by Emily Snell | Apr 2, 2012 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s chapel office has scheduled daily activities to help students reflect on the last week of Jesus’ life, prior to the celebration of Easter next Sunday. Assistant Campus Minister Keela Evans said the staff wanted to create events that mirror the life of Christ each day of his last week on Earth. “We really wanted to walk through what the week leading up to the cross was,” she said. “We wanted it to be a teaching experience for our students, not just events, but letting them see the week leading up to Easter.” Evans said the campus ministry staff intentionally designed the events to give students an opportunity to experience Jesus. “There are some students on campus that don’t know Jesus at all and don’t believe, and we want to love them and honor them but share the gospel with them,” she said. “We want to really focus on community repentance. It’s not just about my sins, but it’s about us as a community walking toward the cross together.” Evans recognized that students who’ve gone to church their entire lives can find it difficult to deeply engage with annual holidays like Easter. She said she identified with that problem until a few years ago when her perspective changed. “This is the day we celebrate Jesus being absolutely free from the grave, free from death, beating death and being raised and resurrected,” she said, encouraging students to soak in the reality of Easter’s meaning. “It’s more about knowing that the Holy Spirit raised Jesus Christ himself from a murdered death. And now he is living among us, he is living...
by Danielle Boyd | Sep 21, 2011 | News Slider
SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) is an international non-profit organization on college and university campuses, where students do community based projects on relevant economic, social and environmental factors. “They go in and empower people based on those factors to improve their standard of living and quality of life through the positive power of business,” said Duncan Gross, a junior accounting major from Memphis, Tenn., and executive director of Lipscomb SIFE. The organiztion, established on campus Jan. 15, 2010, made its debut as one of the fastest growing student-led organizations on campus. When it first began, SIFE enlisted students to join the efforts for service within the Nashville community. “We sought to really work with the non-profits in Nashville to help them with the process and improvement of the projects they do within the community,” said Gross. Originally taking on 16 projects at a time, SIFE has narrowed down their mark this year to only three, giving students the opportunity to engage and serve at a more feasible work schedule. Within the past year, SIFE members have collaborated with many non-profit organizations such as Greenhouse Ministries in Murfreesboro, Tenn. “One of our biggest projects is Kilowatt Ours,” said Gross. “I plan to reenergize America.” For that project, SIFE members and organization leaders complete a series of workshops to help low-income families save energy and decrease their electric bills by at least $80. “This will help them save money, which they can reallocate to other aspects of life,” said Gross. As SIFE continues to grow, its service has reached beyond state lines and into the international level. In addition to serving the community, SIFE has also developed a pen pal project with David Lipscomb Middle School as well as...
by Rachel Carden | Feb 25, 2011 | News Slider
The Capitol Mall, the Lincoln Memorial and the White House will substitute for the classroom Feb. 25-March 2 when 40 law, justice and society students observe and interact with the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government in Washington, D.C. The trip is one element of the Introduction to American Law class taught by Dr. Charla Long. By visiting the capital, students will be able to experience the legal processes they are learning about in textbooks. The tour schedule is packed, but there will be free time to allow the students to discover the city for themselves. A mandatory photo scavenger hunt is planned to guide students to the most important places in Washington, D.C. Students will also be required to keep a daily journal recounting what they learned that day to assist them with the final paper due after the trip. Fresh off the plane, students will head to a moonlight walking tour of the mall. Here, they will see the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Smithsonian, and the Washington, World War II and Lincoln monuments. “I am excited to see American history from my own perspective,” said sophomore Brooke Brennan, an LJS major from Old Hickory, Tenn. Other plans for the group include a visit to the National Archives, Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Holocaust Museum. Seats have been confirmed for all students at U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments and they will also tour the White House. Introduction to American Law students will also be given the opportunity to meet with their senators at Tennessee Tuesdays on the Hill. “Getting the chance to meet...
by Marlee Vogel | Feb 9, 2011 | News Slider
The temperature may be dropping, but classes at Lipscomb are still hopping. Despite the snow and ice interruptions of the past two months – including the storm forecast to slam into Nashville today and tonight — Lipscomb rarely cancels classes and does not have an official snow policy. Instead, individual class cancellations are decided by professors. Some student say that no classes should be held if the conditions outside are hazardous. Some teachers may be able to tough out the storm, but the icy roads and dangerous precipitation may give some commuters a more difficult time. Students may have to choose whether to drive in hazardous conditions or risk falling behind in class. But, according to one top faculty member, there is no reason for students to risk harm. “Don’t put yourself in any danger,” said Steve Prewitt, literature professor and associate provost for Academic Affairs. “If you live off-campus, you should not try to get to my class if you don’t like driving on snow or ice or if you don’t feel confident.” In the faculty handbook, faculty members are given several methods of recapturing the material for students who are unable to make it to class. With all the different outlets of technology available to faculty and students, conveying information to students should not be a problem. However, the amount of faculty using these outlets is unknown. (Take our survey and let Lipscomb know about effective communication between professors and students.) When a snowstorm hits suddenly, communication has to be done in haste. Emails notifying students about class cancellations are usually sent the morning-of, which can cause much confusion for students....
by Dale Lipscomb | Apr 12, 2010 | News Slider
Relying on his cane and the arm of editor Richard Goode, professor of history, Will Campbell made his way in front of the Beaman Library audience recently for a question-and-answer session for his new book, Writings on Reconciliation and Resistance. The March 9 appearance of Campbell, 86, attracted a range of listeners, from Lipscomb students to older adults. Some of the older attendees turned out to be Campbell’s friends who came to support him. In his younger years, Campbell was a civil rights activist. His beliefs on equality are still a defining factor in his character. Campbell’s biggest struggle today is sharing his ideas with a much younger, technological world. Campbell faces new hurdles in communicating with his audience. “In his later years more people want to hear him,” John Egerton, Campbell’s long time friend and car driver for the day, said. “By the time he was able to (reach a wider audience) he had less vigor.” Although Campbell’s age has produced new communication difficulties, people such as Goode recognize the importance in preserving his ideas. “The publisher contacted me and asked me f I would work on this project,” Goode said. Once on board, Goode began digging through archived works and interviewing Campbell to compile information. “Be as small as you can be, and have a beautiful library and a beautiful lady to run it,” Campbell said about how Christian schools should act. “Be proud of an answer like...
