Lowry urges students and Lipscomb to push against the tide at convocation

Lowry urges students and Lipscomb to push against the tide at convocation

by | Aug 31, 2010 | News Slider

President L. Randolph Lowry promised at Convocation that 2010 and the years following will be full of expansion, academic and athletic success and spiritual growth for Lipscomb University and the community as a whole. In Allen Arena on Tuesday, students from the campus school and the university joined faculty, staff, administration and members of the Nashville community to ceremonially begin the academic year. As Lowry took the stage he began his speech by singing praises to the university in its entirety and expressed how students and faculty continually press on “against the tide.” He expressed his adoration for this school and the hope he has for a bright and promising future. “Against the tide of private universities around the country that are declining in enrollment, Lipscomb University is growing,” Lowry said. “This fall we start with 400 more students than we had just one year ago. We are up almost 1,300 students from five years ago. There is record enrollment in almost every program.” Student government president Jackson Sprayberry, a senior political science major from Chickamauga, Ga., expressed his optimistic outlook on the school year. “There are a lot of things, be it academics, be it social life, or be it spiritual life, that we have to look forward to,” Sprayberry said. Sprayberry also commented on what Lowry has to offer as Lipscomb’s president. “President Lowry brings to this office the mind of an academic, the passion of a teacher and the heart of a mediator,” Sprayberry said. As the faculty and staff entered Allen Arena donning academica regalia, they were introduced by the colleges in which they teach and...