by Monaih Sam | Apr 4, 2013 | News Slider
There’s a new sheriff in town. Lt. Col. Jim Humphrey, a 22-year veteran of the Army and Air Force, brings enthusiasm and experience to his new job as director of security at Lipscomb. Humphrey served as a long range surveillance scout in the Army and a mission support officer in the Air Force. He said his military background and personality seemed to be a wise fit when senior administrators presented him with the offer. “It rolled in pretty well with me and my personality,” Humphrey said. “I was intrigued by it, and I like a new challenge so I took it on.” In addition to his new role, Humphrey will continue to work as the assistant dean of students and the director of veteran services. When asked about how he manages all of these roles, Humphrey said it has a lot to do with time management and being surrounded by a host of additional leadership. “I’m very blessed I have an assistant director to help me run veteran services in April Herrington. I have two assistant directors to help me run security in Patrick Cameron and Davis Cagle,” Humphrey said. “Without those folks and those key leaders, it would be an overwhelming challenge.” Humphrey said he is comfortable in his new role as the director of security and that the state of security on campus is “very good.” “Five years ago they had just a handful of people walking around with a polo shirt and a pair of pants, so the ability to enforce anything was difficult at best,” said Humphrey. Campus now has a 24/7 dispatch center and...
by Kyrsten Turner | Apr 3, 2013 | News Slider
Walk into the front door of The Well Coffeehouse and your attention might be drawn to the wall just left of the cashier. The thin wood shelving holds numerous bags of brightly colored coffee with names of foreign countries in bold across the label. The coffee is Just Love Coffee, and it’s packaged right here in Tennessee. Just Love Coffee Roasters is headquartered in Murfreesboro, but the company ships its products all over the nation. The local coffeehouse was started in 2009 by Lipscomb alumni Rob and Emily Webb. The Webb’s had just adopted two little girls from Ethiopia and had witnessed first hand the growing orphan crisis. Webb wanted to find a way to help other families through the adoption process, therefore, Just Love Coffee was born. Families who are adopting can set up a fundraising storefront through Just Love and receive a proceed of the items purchased through that storefront. Over the past few years, Just Love has expanded the fundraising program to help non-profits and other mission groups, giving over $250,000 to families and organizations across the United States. The hand-roasted artisan coffee is considered fair and sustainable. Fair, because the coffee farmers are paid a wage for their work, and sustainable because the coffee beans are harvested in such a way that protects the environment. But, you don’t always have to buy Just Love Coffee in a bag. The Well Coffeehouse, located right off of Richard Jones in Green Hills, brews Just Love Coffee in house. With a wide variety of roasts, from Cinnamon and American, to Full City and French, the blend of flavors...
by Erika Thornsberry | Apr 1, 2013 | News Slider
Lipscomb University is known for Christian values, community work and students who give up their own time/money to go on mission trips. The university sends students out for mission trips during the summer, Christmas break, spring break and other times of the year. One of the spring break mission groups embarked on a medical mission trip to Honduras. The group went to help the Honduran people with medical situations and shared spiritual support along the way. One of the members of the Honduras team was sophomore Natalie Scarbrough, who will be in Lipscomb’s pharmacy program next year. “It was such a great experience. It’s completely different from the way we live here. I loved seeing and helping out the children,” Scarbrough said. The team set up a clinic for any one that needed medical attention, got to interact with the families and were able to spend time with the children. “This was an experience of a lifetime. If you have never been on a mission trip, I would highly recommend you go on one,” Scarbrough said. “Being there filled me with so much joy. I met some kids that have changed my life. It’s something I will always...
by Makenzie Kanyuh | Apr 1, 2013 | News Slider
The seeds have been planted by a few charter members who are planning to add one new men’s social club in the fall. The new club in question is Theta Psi. Theta Psi has a variety of members with different majors and personalities, as well as a few athletes. Their mascot is the wolf, and their colors are gray, crimson, and gold. The goal of the new organization is to build on the current successes of greek system at the university. “We are here to help advance the growth of the system, rather than destroy what has already been built,” said Evan Kersten, vice president of Theta Psi. With 25 planned new members of Theta Psi, the new club wants to be a group that loves Lipscomb and is genuine and comfortable with each other, while also being followers of Christ in the midst of social club activity, according to Kersten. “They have to be passionate about the club,” said Kersten. If not, it won’t work, he added. “This isn’t a numbers game, and we aren’t forcing anyone into joining our club. We just want to present all of the options to them, and let them choose for themselves,” said Zach Bowen, president of the new organization. “Our goal is to have a group of nice, goofy guys that are invested in Lipscomb,” Bowen said. One of the other charter members, Brock Erb, had looked at the different clubs in the spring, but decided not to pledge any of them. After another charter member, Devin Clark, asked him to come to a meeting with Theta Psi guys, Erb said he was happy...
by Cory Woodroof | Mar 29, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
On Thursday night, students packed the gym floor of the Student Activity Center to watch a few friends duke it out in the ring for Delta Tau’s Fight Night. The boxing event is the social club’s way to raise money for Youth Encouragement Services, an organization dedicated to bettering the lives of inner city children. For a $5 fee at the door, those in attendance surrounded the makeshift boxing ring to watch and cheer on their fellow Bisons through three rounds of boxing. Laced with gloves and wearing protective headgear, members of Delta Tau, Tau Phi, SID, Delta Nu and SOS (and even two independents) entered the ring to see who would be crowned the victor. Delta Tau member Evan Webb declared the group’s event a unique way to bring the Lipscomb community together. “It’s fun because it’s a little bit different than all the other events,” Webb said. “It’s the only event on campus like it.” In the night’s first fight, Delta Tau’s Tate Dalrymple took on Delta Nu’s Andrew Rios, with Dalrymple emerging the victor. To follow, SOS’s Andrew Gallaher defeated Delta Tau’s Geoff Patterson. Gallaher started the night off right for the social club, who went on to be undefeated for the evening. Other SOS wins included Tyler Hickey’s victory over independent fighter Aaron Schmelzer, Connor Ray’s victory over Delta Tau’s Ty Ragsdale and Austin Nichol’s victory over independent fighter Matthew Proctor. Gallaher said that the fight was challenging in the first round, but later efforts helped solidify his win. He expressed his enjoyment of the fighting experience. “It was a lot of fun,” Gallaher said....
by Anne Paquin | Mar 29, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In this semester’s tenth installment of Lumination News, Nick Glende and Savanna Schubert are behind the news desk to update you about what’s happening on campus. Joe Sanderson brings you up to speed with sports, Brianna Langley fills you in on the week’s top world news headlines, Kelly Dean gives the scoop on all things entertainment and Nicolette Carney delivers your weather forecast. This week’s newscast features a look at the new fountain construction on campus, interviews with students taking part in the new dance minor in the theatre department, an in-depth look into the Race Card Project, information about the big Baja Race coming up and insight into the passing of legendary Lipscomb Academy head football coach Glenn McCadams. We also take a closer look at how Jesus is viewed in different cultures, campus ministry’s Resurrection Week, an update on the fire that consumed Dr. Thomas’s home over spring break, the newest home for the Dove Awards, how seniors are coping after their final spring break and a reminder to register for classes next fall, as well as our weekly Nashville Spotlight and Tweets of the Week. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
