by Cory Woodroof | Jun 6, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
Here are some newsworthy links making their way around campus this week. ATHLETICS Billy Ebel has been hired as the new assistant coach with the volleyball team. Graduate assistant Marcus Evans has been hired as the new sprints and hurdles coach. Women’s basketball coach Greg Brown was invited to attended the WBCA’s Center for Coaching Excellence. ACADEMICS Lipscomb has announced the installation of 14 new graduate programs, including the noted Master of Film and Creative Media. The university has released a list of noteworthy accomplishments of faculty and students over the 2013 spring semester. RECREATION The Student Activity Center is offering free group fitness classes throughout the months of June and July. A personal fitness crash course is also available on select dates this summer. Anyone willing to try out some of the facility’s new equipment for 30 minutes and write a brief report will receive a free water bottle. Have a bit of information that you would like to share with the Lipscomb community? Email us at luminationnetwork@gmail.com. Photo courtesy of...
by Cory Woodroof | May 30, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
Here are some newsworthy links from around campus. ACADEMIC NEWS The College of Education has started a new program for students with intellectual disabilities. ATHLETICS NEWS Madi Talbert became the first Lady Bison to advance to the NCAA Nationals in Track and Field last Friday. Pete Dalton has been announced as a new assistant coach with the Cross Country/Track and Field program. The softball season ended earlier this month. Here’s a year-in-review of the Lady Bisons’ season. New basketball coach Casey Alexander participated in a Q-&-A with Jonathan Seamon at the Brentwood Church of Christ on Wednesday evening. Brent High introduces the event at around the 11 minute mark. EVENT NEWS Gov. Bill Haslam was on campus on Tuesday, May 28 as a part of the Volunteer Girls State conference. COMMUNITY NEWS Incoming student Maureen Maltez had her dreams fulfilled when she performed with country artist Trace Adkins. Two pieces of Lipscomb Art Chair Warren Green’s art can be seen at the newly opened Music City Center, which will be shown to the public on June 1. Have a bit of information that you would like to share with the Lipscomb community? Email us at luminationnetwork@gmail.com Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Monaih Sam | Jan 17, 2013 | News Slider
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. His leadership and civil-service still have an effect on many Lipscomb students today. MLK represents equality, courage and freedom, said Melanie Re, a junior International Business major. “This nation would not be the greatest if it wasn’t for men like him who stood up for what he believed,” she said. “It’s important for generations to come to realize that there was once a man who fought for our unity and peace.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King’s birthday, January 15. Cameron Collins, a junior Information Technology major, defines King as a “significant difference maker concerning mankind.” “Most importantly, we need to celebrate his life because what took place has shaped the way we deal with stereotypes and equality rights,” he said. “We need to be reminded of what used to be and what is now reality.” The Lipscomb community will observe the life of Dr. King with week-long service opportunities and events. For more information on how you can get involved,...
by Bridgette Begle | Oct 26, 2012 | News Slider
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the building for the new Nursing and Health Sciences Center was dedicated to the administration, faculty and students by President Lowry and five other men and women on Thursday, Oct. 25. Nursing students, faculty and members of the surrounding community gathered to witness more physical growth on the Lipscomb campus. The dedication ceremony lasted 45 minutes, followed by another segment of tours and a small reception. Roger Davis, dean of the College of Pharmacy, opened the ceremony, offering, “This is not just about a building; it’s about so much more. It is about the vision of the students.” “Today we celebrate the work of last year,” President Lowry said, giving many thanks to those involved during the process. The new building would not have been possible without the work of so many, he said. After the Lipscomb Academy concert chorus sang I Can Tell the World, Lowry and Davis, along with David Scobey (chair of the Lipscomb University Board of Trustees), Beth Youngblood (executive associate dean and professor of nursing), Josh Hardeman (president of the Student Nursing Association) and Rachel Pugh (service coordinator for the Student Nursing Association) cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the newly dedicated building. The facility consists of a 16-bed simulation center, 19 mannequins, a 14-bed assessment skills lab and spacious classrooms. “It really has the feel of a true hospital unit,” Youngblood said in an article on the university’s website. Clint Rider, a senior nursing student from Greenbrier, Tenn., gave special thanks from the nursing students as a whole. Rider’s senior class will have collaborated with Vanderbilt in their...
by Emily Snell | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Back when he was in fifth grade, Dr. Jerome Reed didn’t know he was going to become a globe-trotting “therapist for the human soul” with his piano talent. He did, however, know he was going to teach at Lipscomb. He told the president as much. Reed said when he was a child, Willard Collins, Lipscomb’s president at the time, used to speak at Reed’s church in Columbia, Tenn., on the first Sunday of each year. In fifth grade, Reed approached Collins and announced that he would one day be a professor at Lipscomb. Now after 30 years on campus, Reed, the Patricia and Rodes Hart professor of piano, said he couldn’t be more fortunate. “I think I have the best job in the universe,” Reed said, “because I do something every day that I love so much, I would be glad to do it even if I weren’t paid to do it. It’s really a fabulous job.” Reed, also the director of the music division of the Governor’s School for the Arts, has performed across the U.S., Europe and South America. At least 54 times, Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata has been the featured piece. According to Reed, Ives’ Concord Sonata is a musical depiction of some of the authors who lived in Concord, Mass.—Bronson and Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. For almost a year, Reed spent time creating a PowerPoint presentation that would play during his performances of the nearly hour-long piece. The presentation includes Reed’s photos of the authors’ houses and scenery in Concord along with quotations from the authors. “I put...
