by Hunter Patterson | Apr 16, 2012 | News Slider
Earlier this semester, Tennessee’s governor, Bill Haslam, jump-started the “now that you ask…” series with Tom Ingram. The governor’s wife, Crissy Haslam, will join Ingram in the next edition of the series, Tuesday, April 17. Tennessee’s First Lady, Crissy Haslam, introduced a three-part initiative that focuses on the interplay between family engagement and literacy improvement in Tennessee. She has been traveling the state to stress the importance of parents as first teachers, parents as education partners, and also to raise awareness for the exponential value of reading at grade level by the third grade. Born in Houston, Texas, Haslam moved with her family to Memphis, Tennessee, when she was 8-years-old. She graduated from Emory University in 1980 with a double major in finance and marketing in the College of Business. Crissy married Bill Haslam and moved to Knoxville in 1981. While working as the assistant director of admissions for UT-Knoxville, she received a Master of Science degree in Education in the program of College Student Personnel. She has served on numerous civic and community boards, and currently serves as chair of the Tennessee Executive Residence Foundation and Commission. The “now that you ask…” conversation series is hosted by Tom Ingram, the man called the “most influential person in Tennessee politics who does not hold elected office.” The series brings Ingram’s bipartisan, common sense approach to government and politics straight to the table with discussions and debates featuring guests from across the business and political worlds. Ingram, founder of The FIRST Group in Washington, D.C. and The Ingram Group in Nashville, was appointed a leader-in-residence at the Andrews Institute for...
by Michael Fox | Mar 3, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
Brent High’s focus in the athletics department has shifted from sports information to spiritual formation. This was a welcomed change for the associate athletic director for spiritual formation because of his previous experience in youth ministry and working in non-profit organizations. After assuming the new responsibilities in October, High began taking steps to make sure team captains go through leadership training. The athletes also learn about a new chaplain program, mission trips, service opportunities, coach retreats and the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. This past Christmas break High teamed up with Lipscomb’s mission director TJ McCloud to collaborate on a mission trip to Honduras for nine days. It was the first effort to mix multiple Lipscomb teams together to go on a mission trip. Ten men went on the trip, including McCloud and High as well as eight athletes who represented four different sports. The group worked together with Mission Lazarus to help in construction of a school and went to a village in Honduras and helped start building adobe brick houses. “The trip really had a huge impact on me,” said soccer player Kyle Erickson, one of two athletes who decided to be baptized while on the trip. “It made me realize how much God has really blessed me. Going from Honduras, seeing what those people have … how they were living with the small houses we built, to coming back to school and seeing everything that I have made me realize how much God has really blessed me.” “We knew going in we were going to help a lot of people, but at the same time...
by Nick Glende | Feb 24, 2012 | News Slider
Is procrastination costing you? Do you struggle with means of motivation? Are you tired of feeling like you could do better than you’re doing right now? Well it’s time to move forward, and author Rory Vaden offers you the secret to success. In his recently published New York Times best seller “Take The Stairs”, Vaden shows how to develop the courage, character and determination you need to succeed in anything you attempt. Vaden says It can turn your life around. The Take The Stairs nationwide bus tour kicked off at Lipscomb University, and everyone was allowed to attend a free business lecture in Alumni Auditorium. Attendees were given the option of donating to the Nashville YMCA or another local charity. During the lecture he talked about discipline, setting hard, long-term goals and how to follow through with them. Vaden says that we all think on a certain one-track mind and once we begin subconsciously thinking that way it’s hard to stop. Vaden encouraged all who attended to buy his book and most people who attended who didn’t already own a copy were convinced. He said the most magical thing about taking the stairs – both literally and metaphorically – is that you naturally inspire others to follow your behavior. Please upgrade your browser If that’s not enough, here are 10 reasons from Rory’s website as to why you must own a copy It is not just profound and insightful but it is a motivational kick in the pants! It’ll get you moving just by reading a few pages. Because if you take a peek at the people who...
