Office of Academic Advising

Meet your Peer Advisors for the 2011-2012 school year!

Ricki Adkins (Social Work)

I am a senior Social Work major currently interning at the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center. I am from Nashville, TN and came to Lipscomb University in the fall of 2008 after graduating from David Lipscomb High School.

Sarah Alley (Business):
Sarah comes from Scottsboro, Alabama and began her time at Lipscomb in the fall of 2008. She's majoring in Accounting.

Hunter Bates (Math):
Hunter is a double major in Mathematics and Accounting. He is from Shelbyville, Tennessee and came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2008.

Danielle Bethke (Business):
From Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Danielle is majoring in Accounting and began classes at Lipscomb in 2008. She's also a member of the soccer team.

Darius Cal (Business):
Hi my name is Darius Cal. This is my senior year at Lipscomb University. I'm a marketing major with a minor in graphic design, with a possible second minor in dance. I've lived in Nashville my whole life, and I plan on having a dance studio and clothing line at some point in life.

Joel Campbell (Music)

Joel is a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is currently studying Violin Performance at Lipscomb with a minor in Chemistry. His plans are to one day go to medical school and become a doctor. He is also an avid hunter and fisherman!

Alé Dalton (Philosophy):
Alé Dalton is a junior in the Honors College at Lipscomb majoring in
Philosophy and minoring in Political Science and Art History. She serves in the Student Government as the Academic Committee Chair, as Assistant Attorney General for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, and in the Student Alumni Association. Raised in multiple countries and cities as an ardent feminist, she has a penchant for world news, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the New York Yankees. She is currently preparing to battle the June '12 LSAT.

Bryce Davidson (Math):

Bryce comes from nearby Columbia, Tennessee and is planning to major in Math Education. His plans are to teach high school math, as well as coach football and soccer after graduation. He came to Lipscomb in the Fall of 2009, and this is his second year working as a peer advisor.

Steffani Davis (Exercise Science):
Steffani is from Farmer City,IL. She started at Lipscomb in Fall of 09. She is studying PE and Health.

Kelly Derryberry (Education):
Kelly Derryberry came to Lipscomb in the Fall of 2010 from nearby Hermitage, TN. She is double-majoring in Elementary Education and Spanish.

Alyssa Dunne (Music):
Alyssa comes from Naperville, IL, a Chicago suburb (also known as Pleasantville, USA), and currently resides in the music department, studying Piano Performance and Music Theory and Composition with Dr. Jerome Reed. She also plays harp, violin, and is Vice President of the Lipscomb A Cappella Singers, as well as President of the Lipscomb chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, the women’s music fraternity. She loves the college experience so much that she dreams of becoming a university professor in composition so she can impart wisdom and experience to young minds. Hobbies include knitting, biking, swimming, ballet, sewing, reading, theological and historical studies, French, and international travel.

Bethany Eldridge (LJS):
Bethany is a Senior majoring in Law, Justice, and Society with an emphasis in Social Change. She's from nearby Franklin, Tennesse.

Amy Fadler (Education):
Amy is a senior from Franklin, Tennesee who is majoring in History Education. She transferred to Lipscomb in the summer of 2010.

Cory Ferguson (Chemistry):
Cory comes from Obion, Tennessee (north of Jackson) and is majoring in Biochemistry with a double minor in Biology and History. He began at Lipscomb in 2009, and this is is second year as a peer advisor.

Jamie Good (Exercise Science):
Jamie is majoring in Exercisse Science wtih a minor in Biology. She came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2008 from Cincinnatti, Ohio.

Miriam Harding (Nutrition):
Miriam came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2008 from Memphis, Tennessee and is now in her Senior year. Her major is in Family and Consumer Sciences with a concentration in Dietetics.

AnnChristine Johnson (Psychology):
AnnChristine is a Senior Psychology major with a minor in English. She is a Nashville resident who continued her time at Lipscomb from high school into college.

MacKenzie Johnson (Nutrition):
MacKenzie is a Senior majoring in Family and Consumer Sciences with a concentration in Dietetics and a minor in Psychology.

Paul Justice (Physics):
Paul is majoring in Physics with a minor in Applied Math. He comes from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and this will be his third year at Lipscomb.

Sarah King (English):
Sarah is from here in Nashville, and she began taking classes at Lipscomb in the fall of 2008. She's majoring in English: Literature Track with a minor in Music.

Aaron LeFrancois (Business):
Aaron comes from Summerfield, Florida. He's majoring in Accounting and this will be his Senior year at Lipscomb.

Brooke McAllister (FCS):
Brooke is majoring in Family and Consumer Sciences with a concentration in Family relations. She'll have a double minor in both Spanish and Psychology. Brooke came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2009 from Kansas City, Missouri.

Jeff Musick (Chemistry):
Jeff started classes at Lipscomb in the fall of 2009 and is from Nashville, Tennessee. This will be his second year working as one of your peer advisors, and he's majoring in Biochemistry with a minor in Biology.

Sarah Musselwhite (Nursing):
Sarah is majoring in Nursing with a minor in Psychology. She's in her Senior year at Lipscomb and is from nearby Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Estrella Ndrianasy (Business):
Estrella comes to Lipscomb all the way from Madagascar. She's beginning her Senior year and is majoring in Financial Management with a minor in Management.

Hayden Parrish (Bible):
Hayden is a Senior majoring in Bible with a concentration in Youth Ministry. He came to Lipscomb from Collierville, Tennessee.

Caleb Pritchett was born but not raised in Birmingham, AL. He was actually reared in Franklin, TN. Caleb enjoys reading fantasy novels, playing Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. He has been acting since he told his first lie and has never looked back, except for when he came to Lipscomb to do Pre-med, but found out soon enough he wasn't smart enough, so back to acting he went. His favorite class was Improvisational acting and was inspired to start the Improv comedy troupe, "Self Improv-ment." Caleb currently is planning on moving out to L.A. after he graduates to be an action hero... in real life.

David Pyle (Computing):
David came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2009 from Pegram, Tennessee. His major is Information Technology Applications with a minor in History.

Rado Rambinintsoa (Engineering ):
My name is Rado Albert Rambinintsoa. I am a Senior, originally from Madagascar (a real country not the Disney movie). I am majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and currently the Chairman of the IEEE student branch at Lipscomb University. I like to play soccer and guitar... not good at singing though. I make friends through jokes because I like to see smile on people's face.

Patrick Roesner (Engineering):
Now in his Senior year, Patrick began his time at Lipscomb in 2008. His major is Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Applied Math. He is from Indianapolis, Indiana.

Caroline Scherer (Nursing):
Caroline is a Nursing major from Morgantown, West Virginia. This is her Senior year and her second year working as a peer advisor.

Reem Sidani (Biology):
Reem is majoring in Molecular Biology with a minor in Chemistry. She came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2008 from Brentwood, Tennessee and will be finishing this year. This is her second year as a peer advisor.

Edgar Sierra (Business):
Edgar is a Marketing major from just up the road in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Edgar is beginning his Senior year at Lipscomb.

Cooper Torrez (Communication):
I am a Junior at Lipscomb majoring in organizational communication. I am from Nashville, Tennessee and came to LU in the fall of 2009.

Erin Watkins (Art):
Originally from St. Francisville, Louisiana, Erin came to Lipscomb in the fall of 2008. She is majoring in Studio Art.

Courtney Watts (Business):
I'm Courtney Watts. I am from Marshalltown, Iowa. I am majoring in Financial Management and Spanish with a minor in Accounting. I am into politics, cooking and recently returned from a semester abroad in Costa Rica finishing my Spanish major. I love running, biking and swimming. If the roads in Nashville had a biking lane, I would bike everywhere. I ran for Lipscomb cross country and track and am a member of SIFE, a business service organization. My favorite class so far would be my Freshman seminar class with Dr. Richard Goode that focused on Truth and Justice using world case studies such as South African apartheid. My advice for incoming freshman this year is get uncomfortable and confused because if you're not, you aren't learning anything.