by Janice Ng | Mar 27, 2015 | News Slider
This week on Lumination News, Carly Bergthold and Sarah McGee give you the latest updates on local and Lipscomb news from the anchor’s desk. See what’s going on in world news with reporter Mignonne Bryant, and get caught up on Hollywood’s latest drama with Brittnay Estes. Also, Charlie Bateman gives you a look into the world of Lipscomb sports. The Allen Bell Tower has been a landmark on Lipscomb’s campus since 1999, but lately it has been much quieter than usual. Lumination’s Colleen Casner finds out why. This spring break, Lipscomb missions mobilized over 400 students to 21 trips to different parts of the world. The longest running spring break trip travels to the City of Children, an orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico. Reporter Erin King reflects with team members on the experience. Radnor Lake with all its natural beauty is very much an iconic part of Nashville among locals and Lipscomb students. Reporter Mignonne Bryant explores the history, land and animals that make it so unique. Do you have any story ideas or events you would like to see covered? E-mail our News Director at...
by Amy Estepp | Mar 14, 2011 | News Slider
They’ve gone to a village in Guatemala, an orphanage in Mexico, New York City and points between and beyond. As usual, many Lipscomb students, with faculty support, are spending their spring break helping people in different parts of the world and also growing. Every year students, faculty, staff and alumni join together to partner with Lipscomb’s mission initiatives. Lipcomb offers a variety of trips both international and domestic. Hundreds of Lipscomb affiliates are involved and hundreds of lives changed. This year, the mission efforts began even before spring break officially got under way. The first trip departed at dawn March 10, leaving from Nashville International airport en route to Guatemala. Jordan Lewis, a junior nursing major said that she wasn’t nervous, but just excited to take part in the medical mission trip located in the Ulpan Valley of Guatemala. The Chattanooga native is a rookie to medical missions, but she is not letting her inexperience get in the way. “I expect to help with medicines and playing with the kids, and helping with the doctors,” said Lewis. “Overall, I am most excited about seeing a different culture and being somewhere completely rural.” This is the 10th consecutive year for Lipscomb admissions recruiter, Josh Link, to serve the City of Children. The City of Children is an orphanage located in Ensenada, Mexico. After spending every spring break of his college years in Ensenada, Link is now the trip leader. But what keeps Link returning to the City of Children? “I am most excited about seeing the kid that I have a relationship with,” said Link. “There is a kid that...
by Blake Harper | Dec 20, 2010 | News Slider
At the City of Children, an orphanage in Ensanada, Mexico, Christmas is celebrated pretty much like it is in the United States, according to a Lipscomb student whose parents run the home. Andres Gonzalez, whose parents are directors of the home that takes in abused and neglected children, said that the holiday there is all about love, celebration and the giving of gifts. “I have such great memories of it growing up,” Gonzalez said. “Everyone is like one big family, so that just makes everything all the more special.” He said that on Christmas Eve, each age group has a big party in its individual dormitory, with music, decorations and a big meal including the kids’ favorite foods. On Christmas morning the children file into a big auditorium where they are called up, one-by-one, to receive the gifts given by their sponsors. The children cheer for each other as their names are called and start chants expressing their excitement. He said it is one big party celebrating and letting the children know that God loves them and that they have a family that loves...
by Blake Harper | Oct 5, 2010 | News Slider
Sophomore Andres Gonzalez, 19, was inspired by volunteers and visitors from Lipscomb University to travel more than 2,000 miles to attend school at Lipscomb University. A native of Ensenada, Mexico, the third-largest city in the state of Baja California, Gonzalez grew up the son of the Mexican directors of the City of Children, an orphanage for children who have been abused, neglected or who have been taken away from their parents by child protective services. Gonzalez would often help with tasks at the home to make sure things ran smoothly. While performing those tasks, he came into contact with the people who would inspire his college choice in Nashville, Tenn. “I knew from a very young age that I wanted to attend Lipscomb,” Gonzalez said. “The people that visited the home from Lipscomb made such an impact on my life, and I knew that Nashville would be a great place for me to get my education.” Josh Link, an admissions recruiter at Lipscomb University, was one of the key people who encouraged Gonzalez to continue his education here. “He represented a place that seemed welcoming, enthusiastic and exciting.” Gonzalez said of Link. One of his biggest concerns of going to school in a foreign country was the language barrier. He knew that he would be expected to be at the same level speaking, reading and writing English as the average American student. Having learned English at a young age, and having helped translate at the City since he was six, Gonzalez hoped he could handle the pressure. “I learned English when I was really young, so it comes as second nature, but sometimes it is...
