by Emily Snell | Aug 17, 2012 | News Slider
Some students may find it difficult to locate a parking spot on Monday morning when the fall semester begins, because the university’s overflow parking location has changed at virtually the last minute. Parking at the Stokes Elementary School lot, which previously was used for university overflow parking, will be significantly limited this year, Lipscomb announced in an email Thursday evening. “That school is still owned by Metro Schools. It’s their property, and they just didn’t want to lease it to us anymore,” said Kim Chaudoin, director of University Communication and Marketing. She sent out the emails announcing the changes to students and faculty. “Maybe someday it will become available again. It’s just not right now. We don’t really know what they have planned. We just know that it’s not available to us anymore.” Overflow parking will now be located at the Lipscomb Academy high school football field lot at Caldwell and Lealand lanes. “In the simplest terms, if it were this easy, you’re kind of taking what’s at one lot and moving it, still on the north end of campus, but moving it down and parking at the high school field,” Chaudoin said. “It’s not really that simple, but that’s kind of what the problem is that we’re trying to resolve.” According to Chaudoin, the loss of parking at Stokes was made official “just within the last few days.” “I think negotiations have been going on over the last few weeks, and I think it’s just, the final answer is ‘no,’” she said. “I know this week we’ve been working very hard on figuring something out, getting the shuttles...
by Emily Snell | May 22, 2012 | News Slider
The American Red Cross has set up an emergency shelter in Lipscomb’s Student Activities Center to house residents of Parenthon Towers, who were displaced due to a fire and electrical issues late Monday night and may need temporary housing for several days. Monday night 172 guests from Parthenon Towers stayed on campus, and 149 were still there Tuesday night, according to Kim Chaudoin, director of university communication and marketing. Parthenon Towers is a senior and disabled citizens housing unit located near Centennial Park and operated by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency. University officials said the residents will be allowed to return home after the fire marshal determines the apartment complex is safe. It is unclear how long the shelter will be open, but Lipscomb and the Red Cross are prepared to house guests through the weekend, Chaudoin said. “Right now it looks like we’re going to be in operation till Sunday,” Chaudoin said. “I guess MDHA is just continuing to try to resolve whatever problems they have at Parthenon Towers. It may not be that long, but maybe the folks will be pleasantly surprised if they get back in before then.” Nan Hensley, executive assistant to university relations, said a mix of student workers, full time staff, members of the Quest Team and others arrived on campus around midnight Monday night to make preparations for the residents, and more people have assisted with the shelter since then. “We’ve had a great response from the Lipscomb community,” Hensley said. Chaudoin said volunteers are still needed to help Red Cross workers at meal times as long as the shelter is open. Hensley...
by Emily Snell | Mar 14, 2012 | News Slider
The immediate excitement surrounding a High Rise dorm flood, fire and two evacuations may have calmed down after last week, but the repair work for Lipscomb facilities staff is still underway. Generators are supplying power to High Rise while the facilities team continues to inspect and repair electrical issues related to the building, said Kim Chaudoin, director of university communication and marketing. “I think they’re still exploring and trying to get to the root of the problem,” she said, “trying to make sure when they repair it that they’ve caught everything that there is to repair at this point.” Chaudoin said the facilities crew plans to do more work over spring break in order to avoid disturbing students. Michael Engelman, associate director of the physical plant, confirmed that power to a few buildings on campus will be turned off briefly during the break to allow facilities to replace cabling that was damaged last week. He said the power outage will last just long enough to replace the cable and safely get the workers out of the manhole. Engelman said the main issue with repairs is the time required to get new parts, especially for older buildings. “It just takes so long to get these parts in, that’s what people don’t understand,” he said. “It just takes time to get parts because nobody in Nashville stocks some of this stuff.” Engelman said he’s not sure yet of the total cost of the dorm’s repairs. Reports have circulated saying that a fire occurred in High Rise last week, but Engelman said that’s not really accurate. The fire occurred in the manhole...
