by Aaron Schmelzer | May 3, 2010 | News Slider
Click to expand the video player. Record rainfalls and major flooding in Nashville left over 20,000 buildings without power and hundreds of families unable to leave or get to their homes. Lipscomb’s campus escaped major damage from the flooding and opened its facilities to the Red Cross as a shelter for displaced families and their pets. Tom Wood, director of campus enhancement, said that the campus fared very well compared to other places in Middle Tennessee. “I’m proud of the old girl,” Wood said of Lipscomb’s campus. “I’d say we have about a week’s worth of restoration to do, maybe two weeks at the most. There was minor damage done to the first levels of McFarland, the Bennett Campus Center and Burton, and the basements of Sewell and Elam were flooded as well.” While Lipscomb’s campus survived the flood of May 2010, other cities in the Middle Tennessee area suffered from severe flooding and lost cars, homes and businesses. Nashville’s one-day rainfall record set in 1979 was replaced with 7.25 inches this weekend, and the two-day record is now 13.53 inches. The record was broken for the wettest May in recorded history just two days into the month, and May 2010 is already the fifth wettest month in recorded history as well. Before the weekend of rain and overflowing tributaries, the Cumberland River was at 19 feet deep. As of Monday, May 3, the water level was at 52.5 feet, more than 11 feet over the flood level. While the minor damage at Lipscomb is going to cost in excess of $100,000 in repairs, Wood said that he is...
by Julie Shrewsbury | Apr 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Campus Crime Map (click “View Campus Crime Map,” below) These are the latest campus-crime reports as provided by Lipscomb Security and Safety. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (commonly known as the Clery Act), signed in 1990, is a federal mandate requiring all colleges that participate in the federal student financial aid program to disclose information about crime on and near their campuses. For more information about safety, go to http://safety.lipscomb.edu/. View Crime Map in a larger...
by Heather Gleason | Mar 29, 2010 | News Slider
The early birds got the eggs when it came to this year’s Easter Egg hunt on Wednesday, March 31st. The students who came just one minute late missed their opportunity to hunt for prizes at this years Egg Hunt. Participants in the hunt scoured the grounds in front of the high school in under 60 seconds. The various eggs provided by Campus Life were filled with gift cards or candy. The eggs were collected at lightning speeds and only the empty shells were any indication that the event just took place. Many students exclaimed, “I got a gift card!”, while other egg hunters were just as happy with their candy. The Egg Hunt was a success, even the Easter Bunny was happy with her...
