by Andrew Trent | Sep 30, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb will partner with American Red Cross Thursday, Oct. 1 for a blood drive between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Student Activities Center. “Our mission is to provide the right blood type at the right time,” said Carly Nelson, the Account Manager at American Red Cross. “Blood donors of all types, especially those with types AB, O negative, A negative and B negative are needed to ensure blood is available whenever and wherever needed.” Out of the 51 slots available for Thursday’s blood drive, 45 are already filled. According to Matthew Abplanalp, Director of Campus Recreation, walk-ins are welcome but registration online using the sponsor code “Lipscomb19″ is preferred. Lipscomb usually hosts five blood drives each year, including two in the fall, two in the spring and one in the summer. Each blood drive collects 30-60 units of blood. This is not the first project that Lipscomb and American Red Cross have worked on together. “When the flood happened a few years ago and when there have been various fires and people have had to evacuate, we hosted people in the SAC and worked with the Red Cross,” Abplanalp said. “The Red Cross is very active on our campus and we always love to host them.” Lipscomb has been working with American Red Cross since 2000 and is currently looking into other possible ways to help out the community. There has been discussion of a possible blood drive competition with Belmont to see which school can donate the most blood, according to Abplanalp. Nelson is proud of the “longterm relationship” that Lipscomb and American Red Cross have had since 2000. Collecting blood is a significant...
by Lana Sydenstricker | Sep 30, 2015 | News Slider, Opinion
Wondering what impact students and Lipscomb’s SALT (Serving and Learning Together) program are having on the Nashville community? I interviewed Bruce Krapf, operations manager of Thriftsmart, to see how his organization is impacted. Tell me more about Thriftsmart and how it impacts the community. Thriftsmart is a nonprofit thrift store that sells clothes and other household items. “One hundred percent of our profits benefit four locally based charities that are making an impact here and internationally. These are New Hope Academy, The Belize Project, African Leadership and Mercy Community Healthcare. We’ve given close to $500,000 total to our charities so far. We also host two programs in our Nashville store that help the refugee and immigrant community – namely sewing training through Sew for Hope and free ESL classes. Our GiveSmart program provides ThriftSmart gift cards to community organizations that help us collect donations, and through that, we’ve given over $200,000 in gift cards to local schools, churches and nonprofits to help them serve others in need.” What impact has the SALT department had on Thriftsmart? “Most notably are Dr. Capps’s training and development classes that have actually held class at our stores and produced training materials we could use in operations. Also, Professor Smith in the business communications area engaged her students to develop a crises management manual for Thriftsmart. The range of engagement is from the one-time volunteer student to the semester class that builds sustainable models and gives students real-world experiences. I think this describes both our relationship and the impact of SALT on Thriftsmart and I just want to add that Lipscomb students are among the best volunteers...
by Charlie Bateman | Sep 30, 2015 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb volleyball team fell to Western Kentucky Tuesday night with a 3-0 score in Allen Arena. WKU won set one 25-22, set two 25-17 and set three 25-18. “Western Kentucky did not make a huge amount of errors,” head coach Brandon Rosenthal said. “I didn’t think we executed on our opportunities, which is important when facing a good quality opponent.” Rosenthal said he hopes they will be able to take advantage of each opportunity during the Atlantic Sun competition. Senior Brittnay Estes and redshirt senior Jewell Dobson led the Bisons in kills for the entire game. This has been a consistent pattern for the Lipscomb volleyball team throughout the season. “The plays by Jewell and Brittnay have been great,” Rosenthal said. “They are trusting their natural ability and using the information we are giving to them.” Western Kentucky holds a 16-2 record for the season and remains 26th in the conference while the Bisons ended a three-match win streak and are 8-7 overall. “When we make the schedule we are not sure how a team is going to pan out when we face them,” he said. “Our goal is to focus on one match at a time.” The Lipscomb volleyball team will face Stetson this Friday night at 6:30 p.m. in Allen Arena. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Brianna Langley | Sep 29, 2015 | News Slider
The Tennessee World Affairs Council joined Lipscomb’s Department of History, Politics and Philosophy for a public discussion on the United States’ role in today’s global community. TWAC President Patrick Ryan was the evening’s moderator. “The Tennessee World Affairs Council is a nonprofit educational group,” Ryan said. “We’re all volunteers, and we all have day jobs. We just want to educate and inspire our fellow citizens in regards to what’s going on in the world.” The group that gathered Monday, Sept. 28, debated questions regarding the United States’ international as examined on the PBS-sponsored show “Obama at War: Inside the Obama Administration’s Struggle to Deal with ISIS and the Civil War in Syria.” The points raised include defining what American interests are worth fighting for militarily, whether or not military expansion is necessary to preserve modern American interests, how partisan politics impacts American international relations and what political doctrines the next United States president should adopt. TWAC not only is a nonprofit organization, it also is nonpartisan and was born out of a group of concerned citizens. “I was a naval officer for 26 years and was in Navy intel, so I kind of had an outsized interest in international affairs when we started this in Cookeville a few years back,” Ryan said. TWAC has moved its headquarters in recent months to Nashville. The group is planning to host similar discussions Sept. 29 at Green Hills Public Library, Sept. 3o at the Frothy Monkey and Oct. 7 at Belmont University....
by Brittnay Estes | Sep 27, 2015 | News Slider, Sports
During an afternoon baseball practice Sept. 20, head coach Jeff Forehand was informed of his pending induction into the Trevecca Sports Hall of Fame in the spring of 2016. Trevecca’s sports information director Greg Ruff, previous athletic director Alan Smith and a few former players watched the Bisons practice from the audience before Ruff informed Forehand of this accomplishment. According to Forehand, he first thought assistant and Trevecca alumni coach Brad Coone was getting recognized. “It was just a cool honor and I was shocked,” Forehand said. The Hall of Fame recognizes athletes and coaches who have made exceptional contributions to the field of athletics. When considering coaches for induction, their career record, length of tenure, number of all-conference, all-region, all-american and scholar-athletes, as well as the impact they have made on the school is taken into consideration. “My coaching style has always been about the players – how they are as people on and off the field,” Forehand said. During his time coaching at Trevecca, Forehand won 211 baseball games, won the 2005 Trans-South Championship regular season, and had 10 NAIA All-American athletes. Forehand joined former Trojans basketball standout Mariska Reed Harris, volleyball player Katie Carter Douglas and softball player Brittiany Johnson Tate in the 2016 Hall of Fame Class. The induction will take place in the spring. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Andrew Trent | Sep 25, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb University hosted the Green Hills chapter of Q Commons Thursday afternoon, Sept. 24 in Shamblin Theatre. Q Commons is a subpart of the organization Q, a group influened by Gabe Lyons. The organization focuses on equipping Christians and leaders to restore cultures by bringing and empowering the good in communities. “Q Commons is a place where you come in with an open mind,” commons member Emily Ladyman said. “It’s a place where you start conversations and listen to people share their trial and error of getting their hands dirty and what it means to create community.” While Q is the founding organization, Q Commons focuses on specific events and gatherings that invite a variety of speakers and leaders to come share ideas for helping communities. The Q Commons event that took place on campus included Os Guinness, Papa Joe Bradford, Dr. Caroline Leaf, Aja Brown, Dr. Kent Brantley, Britnie Turner and several more. Some speeches were live while others were televised. Bradford, the founder of the charity Elijah’s Heart, focused his live speech on educating kids who do not have the access to the education they need. “To break the cycle of poverty, we need something like education to come along,” Bradford said. Britnie Turner, Founder and CEO of Aerial Development Group, spoke about how Christians can use business to accomplish the missions of missionaries. “Creating opportunity through capitalism is the fastest way that we can help people,” Turner said, pointing out that missionaries first have to have money in order to complete the mission. Q Commons will have follow-up sessions at The Well and The Cookery during the week of Oct. 6. The next Q Commons event...
