by Whitney Jarreld | Sep 8, 2010 | News Slider
Jennifer Thayer owns and operates an adventure day camp here in the Nashville area called Camp Brick. Thayer is a single mother of four-year-old, Gunner, who has been diagnosed with autism. Thayer proclaims to be “an entrepreneur at heart,” and started Camp Brick last summer at Lipscomb after her best friend suggested it. It is one of two family businesses she runs. September 4, Lipscomb University hosted Camp Brick’s “Out of This World” LEGO building workshop. Camp Brick offers hundreds of different LEGO sets for five-to-12 year olds to build and create their own masterpieces during one three and a half hour session. Each camp session has a different theme. Here at Lipscomb, Star Wars and Mars Mission were very popular sets to build. There are also LEGOs available for free building if children do not want to build a particular set. After children complete their sets, they can put them on display or play with their creations, but every “Brickmaster” gets a special LEGO prize to take home at the end of the day. Owner Jennifer Thayer believes that every child “needs an educational experience that can stimulate socialization and creativity.” As a mother of child with autism, Thayer strives to “help the special needs community” through Camp Brick. Camp Brick helps stimulate both team building skills and motor skills. Many children return because they enjoy building with LEGOs and have made friends with other participants. Parents always give positive feedback. During the workshops, many children sing songs with each other while laughing and playing with their LEGO creations. Even though Thayer admits she never played with LEGOs as a child, she has become...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Sep 5, 2010 | News Slider
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by Rachel Carden | Sep 5, 2010 | News Slider
Arrangements of large sunflowers and peach-colored roses line the front wall of the Ezell Chapel on August 31, the day of the memorial service honoring Liz LaVelle’s life. Liz was a 2009-2010 freshman at Lipscomb from Germantown, Tennessee. She was killed in an auto accident on her way to Nashville on July 28. To the right of the room stands a large portrait of Liz lying in the grass with a beautiful smile from ear to ear. As her family begins to arrive, laughter, hugs, and the murmurs of conversation slowly begin to fill the room. The mood overall is not a somber or sad one as reminiscent stories are shared. Dr. Scott McDowell welcomes the throng of people who have come to honor Liz. There is not an open seat in the room as more and more people pile in and stand in the back. Dr. Harold Hazelip prays the prayer of Psalm 23 and introduces Dr. Dave LaVelle, Liz’s father. A teary-eyed Dr. Lavelle accounts the story of Liz’s life and restates over and over again how much Liz was loved by her family and was very close to her cousins. He said she was very committed to the Lord and was spiritually growing all the time. Liz was baptized when she was 10 years old, stating that she “wanted everyone in the family to baptize her.” Liz was a psychology major pursuing a career at Agape. “Liz’s future was bright,” said her father. “She could draw, paint, sing and write. She had a lot of talent and a bright future. “We’re faced with reality. The reality...
by Julie Shrewsbury | Aug 31, 2010 | News Slider
President L. Randolph Lowry promised at Convocation that 2010 and the years following will be full of expansion, academic and athletic success and spiritual growth for Lipscomb University and the community as a whole. In Allen Arena on Tuesday, students from the campus school and the university joined faculty, staff, administration and members of the Nashville community to ceremonially begin the academic year. As Lowry took the stage he began his speech by singing praises to the university in its entirety and expressed how students and faculty continually press on “against the tide.” He expressed his adoration for this school and the hope he has for a bright and promising future. “Against the tide of private universities around the country that are declining in enrollment, Lipscomb University is growing,” Lowry said. “This fall we start with 400 more students than we had just one year ago. We are up almost 1,300 students from five years ago. There is record enrollment in almost every program.” Student government president Jackson Sprayberry, a senior political science major from Chickamauga, Ga., expressed his optimistic outlook on the school year. “There are a lot of things, be it academics, be it social life, or be it spiritual life, that we have to look forward to,” Sprayberry said. Sprayberry also commented on what Lowry has to offer as Lipscomb’s president. “President Lowry brings to this office the mind of an academic, the passion of a teacher and the heart of a mediator,” Sprayberry said. As the faculty and staff entered Allen Arena donning academica regalia, they were introduced by the colleges in which they teach and...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Aug 31, 2010 | News Slider
OPEN RUSH Monday, August 30th: 7pm – Delta Sigma, Sigma Omega Sigma 9pm – Gamma Xi Tuesday, August 31st: 7pm – Phi Sigma, Delta Nu 9pm – Kappa Chi, Sigma Iota Delta Wednesday, September 1st: 7pm – Delta Omega, Tau Phi 9pm – Pi Delta Thursday, September 2nd: 7pm – Gamma Lambda, Delta Tau 9pm – Delta Xi Rush Cards Due Friday, September 3rd to Campus Life Prospectives Monday, September 6th: Kappa Chi Tuesday, September 7th: Delta Sigma, Delta Nu Wednesday, September 8th: Delta Xi, Sigma Iota Delta Thursday, September 9th: Gamma Lambda, Tau Phi Friday, September 10th: Phi Sigma, Sigma Omega Sigma Saturday, September 11th: Pi Delta, Gamma Xi Sunday, September 12th: Delta Omega, Delta Tau Monday, September 13th – Closed Rush Invitations sent Closed Rushes Tuesday, September 14th: Kappa Chi, Sigma Omega Sigma Wednesday, September 15th: Delta Xi, Delta Nu Thursday, September 16th: Gamma Lambda, Sigma Iota Delta Saturday, September 18th: Delta Sigma Sunday, September 19th: Phi Sigma, Delta Tau Monday, September 20th: Delta Omega, Gamma Xi Tuesday, September 21st: Pi Delta, Tau Phi Thursday, September 23rd – Bid...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Aug 30, 2010 | News Slider
In Motion! Tuesday: President’s Convocation at 10:55 a.m. in Allen Arena LADIES! Come to the informational meeting about tryouts for the TAU PHI COWBOY SHOW in Alumni Auditorium at 7:00 pm Wednesday: Elam BBQ at 5:00 pm Wednesday Night We Eat at 10:00 pm in High Rise Lobby Thursday: Break-Out Chapels Ward: Experiential Chapel Shamblin: Women’s Chapel Ezell Chapel: Liturgical Chapel Alumni: Praise and Worship Chapel Coffeehouse in Starbucks at 10:30pm feature sophomore Lindsay Trucksis from Cincinnati, Ohio Friday: SGA Bonfire Devo from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Village...
