by Cory Woodroof | Jun 13, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
Here are some newsworthy links making their way around campus this week. ACADEMICS Former council to President Nixon John Dean was recently a speaker at the Christian Scholars’ Conference. The Christian Scholars’ Conference also hosted many other noted speakers for its 2013 session. ADVANCE, Lipscomb’s freshmen orientation, is currently underway. The College of Business is hosting a competition that results in a full ride scholarship. ATHLETICS Here’s a rundown of what some athletes are up to over the summer. 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 Emily Snell | Nov 15, 2010 | News Slider
After a Rookie of the Year finish that had the faculty sponsor jumping in the air — “I went wild,” recalls Bill Fredenberger — SIFE is ready for more students to participate. Any students interested in joining SIFE can attend the College of Business organization’s meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Swang 100. Lipscomb’s SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team began last year in January when sponsor Fredenberger — an adjunct professor and the Sam Walton Fellow Adviser for the team — and about 20 students met to develop the organization. Duncan Gross, SIFE president and a sophomore accounting major, said the team works on projects throughout the year and then presents them at competitions. “The projects that you’re working on are ways to empower people,” Gross said. “You’re empowering them to change their quality of life and standard of living, all through the positive power of business.” Only three months after its inception, the team traveled to Atlanta for the regional competition and won the championship. The team also received the Rookie of the Year award and qualified for the national competition in Minneapolis, Minn. Fredenberger said that he had hoped the team would do well but had not been expecting to win. “I was very surprised,” Fredenberger said. “We just went wild. They said I jumped about three feet in the air. We deserved it. We worked for it. I just didn’t expect us to get it.” Gross said he was grateful for the recognition they received. “It made me feel like we were really making a difference in our community and that other people were acknowledging that,” Gross said. “The motto of SIFE is ‘a...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Apr 28, 2010 | News Slider
On Thursday, April 22, the college of business hosted an awards banquet honoring students in the business department for their achievement and hard work. The banquet was hosted in Allen Arena in the Hall of Fame room for the students and their parents. Below is the list of students who were honored at the banquet. Foundations of Business: A Christian Perspective Business Plan Competition: Justin Pullen, Justin Perkins Stock Plan Competition: Jad Dotson, Derrica Donelson, Carson Boyd NASBA Chapter for Student Center for the Public Trust Center Trevor Garrett, Daniel Smith, Jonathan Rhodes, Sarah Stone, Allison Lambert, Brooke Jackson ETS Business Major Field Test Dan Jones SIFE Presentation Team Edgar Sierra, Landon Lyon, Justin Thurman, Amelia Ong, Daniel Gingerich, Duncan Gross Awards of Excellence in Accounting Carr Riggs & Ingram: Katherine Murphy Data Supplies, Inc.: Brent Mason Deloitte: Ashley Southerland Ernst & Young, LLP: David Solomon Faulkner Mackie & Cochran, P.C.: Blake Brooks Frasier, Dean & Howard, PLLC: Catherine Alqallaf Kraft CPAs, PLLC: Jada Walker Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, P.C.: Daniel Smith Award of Excellence in Finance Finance Department Award: Alex Dampf Management Department Award: Katherine Wilcox, Laura Kerbo Awards of Excellence in Marketing Marketing Department Award: Reid Mayo Data Supplies, Inc.: Alex Kelly Scholarship Awards Crowe Horwath: Magan Pernell, Jessica Little Deloitte Scholarship: Kyle Kraemer, Ashley Southerland Kittrell-Dennison: Amy Boren, Mikael Elledge, Brooke Jackson, Braxton Kinchen Regions Bank: Micah Harrison, Bojana Zivak Tennessee Society of CPAs Scholarship Jessie Hitzing , Eddie Fitzgerald, Daniel Smith, Brooke Jackson, Heather Harrison, Ashley Southerland, Catherine Alquallaf, Christa Long, Ashley Davis, Rachel Miles Professional Organization Awards Financial Executives International: Sarah Stone Nashville...
