by Andrew Trent | Nov 4, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb Missions is holding its Commitment Week Nov. 2-6, a time where students select the mission trip they wish to serve on. There are 55 mission trips planned for this school year, but more could be added, according to Lipscomb Missions Event Planner and Trip Coordinator Erin Gupton. “Chances are we’ll add maybe just a couple more by the end of the year,” Gupton said. Destinations close to the United States include the Caribbean in Jamaica, Nevis, Saba and a medical mission to Haiti. As for Europe, Lipscomb students can serve on mission trips to Scotland, England, Greece, Albania or Moldova. In Africa, nursing and education students have the option of serving in Kenya, Ghana or Malawi. For Asia and Australia, students have the option of serving on a trip to India, Brisbane, India, Perth or Philippines. For those who want to travel away from the United States but stay in the Western Hemisphere, there are opportunities to attend a mission in Central and South America, with Baja, Cozumel, Nicaragua, a medical mission to Peru, a pharmacy mission to Honduras and many other options. There are also trips planned within the United States for students interested in staying close to home. There are trips to Georgia, New York City, Panama City Beach, San Francisco and several more. “Teams range in size from four to 40 people and touch every continent except Antarctica,” Gupton said. “For each trip, we work with what we call a ‘Host Partner,’ a ministry or organization on the ground. This way we are contributing to the ministry of someone else and what we do while in location is both in the works before...
by George Wong | Nov 3, 2015 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb women’s cross country team won their fifth conference title on Oct. 30 at the Atlantic Sun Championship tournament in Jacksonville, Flordia. The men’s team also won their third conference title at the tournament. “It was not our course; it was really different in Florida,” junior Juan Gonzalez said. “We knew this year would be a lot tougher and with harder competition. From the start we led the pack and just did what we do well.” The Bisons captured point titles with a total of 22 for the men’s races and 19 for the women’s. North Florida placed second and Florida Gulf Coast placed third in both events. Entering the championships, the women were ranked as the top seed in the A-Sun and third in the South Region. The men were ranked first in conference and seventh in the South Region. “Given our past success, we were very confident going into conference,” Gonzalez said. “At the same time, we knew we had targets on our backs as not a lot of people were happy that we kept winning – which made them more hungry and motivated to beat us.” The Lady Bisons were the first team in conference history to have all nine runners on All-Conference teams. They won by a margin of 54 points, a score that tied them for the most points accumulated. Senior Madi Talbert won the individual championship race for the second year in a row, only the seventh time a Lipscomb women’s cross country runner has accomplished this feat. Freshman Brooke Kingma became the third Lady Bison to win the Freshman of the Year award. She earned a First-Team All-Conference...
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 Lyndi Locke | Oct 31, 2015 | News Slider
Returning champions, the “Canadian Lumberjacks,” took home another trophy Friday night during Lipscomb’s annual dodgeball tournament held in Fanning’s courtyard. The “Canadian Lumberjacks” defeated the Tiger Woods inspired team “Tiger’s Back” in the championship round of the Space Dodgeball themed tournament. “O Canada” played each time the “Lumberjacks” took the field. “It feels really good to win,” senior marketing major Cedric Duncan said. “There were a lot of good competitors this year.” Other noteworthy teams dressed as the life stages of Randy Lowry, Spartans, Belmont hipsters and presidential candidates. One team dressed as picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church. “We decided to go with it because it was a little ‘out there’ and questionable,” junior computer engineering major Carson Caffin said. “But at the same time, people understand it’s a joke because Westboro Baptist Church members are known to be extremists.” The complete list of teams that competed in the tournament include “The Dodgeballers,” “Team TJ,” “The Lumberjacks,” “The Life Stages of Randolph Lowry,” “Political Party,” “Westboro Baptist Church,” “Pong,” “Spartans,” “Dodgefathers,” “Stormtroopers,” “Team Belmont, “Desperate Housedads,” “Tiger’s Back,” “Campus Safety” and “Drake’s Dance Moves.” Photos by Erin...
by Stephanie Schiraldi | Oct 30, 2015 | News Slider, Opinion
Halloween in college might mean you’re a little too old to go trick or treating, but that doesn’t mean you can’t put on your favorite costume and have some fun. Lipscomb and Nashville offer a variety of events for the Halloween weekend including movie showings, concerts and haunted hayrides. During the day, check out some of the Nashville area’s best pumpkin patches including Gentry’s Farm in Franklin and Walden Farm in Smyrna. Both have mazes, hayrides, face painting and farm animals. If you’re looking for something a little scarier, check out some of Nashville’s greatest haunted houses such as Nashville Nightmare, Monster Mountain or Slaughterhouse. Check out these other events happening at Lipscomb and in the Nashville area on Halloween: The Exorcist with Linda Blair – Friday, Oct. 30 TPAC will have a special showing of The Exorcist in Andrew Jackson Hall on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Following the film will be a moderated discussion and audience Q&A with Linda Blair (Regan). Reverse Trick or Treating with Jamie Pratt Put on your favorite costume and serve your city at the same time by giving out encouraging notes to people throughout different neighborhoods in Nashville on Halloween. On Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. help write notes in the Student Center main lobby. If you want to help pass out the cards, meet at 6 p.m. in the basement of the Student Center. Use this form to sign up for the event. Halloween in Bison Square The Leading Edge will be hosting Halloween in the Square from 7-9 p.m. There will be chili, s’mores and more! Halloscream at Nashville Shores Head out to Nashville Shores on Halloween from...
by Brittnay Estes | Oct 29, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s sports teams have hosted Halloween events for the community in past years. But this year, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee asked baseball head coach Jeff Forehand about his team tagging along for an event. Baseball will have an intrasquad scrimmage dressed in Halloween costumes, while student athletes will be putting on carnival games. The carnival is Thursday, Oct. 29 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. with the women’s basketball exhibition game following. Entrance to the carnival is free. President of SAAC, Kayla Ostrom said that the committee is reaching out to children around the community. “It’s hard to tell at this point how many kids will show up, [but] either way there will be tons of candy to go around,” Ostrom said. Student athletes are encouraged to dress up in themed costumes and the winner will be determined by crowd voting during halftime at the women’s basketball game. SAAC will also start its canned food drive for Second Harvest, which is part of a competition between other Atlantic Sun schools. This competition will continue on until December. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
