by Anna McClure | Jul 1, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
Summer Celebration — Lipscomb’s annual lectureship that for more than 85 years has brought thousands of people to Lipscomb for three days of art, music, films and spiritual programming — has returned. Seminars and worship kicked off the event on Wednesday, and all events will continue into Friday evening, when the celebration will come to a close with live music and a fireworks show. “It’s a three-day lectureship series that’s been going on for decades,” administrative assistant for cChurch services Jenna Schrader said. “We have about 110 speakers over the 2 1/2 half days.” The lectureship, which has annually drawn Christians from across the country, has a new theme each year. This year’s theme is “Deployed in an Uncivil War: the Apocalypse of John,” “This year our theme is called Deployed, and it’s talking about Revelation and the Second Coming,” Schrader said. “All of our keynotes are in line with that theme, and then during the day we have breakout classes.” Some of the lecture topics will include “The Apocalyptic Mind of J.R.R. Tolkien,” “Can You be a Gay Christian” and “Jesus vs. Godzilla” as well as more traditional subjects such as textual studies of Revelation. One of the most notable speakers will be Dr. Kent Brantly, the first person to be treated for Ebola in the United States and the first in the world to receive the experimental drug ZMapp. Formerly a medical director for the only Ebola treatment unit in all of Southern Liberia, Brantly now speaks on behalf of Samaritan’s Purse as its medical missions advisor. Another notable person present at this year’s Summer Celebration will be featured artist Rolando Diaz. “[Diaz] is at...
by Anna McClure | Jun 29, 2015 | News Slider
Construction workers continue building McFarland Science Center upward and outward so that nursing students and others will be better able to build their specialized skills in new labs dedicated to everything from biochemistry to human anatomy. “We’ve had a phenomenal growth in students over the past five to 10 years,” said Dr. Norma Burgess, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, when discussing the 24.000-square-foot addition that is expected to be completed in time for spring 2016 semester. “We’ve added a nursing program that requires the use of more labs, so we’re just expanding the capacity for the students that we serve and more space to do that.” The new additions will include six new laboratories for biochemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology and human anatomy and physiology. Programs have been added in pharmacy and nursing, and a new emphasis on research at the graduate and undergraduate levels and a master’s degree in biomolecular science have been added as well. “I think the faculty have wanted more space for a number of years,” Burgess said. “I think everybody will be excited about it when it does open, so the opportunity to work with additional updated materials and instruments will be huge.” Construction began in the fall of 2014 after funding was secured for the addition. There were delays in the site preparation due to the city permitting process and two feet of bedrock that had to be dug through. The construction has caused a few problems for classes taking place in McFarland during the past year, such as the loss of parking spaces at the front of the building and noise produced by the construction. “Everybody...
by Erin Turner | Jun 25, 2015 | News Slider
“As a Christian, one of the things I admire about Christ is He spent a lot of time hanging out with people who were very different than Him, and people who have very different values,” said Justin Briggs, professor and clinical director. And that’s exactly what the new therapy center is doing — reaching out to all of the Nashville community, regardless of circumstances, lifestyle and religion. “The people who are walking through our doors aren’t all students — they aren’t all even associated with Lipscomb,” Briggs said. “We’re having believers, non-believers, old, young, gay, straight — we’re serving everybody, and we want to serve everybody.” It’s another important way that the university is reaching out to help the Nashville community. The therapy center is a little over a month old, and is in a renovated home on the corner of Granny White Pike and Mayfair Avenue. It’s not just the clients that walk through the door who make it different from any other college family therapy center — it’s also the students who are being trained, hands-on, to be therapists. Most of the therapists working at the center are graduate students in Lipscomb’s marriage and family therapy program. “Our students are learning how to diagnose mental-health disorders,” he said. “And we learn how to treat those in the context of individuals, couples and families, so we look at what’s going on in the lives of the individual; but we’re also trying to assess and to look for maybe some biological issues that are causing somebody to be depressed or have a mental disorder.” The center uses systemic thinking —...
by Erin Turner | Jun 17, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
The sounds of Bison Square ranged from children bowing their first note on a violin to professional musicians playing overtures and dances from composers all around the world Tuesday night. The Nashville Symphony visited Lipscomb for “Symphony Under the Stars” as a part of the free community concert series. John Lowry, executive director of Spark: Lipscomb’s Idea Center, said the last time the Nashville Symphony performed at Lipscomb was in 2010 with Martina McBride in Allen Arena. “If you remember back in 2010, Lipscomb was honored to serve as a host of the Nashville Symphony for many of their concerts as they were reacting and responding to the flood — they made their home,” Lowry said. “We’re excited to have them back.” Although he’s relatively new to Music City, Nashville Symphony conductor Vinay Parameswaran said that the Nashville Symphony has collaborated with Lipscomb many times before he joined, and that all of the community concerts are important to the symphony. “I really love doing these concerts,” Parameswaran said. “It’s fun for me and I know it’s fun for the orchestra. As someone who’s kind of new to Nashville, it’s cool — I get to see new people and different places.” Parameswaran said that many of the program attendees may be symphony subscribers, but the unique thing about the summer community concerts is that they reach a new audience. “For us, we’re able to reach thousands of people through community concerts like this,” Parameswaran said. Symphony Under the Stars even brought along some little musicians who visited the instrument petting zoo, a symphony education program that allows children to get their hands on instruments...
by Erin Turner | Jun 11, 2015 | News Slider, Sports
NCAA’s Academic Progress Rates are assessed each term to assure there is no low academic performance for all NCAA athletes under scholarship. If any team scores below a 925, a scholarship loss can occur. Any scores below 900 can warrant other penalties. Lipscomb athletics passed the reports again, and were Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Champions for the second straight year. 85.9 percent of Lipscomb student-athletes had a 3.0 grade point average or higher during 2014-15 school year. Northern Kentucky finished with 69.5 percent of their student-athletes earning conference scholar honors just ahead of Florida Gulf Coast, who finished with 67.5 percent. Below is a chart of the APR scores from all Lipscomb teams. Visit the NCAA APR’s website for a complete history of Lipscomb’s APRs, as well as other NCAA team reports. TEAM 2013-2014 Baseball 961 Men’s Basketball 933 Men’s Cross Country 990 Men’s Golf 986 Men’s Soccer 967 Men’s Tennis 992 Men’s Indoor Track 971 Men’s Outdoor Track 980 Softball 996 Women’s Basketball 969 Women’s Cross Country 995 Women’s Golf 992 Women’s Soccer 973 Women’s Tennis 981 Women’s Indoor Track 992 Women’s Outdoor Track 992 Women’s Volleyball...
by Erin Turner | Jun 10, 2015 | News Slider
A medical helicopter landed on the campus quad Tuesday morning, but not because there was an actual emergency. Campers at Lipscomb’s HCA/TriStar Health Care Academy watched as the Air Evac chopper flew over the Burton Health Sciences Center and soon got to take a look inside. “They are all interested in a health or science career of some sort,” said Laura Ward, who oversees the Health Care Academy and serves as director of admissions and student affairs for the College of Pharmacy. For camper Ashley Nicholson, the summer program provided her with an experience to learn about the medical career field. “This camp will help [me] pursue [my] goal of becoming an OBGYN or cardiologist,” Nicholson said. Ever since they arrived on campus on Sunday, the 22 campers started learning about experiences in pharmacy, nursing, nutrition and exercise science. On Tuesday the campers first learned critical skills like CPR, EKG and AED, then were thrown into real-life situations where they put those new skills to use. Three journalism camp students were recruited to participate as the “victims,” portraying injured hikers for the simulation. In the scenario, the “victims” were attacked by allergen-inducing yellow jackets and had injured their necks and wrists in the process of escaping. They also attained severe lacerations and suffered from an insulin shortage due to diabetes. Each group was dedicated to treating one victim, with an instructor to help guide the group. “If there is anything that can kill him [the victim], find it and fix it in four to six minutes,” instructor April Ezell said. Out of all the camp activities, the helicopter drew the most attention around campus. The...
