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| Professors teach with more than textbooks and earn honors for their engagement
Janel Shoun 2/14/2012 Lipscomb University’s professors don’t just limit their instruction to the classroom. Professors are teaching students through their lifestyles, research, professional work and daily interaction as well. Check out how a few professors have excelled in their academic fields and modeled Christian success for students this semester. |
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| Minton appointed director of alumni programs
Kim Chaudoin 2/14/2012 Higher education veteran Rhonda Minton was recently appointed director of alumni programs at Lipscomb University. Minton will expand the university’s alumni relations efforts and implement new strategies for increasing alumni engagement. She is responsible for developing programs and events that enhance connectivity with the university’s more than 35,000 alumni worldwide. |
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| Critically acclaimed authors converge on Lipscomb campus for seven events between March and June
Janel Shoun 2/14/2012 If you are a writer or enjoy literature, Lipscomb’s campus is the place to be this spring. Lipscomb University will be hosting many critically acclaimed authors at seven free events between March and June. Events range from religious to literary to business-oriented. |
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| Andrews Institute director named Nashville's Woman of Influence Trailblazer
Janel Shoun 12/22/2011 Linda Peek Schacht, executive director of Lipscomb University's Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership, has been named by the Nashville Business Journal as the 2012 Woman of Influence "Trailblazer." |
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| Transit Alliance of Middle TN, Andrews Institute launch second Transit Leadership Academy
Janel Shoun 2/9/2012 The Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee and Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership kicked off the second Transit Citizen Leadership Academy Wednesday. |
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| Humphrey appointed director of veterans services
Kim Chaudoin 2/9/2012 Lt. Col. Jimmy Humphrey was recently appointed assistant dean of campus life and director of veterans services at Lipscomb University. Humphrey served 22 years in the United States Army and Air Force, having retired from active duty in November as the deputy of the Manpower and Plans Division, U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. |
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| Sustainability students make finals in international biomimicry contest
Anne Paine, The Tennessean 2/7/2012 Students Corbin Gibson, Samuel Leu and Paula Smith, in the Institute for Sustainable Practice, were selected as one of the top 12 in an international competition to design sustainable systems that mimic nature. Check out this story from The Tennessean on Lipscomb's biomimicry curriculum. |
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| Woods appointed assistant headmaster for development at David Lipscomb Campus School
Kim Chaudoin 2/2/2012 Nonprofit development professional Arthur C. Woods III was recently appointed assistant headmaster and chief development officer at David Lipscomb Campus School (DLCS) in Nashville. Woods will expand the school’s development efforts and implement new strategies for growing the endowment, increasing fundraising revenue and expanding the donor base at DLCS, which is the largest K-12 private school in Middle Tennessee. The assistant headmaster position is a newly added administrative position for DLCS. |
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| Harvard prof, former Bush advisor Stephen Goldsmith speaks to ICL students
Janel Shoun 1/30/2012 Stephen Goldsmith, a former mayor of Indianapolis and presidential policy advisor, spoke Monday to Lipscomb University civic leadership master’s students. |
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| Campus filled with the sounds of Mozart to Rodgers and Hammerstein this winter
Janel Shoun 1/27/2012 From Mozart to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lipscomb University’s music department presents an array of live performances this winter. |
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| Blackbird Theater presents rarely produced Pacific Overtures in Shamblin Theatre
Janel Shoun 1/27/2012 Lipscomb University’s resident theater company, Blackbird Theater, will stage the rarely-produced Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim, Feb. 2-18, at the Shamblin Theatre on Lipscomb’s campus. |
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| Conflict management institute honors Charles McGowan at five-year anniversary
Janel Shoun 1/25/2012 Lipscomb University’s Institute for Conflict Management recently celebrated five successful years with an anniversary gala dinner and the awarding of its 2012 Peacemaker’s Award to one of Nashville’s finest reconciliation ministers: Charles McGowan of Operation Andrew. |
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| Gaylord Entertainment CEO to speak at Nashville Business Breakfast Feb. 15
Kim Chaudoin 1/20/2012 Colin Reed, CEO of Gaylord Entertainment Company, will be the featured speaker at Lipscomb University’s Nashville Business Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Allen Arena. |
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| Andrews Institute, Leadership Wilson partner for Wilson County Power of One Conference
Janel Shoun 1/23/2012 Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership joined Leadership Wilson to produce a day of collaboration for Wilson County leaders in the Power of One Leadership Conference Friday, Jan. 20. |
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| Production of Hairspray wins Nashville's outstanding musical of 2011 from BroadwayWorld
Janel Shoun 1/20/2012 The Lipscomb University Theatre Department continues to collect trophies as the fall production of “Hairspray” was named as Nashville’s Outstanding Musical of the Year by BroadwayWorld.com’s annual First Night Awards. |
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| Lipscomb hosts Gaither Homecoming 2012 in Allen Arena April 20
Kim Chaudoin 1/20/2012 Gospel Music Hall of Famer Bill Gaither brings his all-star Gaither Homecoming Show in a rare Nashville appearance to Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena Friday, April 20 at 7 p.m. The concert is hosted by the Gaither Vocal Band, featuring Gaither and vocalists David Phelps, Mark Lowry, Wes Hampton and Michael English. Special guests will include The Martins, Gene McDonald, Charlotte Ritchie, Kevin Williams and Gordon Mote. The Homecoming tour is Gaither’s salute to southern and country gospel music and is patterned after the highly successful Gaither Homecoming video series. |
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| HumanDocs presents film and panel exploring death penalty in Texas arson case
Janel Shoun 1/23/2012 Lipscomb University’s spring 2012 HumanDocs Film Series lineup begins Wednesday, Jan. 25, with “Incendiary: The Willingham Case,” a film documenting the flood of questions about forensics reform and the death penalty raised by the 1991 arson case of Todd Willingham. |
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| Battle of the Boulevard on Feb. 3 features Beale Street Flippers from Memphis
Janel Shoun 1/19/2012 Lipscomb and Belmont. Two schools located less than three miles apart on Belmont Boulevard. Two schools that share a special basketball bond. Since Dec. 11, 1953, these two schools have faced off 129 times. |
| College of Business one of four in nation to achieve ACBSP accounting accreditation
Janel Shoun 1/13/2012 The College of Business has become the first college of business in the state, and the fourth in the nation, to achieve specialized accreditation for its accounting program from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). |
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| CNM, Institute for Conflict Management announce 2012 scholarship winners
Janel Shoun 1/11/2012 The Center for Nonprofit Management and Lipscomb’s Institute for Conflict Management have announced the awarding of two scholarships to Brian Bailey, who works with the homeless through the Park Center, and Shanda Hampton, director of human resources at the Oasis Center. |
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| Lifelong Learning Program part of new senior alumni focus
Kim Chaudoin 1/6/2012 As Lipscomb’s successful Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) enters its tenth year, it will be a key component of a new Senior Alumni Program launched this fall. The Senior Alumni Program is designed to target alumni who are age 55 and older and includes programs such as LLP, Summer Hostel and the Golden Circle in addition to new initiatives. Amy Hamar (’82) is leading the new program. |
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| Innovative off-site facility launched in Williamson County
Kim Chaudoin 1/5/2012 Lipscomb University will launch its first university-operated off-site facility in early 2012 as it opens a new facility in the Cool Springs area in Williamson County. University officials recently finalized a lease on a nearly 5,000-square-foot facility located at Cool Springs Boulevard and Aspen Grove Drive in the Thoroughbred Village III Professional Plaza. |
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| Student tour guides learn from Nashville's best storytellers at Ryman Auditorium
Janel Shoun 12/22/2011 Lipscomb's fourteen student tour guides visited the Ryman Auditorium this semester to learn story-telling skills from some of Nashville's best yarn spinners. |
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| Sustainability institute director heads to China to build relationships
Janel Shoun 12/21/2011 The Lipscomb University Institute for Sustainable Practice is reaching across the globe to China as institute director Dodd Galbreath attends the Shandong Economic, Trade and Yellow River Delta Development Conference in Dongying in November. |
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| Community service will be the focus of MLK Day 2012, with Belmont, TSU joint service project
Janel Shoun 12/22/2011 Community service will be the focus of Lipscomb University’s celebration of Martin Luther King’s birthday in 2012. The university is recruiting students for an MLK Service Day and to participate in a freedom march. The university will also hold additional remembrance activities during the week. |
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