurt said he appreciates his time at Lipscomb for the relevant tools he received and strong foundation it provided. “Lipscomb’s program really really prepared me to be able to truly accommodate my ELL students and differentiate my lesson plans accordingly,” said Hurt. Impressively, Hurt was able to complete his Mater’s program while also filming MasterChef in Los Angeles. Moving from a classroom into the high pressure kitchen came with mixed emotions. Hurt still recalls the intimidation he felt cooking for famous chef and judge, Gordon Ramsay. “I actually cut myself the first time cooking in front of him because my nerves got the best of me,” said Hurt. In order to get past his fears, Hurt had to remind himself that Gordon was a regular person, just like him. He also focused on the support he received from...
by Quinn Gorte | Sep 28, 2018 | News Slider
Alex Azar II, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, was the featured speaker at a private event for health care professionals in Shamblin Theater Thursday morning. The “special event” was hosted by the Nashville Health Care Council and was not attended by students. Taking place at 10:30 AM, it displaced MASK Chapel, which was cancelled for the week. After Tennessee governor Bill Haslam gave a brief welcoming address, Azar began his speech by thanking Lipscomb for hosting, and then introduced a piece of “good news” to his audience. “Following President Trump’s election, he took decisive action to stabilize insurance markets and expand choices for American consumers,” Azar said. “This fall, we have seen these efforts begin to bear fruit, in the form of stable premiums and growing choices.” Azar went on to describe the “disastrous results” of the ACA, including the “disappearing choices” it offers citizens. “One of the best things about American healthcare is that we believe if you don’t like your plan, you don’t have to keep it,” Azar said. “It’s the polar opposite of Medicare for All, where, if you don’t like your plan, there’s no way to leave—it’s really the only option out there.” Azar praised Trump’s actions regarding health care reform so far in his presidency. “The president who was supposedly trying to sabotage the ACA has proven better at managing it than the president who wrote the law,” he said. “Under President Trump, premiums are dropping and choices are returning.” The HCC regularly hosts events for their members in an effort to educate, unite, and “inspire global collaboration to improve health care…” according...
by Lumination Staff | Sep 26, 2018 | BREAKING NEWS, News Slider
A high-ranking member of U.S. President Donald Trumps’s cabinet is set to visit Lipscomb this week. Alex M. Azar II, who was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Jan. 29, 2018, will be the keynote speaker at a special Nashville Health Care Council event on Thursday at Shamblin Theater. The member-only event begins at 11 a.m. CT and is closed to the general public and University students, but it will be available via live stream. To make room for the event in the Shamblin, MASK Chapel, which celebrates diversity and inclusion, was cancelled this week. “We are gathering and standing in solidarity with those who feel unsafe because of the presence of tomorrow’s speaker,” DSC president Leslie Garcia said. The Diverse Student Coalition has organized the gathering in Zebi’s Lounge from 10:40 – 11:40 a.m. The coalition is encouraging students to wear black to show support for students who feel unsafe by his presence. The DSC put forth a statement confirming the “gathering”: “[Azar’s] presence on this campus is a threat to our students of Latin descent, to our DACA students, to our students of color, to our students of Central and Latin American descent, and to our immigrant and refugee students . . . This is not a political protest, but rather our showing of support for students who might feel unsafe by his presence tomorrow.” During Azar’s tenure as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the HHS has played a role in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, detaining immigrant children after their parents were arrested for attempting to enter the country illegally. The...
by Cavin Jacobson | Sep 25, 2018 | News Slider
Hurricane Florence brought historic flooding to the Carolina coast last week, causing permanent damage to the region. Only 500 miles separates Nashville from the epicenter of where the storm hit in North Carolina, and many students from North Carolina here at Lipscomb have worried about whether or not their families were OK, or whether they would have a home to return to. “I was and have been really concerned about Florence, for my family along the coast and about the impact it would have on my two home states,” said Allie Glenn, whose immediate family lives in Charleston but has extended family in coastal North Carolina. “My family stocked up on a lot of essentials from stores, basically preparing in case they lost power or if Charleston were to flood,” Glenn said. “Classes were canceled for the whole week for my cousins in college.” Hurricane Florence is expected to do upwards of 22 billion dollars worth of property damage when the flooding finally subsides, but Florence will never truly be over, as it is expected to reshape the Carolinas drastically, as well as major disaster protocol for the rest of the United States. “I have lots of family in Samson County, North Carolina . . . and they are still out of power and will probably be for weeks,” student Aubrea Holland said. “They had lots of flooding and a lot of water damage. There was a mandatory evacuation order; however they have farms and animals and were forced to stay to take care of them. My uncle is also a first responder, so he and his family stayed...
