by Kathryn Claire Watts | Nov 18, 2011 | News Slider
On Nov. 14, Lipscomb’s College of Arts and Sciences and College of Business hosted the first ever Professional Women’s Event entitled “How to Project a Professional Image.” The event, held in Shamblin Theater, offered female students the chance to network with Lipscomb alumna and other business leaders around the community. Mila Grigg, the owner of Moda Image Consulting located in Green Hills, gave a keynote address. After Grigg’s presentation, female students modeled some of the latest fashions in professional wear from Dillards department store. Grigg spoke to the audience about the importance of a woman’s appearance in her professional life and even more importantly about the first impression she makes on a future employer. “In the world of instant destruction and instant reward, it’s about being the best you can be to the potential employer,” said Grigg. “We are first seen, not heard, so as silly as it may sound, what you look like is crucial. The key to finding what fits you best is finding your personal brand and take the responsibility to emanate what’s on the inside.” Grigg also talked about personal success and how when people dress well, they feel good, and when they feel good, they produce good things. By dressing to a level of success, it is possible to inspire others. The main focus of the night was to encourage students to dress the part when interviewing for internships or jobs for the first time. “Your clothes say, ‘What you see, is what you get,’” Grigg said. “If you can look the part, the interviewers will say, ‘She’s probably capable of what she looks like.’”...
by Hunter Patterson | Nov 18, 2011 | News Slider
The Internet is changing…sort of. Earlier this year one of the biggest blogging sites, Tumblr, starting adding the infinite sign to the beginning of its URLs because it had ran out of numbers. Now, the Internet is adding domains with the suffix “.xxx” specifically for pornographic sites. The change has sparked universities across the nation to buy up their respective domains, protecting their names from being tarnished. The URLs are coming cheap now, too. Both Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee and Knoxville bought their addresses for less than $200 each. Vanderbilt registered “vanderbilt.xxx” and four other domain names: “commodores.xxx,” “vandy.xxx,” “vanderbiltuniversity.xxx” and “vanderbiltcommodores.xxx.” Not Lipscomb, though. Other schools and big businesses are buying up the domains quickly, sparking the launch of the .xxx top-level domain. The domains will become available to public within the next month. Per usual, though, those with trademarks got the first chance to purchase the URLs and safeguard them. Lipscomb has decided not to purchase the domains, no matter the price, because the “.xxx domain is intended for material that is counter to any university’s mission,” said Kim Chaudoin, director of university communication and marketing at LU. Chaudoin said there are two schools of thought among institutions of higher education. “One is that an institution would reserve the domain to protect its trademark and brand identity,” she said. The other is that the domain is not intended for the university and does not represent what the university was founded upon. Vanderbilt would be in the first school of thought. Maggie Huckaba, the university’s diretor of trademark licensing, told The Tennessean Vanderbilt wanted to trademark...
by Hunter Patterson | Nov 18, 2011 | News Slider, Opinion, Sports
This week, Madeline and Wade bring you the news from Lipscomb. They tell you all about Anteaters Ball, Stomp Fest and more. Caitlin Selle has all the gossip from the entertainment world, Sydney will let you know how much you need to bundle up over Thanksgiving break and Kelly fills you in with everything going on in the sports world. Please upgrade your...
by Cooper Torrez | Nov 17, 2011 | News Slider
This weekend marks the start of an extended road trip for the men’s basketball team.T The trip started Thursday in Illinois, where the Bisons lost to the Illini 79-64. The team will stay in the the state and play Illinois State before heading to Cancun for the Cancun Challenge.Senior guard Jordan Burgason is excited to watch the younger guys play on the big stage. “The new guys will get an opportunity to play on the big stage against Illinois and Illinois State,” Burgason said. “This will really help show where we are at as a team and how hard we have to work to beat top tier teams.” Senior guard Jacob Arnett thinks this week with help the growth of the team. “I think this week will be good for our team because we are playing four games this week,” said Arnett. “Being a young team we lack game experience so I think we will benefit from having games like these.” Burgason is anxious to get back on the court and help the younger guys out. “I’m looking forward to the Sacred Heart/Hampton game because it’s my first game back. It’s been a struggle having to watch my teammates play and not being able to get out on the floor so I’m definitely looking forward to getting back out there.” Burgason is in the middle of a five-game suspension for an undisclosed matter. The Bisons travel to Normal, IL on Saturday for a game against Illinois St. before they travel to Cancun, Mexico to play SIU Edwardsville on Nov. 22 and either Hampton or Sacred Heart on Nov. 23....
by Hunter Patterson | Nov 16, 2011 | News Slider
Lipscomb will soon break ground on a new satellite campus in Cool Springs. The 5,000 sq. foot building will be used for graduate programs as well as working with community of Brentwood and Franklin. Provost Craig Bledsoe submitted a letter to faculty, and it can be read in full below. As you know, providing new and creative ways for students to access a Lipscomb education has been a hallmark of our academic vision. While our graduate programs continue to grow in number and quality, we are now focusing on taking these programs to strategic markets where we can enhance our student population and offer access to Lipscomb’s mission and purpose without having to be physically located on our Nashville campus. Last year, the College of Education began offering graduate education classes at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro and at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin and has tripled enrollment in those cohorts in just two years. As we strategically continue to move forward with this initiative, I want to keep you informed along the way. Recently, we finalized a lease on nearly 5,000 square feet of space in Cool Springs to host Lipscomb’s first university-operated satellite facility. Our research has found that the demographics of Williamson County make it one of the best counties in the country to offer graduate education. Williamson County leaders are excited about Lipscomb University being a part of their community and partnering with us as we seek to serve its residents just as we have the Nashville community. This satellite campus will be located in the Thoroughbred Village III Professional Plaza at the corner of...
by Nick Glende | Nov 15, 2011 | News Slider
America Recyles Day had eager participants at both David Lipscomb Elementary School and Lipscomb University today. E-waste — from cellphones to computers to batteries — and many other items were collected from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. Tuesday at David Lipscomb Elementary School. Student pharmacists from the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy collected unused and out-of-date medications. It’s part of the lesson plan at David Lipscomb Elementary School, where third graders are studying the negative effects of medications that get into landfills and the water supply. The students capped off their study by coordinating a household and e-waste collection today. Throwing away trash has grown more complicated as awareness has been raised on the damaging effects of mercury, lead and arsenic on the environment. Throwing out household trash – including light bulbs, batteries or old electronics — has become much more complicated with various items needing to be disposed of in various locations around town. And now with more than 100 different pharmaceuticals having been detected in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and streams throughout the world, disposal of expired and leftover drugs has become an important issue. Pharmacists recommend that many drugs be returned at only designated “take-back” locations, but they are not often easy to find. “For years, pharmacists have instructed patients to flush leftover medications down the toilet, but now that practice is having ill effects on the nation’s water table,” said Ginger Reasonover, the science laboratory coordinator at the elementary school. In March 2008 the Associated Press found that 24 major metropolitan areas had trace amounts of drugs in their water supplies, meaning at least 41 million Americans had tiny levels of drugs...
