1. Dr. L. Randolph Lowry becoming president of Lipscomb University
In September 2005, Dr L. Randolph Lowry became the 17th President of Lipscomb University. Lowry, a former professor of law at Pepperdine University, has changed this campus like none other before by constructing the physical and spiritual sides of this university. Since Lowry’s inauguration, the school has invested over $34 million in new construction and renovated facilities. The Village, the Thomas James McMeen Music Center and Collins Alumni Auditorium are just a few of the physical renovations, but Lowry has also taken part in the huge change in the chapel process in which student now have choices as to where they will serve this community is different, more challenging, ways.