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| City inspires collage artist now featured at the John C. Hutcheson Gallery
Janel Shoun-Smith 11/15/2012 The Lipscomb Art Department presents the works of Amanda Burnham, of Towson University, in the John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission |
| Sodexo food drive benefits Nashville’s Second Harvest
Kim Chaudoin 11/14/2012 The Lipscomb community has an opportunity to make the holiday season a little brighter by donating nonperishable food items this month as part of Lipscomb University’s dining service provider Sodexo’s national Helping Hands Food Drive. |
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| Students thank employee donors on National Philanthropy Day
Kim Chaudoin 11/13/2012 Lipscomb University students have many reasons for which to be thankful during this season of Thanksgiving, and on Nov. 15 they stopped and said “thank you” to some of those closest to them as part of National Philanthropy Day® activities on campus. |
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| Tom Ingram to host ‘Nashville’ producer as special guest on Tuesday
Kim Chaudoin 11/12/2012 Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership presents now that you ask… A Conversation Series hosted by Tom Ingram with special guest Loucas George, producer of ABC’s new series “Nashville,” Nov. 13. Ingram is an influential adviser to corporate and government officials for more than four decades. |
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| Duck Dynasty stars to headline 2013 Don Meyer Evening of Excellence
Lipscomb Athletics 11/9/2012 Duck Dynasty stars Phil Robertson and his wife, Kay, as well as brother, Si, will be the featured speakers at Lipscomb University’s Fifth Annual Don Meyer Evening of Excellence on April 27, 2013, Director of Athletics Philip Hutcheson recently announced. |
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| Spark-Lipscomb's Idea Center celebrates grand opening
Kim Chaudoin 11/9/2012 Spark-Lipscomb’s Idea Center, celebrated its grand opening with the help of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Williamson County Schools Director Mike Looney, Williamson County Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Brad Dunn and Lipscomb University President L. Randolph Lowry on Thursday, Nov. 8. The 6,400-square-foot Spark is Lipscomb University’s first university-operated off-campus facility, now open in the Cool Springs area in Williamson County. |
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| Aging simulation increases understanding of challenges facing older adults
Kim Chaudoin 11/9/2012 What if you could grow older instantly — even if just for a few minutes — to experience the effects of aging and better understand the growing population of older adults? Health care and older adult services providers recently had the opportunity to get in the minds — and bodies — of the clients they serve through an aging simulation exercise led by Lipscomb University’s School of TransformAging. |
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| Series of campus events commemorates Veterans Day 2012
Kim Chaudoin 11/8/2012 A series of campus events, sponsored by the office of veterans services, is planned to observe Veterans Day 2012. |
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| Mets pitcher, Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey special guest in chapel Thursday
Kim Chaudoin 11/13/2012 The Lipscomb community will have a unique opportunity to hear from one of the best pitchers in major league baseball on Thursday, Nov. 15, in a special chapel program. New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey is being recognized by Lipscomb’s College of Business as part of its “Heroes of Business” series. He will be the featured speaker at chapel where he will share his inspiring story of overcoming obstacles on the path to his career in baseball. The program begins at 10:55 a.m. in Collins Alumni Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public. |
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| Entrepreneurship Week features Battle of the Bands, business market, student contest
Janel Shoun-Smith 11/7/2012 Lipscomb University’s Center for Entrepreneurship will celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 12-16, with three new activities designed to show students how their creative tendencies and ambitions can be channeled into a successful entrepreneurial venture. |
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| Amy Grant and friends help kick-off the holiday season with Lighting of the Green Nov. 27
Kim Chaudoin 11/2/2012 More than 3,500 people packed the Allen Arena Mall Tuesday night, Nov. 27, to officially kick-off the holiday season on campus and in the Nashville community with Lipscomb University’s eighth annual Lighting of the Green. Nashville’s own Amy Grant hosted the free outdoor holiday concert. This year’s performance also featured contemporary Christian artist Ashley Cleveland; Mandisa, of American Idol fame; The Martins, Christian music vocal trio; L’Angelus, a Cajun inspired band; Scat Springs, founder of the Scat Band and classic rhythm and blues singer; Michelle Swift, contemporary Christian singer; Opus Row; the Lipscomb Academy fourth, fifth grade and high school concert choruses and Lipscomb University's choruses. |
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| Spark grand opening set for Nov. 8 at Cool Springs facility
Kim Chaudoin 11/2/2012 Spark-Lipscomb’s Idea Center, will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, Nov. 8 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at its location at 3252 Aspen Grove Dr. in Franklin. The 6,400-square-foot Spark is Lipscomb University’s first university-operated off-campus facility, now open in the Cool Springs area in Williamson County. |
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| Nashville’s Christian schools gather for Christian High School Choral Festival
Janel Shoun-Smith 11/1/2012 The Lipscomb University Department of Music will host the 38th annual Christian High School Choral Festival on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 11-12, with a free, public concert featuring 250 local high school performers at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12. |
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| Student pharmacists offer vaccines while you vote at Granny White polling location
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/31/2012 In an effort to provide a convenient and easy flu shot option for the community, the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy will host a Vote and Vax on Nov. 6, Election Day, at the Granny White Church of Christ polling location at 3805 Granny White Pike, Nashville, 37204. |
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| Award-winning Lipscomb Theatre presents nostalgic fun in The Pajama Game
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/31/2012 The Lipscomb University Theatre Department will present the Tony Award winning musical “The Pajama Game” on the Collins Alumni Auditorium stage Nov. 1-4. Lipscomb’s production of the beloved 1950s musical will feature some of the original production’s choreography by Bob Fosse. |
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| Academic Success Center celebrates official opening
Kim Chaudoin 10/31/2012 Lipscomb University officially opened the Academic Success Center (ASC), which provides students and faculty a “one-stop shop” for the university's academic support resources in one location. |
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| Lipscomb holds recycling collections for e-waste, old medications in November
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/30/2012 Lipscomb University and Lipscomb Academy Elementary School are making it easy and free to properly dispose of household waste and e-waste with toxic metals and chemicals and expired and leftover medications at two community collection days on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Thursday, Nov. 15. |
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| Wintermester registration begins Nov. 5
Winn Thomas 10/29/2012 Students will have the opportunity to register for a variety of Wintermester courses beginning Nov. 5. Wintermester classes begin Dec. 14 and run through Jan. 6. |
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| Myrick has creative flair for engineering
Kim Chaudoin 10/29/2012 Engineering education expert Justin Myrick has been appointed dean of Lipscomb University’s Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering. Myrick spent the majority of his career at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering where he also served as the director of the Health Systems Research Center. In addition, he directed Georgia Tech’s Master of Science in Health Systems program. |
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| Lipscomb University officially opens new Nursing and Health Sciences Center
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/26/2012 Lipscomb University officially opened its new 24,800-square-foot Nursing and Health Sciences Center Thursday, Oct. 25 with a dedication ceremony and tours of the high-tech health care training facility that can also be used as an emergency triage center in times of crisis. |
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| University celebrates National Food Day with farmer's market in Bison Square
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/22/2012 Lipscomb University’s Bison Square will be transformed into a farmer’s market and a festival celebrating wholesome, healthy, locally grown food on Wednesday, Oct. 24, National Food Day. |
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| University connects fifth graders to business world
Kim Chaudoin 10/17/2012 Fifth graders at Lipscomb Academy are gearing up to run a town for a day, complete with a mayor, CEO of a bank, reporters, a disc jockey, lawyers and other citizens. This town is unlike others across the country, but has all of the challenges and hustle-and-bustle of a typical city. These students are planning for the opportunity to visit JA BizTown in Nashville, where each day young people experience the responsibilities and opportunities of citizenship in a free enterprise system. |
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| Blackbird Theater wins rave reviews for Red, performed on Shamblin stage
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/15/2012 "Red," Oct. 18-20, the latest production by Lipscomb's theater-company-in-residence, The Blackbird Theater, was declared one of Nashville’s best plays of the year and a remarkable production by local reviewers. |
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| Nation's youngest voters gather to watch vice presidential debate
Kim Chaudoin 10/12/2012 The Ezell Center was the hub of political discussion Thursday night, Oct. 11, as several hundred students, faculty, staff and members of the Nashville community gathered in a packed SunTrust Center for Collaborative Learning to watch the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Paul Ryan. A number of families with young children joined the university community for the latest installment of Pizza and Politics to watch the debate and to participate in a discussion of election issues. |
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| Fall 2012 marks a hallmark year for growing nursing class
Janel Shoun-Smith 10/8/2012 Fall 2012 is turning out to be a hallmark year for Lipscomb’s School of Nursing. The new Nursing and Health Sciences Center debuted this semester, the nursing school enrolled more majors than ever before and welcomed a new executive associate dean. |
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