Sarah Riggs Senior Profile

Sarah Riggs Senior Profile

1. Name, Hometown, Major Sarah Riggs, Destin, Fla., Management 2. What’s next for you after graduation? I am getting married two weeks after graduation then spending six weeks in Guatemala living with a local family and attending language school everyday. We then will move to Memphis where I hope to find a job in sales while my husband attends medical school. 3. Long-term career goals? I would love to eventually earn a doctorate and become a professor. I have been positively influenced by many of the professors in the college of business and hope to one day have the ability to guide and help students in a similar way. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? That’s like asking a mother which child she loves the most. The most important thing is to lean on God more than my parents, my friends or my boyfriend. It is the most important lesson learned, and my social club taught me that. 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? My social club as a whole. They were my family at Lipscomb. I learned to look past obvious personality differences and seek to love the differences in each girl. I learned to manhandle the whole club while trying to plan our social events. I’ve learned that I cannot keep everyone happy and had to have thicker skin when it came to planning these events. I also saw God in each of my sisters. The girls who the bible beaters see as the least likely were the girls who I could see the most in. It’s easy to...
Miki Grisham Senior Profile

Miki Grisham Senior Profile

1. Name, Hometown, Major Miki Grisham, Memphis, Tenn., Nursing 2. What’s next for you after graduation? Move back to Memphis, find a job as a nurse. Hopefully I will be able to work at St. Jude. 3. Long-term career goals? I hope at some point to go back to school to become either a nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? To be in an atmosphere that allows me to be open about my relationship with God. The people that I met at Lipscomb taught me that God needs to be first and we can have the type of relationship that allows you to grow. 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? All the friends I have surrounded myself with. They helped me grow into the person I am now. Each person contributed something different teaching me whom I do or do not want to...
Lora Gallagher Senior Profile

Lora Gallagher Senior Profile

1. Name, Hometown, Major Lora Gallagher, Bridgeport, W. Va., Fashion Merchandising and Textiles & Apparel 2. What’s next for you after graduation? Graduate in May and go to law school. 3. Long-term career goals? Graduate law school in 3 years and come back to Nashville to practice. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? Learned about who I am and I am finally who I want to be. 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? Being in a social club I met so many people I wouldn’t have been friends with. I learn something new everyday being around these people and been influenced by people who don’t even realize...
Drew Clark Senior Profile

Drew Clark Senior Profile

1. Name, Hometown, Major Drew Clark, Nashville, Tenn., Government and Public Administration 2. What’s next for you after graduation? Take a year off and then law school the following fall. 3. Long-term career goals? JAG (Judge Advocate General), practice law privately, ultimately get elected to state or national legislature. 4. What is the most important thing you learned at Lipscomb? Paying $25k a year still does not pay the electric bill. 5. Who at Lipscomb influenced you the most? How? Dr. Dwight Tays has been a great influence. Not only is he a great professor and adviser, but also he cares so much about his students on a personal...