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| Ayers Institute awarded $1.2 million THEC grant to work with Common Core Standards
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/28/2012 The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has awarded a $1.2 million contract to Lipscomb’s Ayers Institute to create resources for university faculty to use when preparing new teachers to employ the national and state-adopted Common Core Standards. |
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| Humphrey appointed to Governor's Council on Service Members, Veterans, Families
Kim Chaudoin 8/28/2012 Jim Humphrey, assistant dean of students and director of Veterans Services at Lipscomb University, was recently appointed by Governor Bill Haslam to serve on the Governor’s Council on Service Members, Veterans & Their Families. Humphrey is among 10 new appointees selected from across the state of Tennessee to serve on the council. |
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| President's Convocation kicks off 2012-13 academic year for students, Lipscomb community
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/27/2012 Lipscomb Academy, nursing students and a beloved classmate received special recognition Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Lipscomb University’s President’s Convocation, the annual formal ceremony to kick off the academic year. |
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| Deery remembered for the impact he made on the lives of others
Kim Chaudoin 8/27/2012 Track and field standout Matt Deery was remembered Thursday, Aug. 23, as a good teammate and friend who had an infectious smile and impacted the lives of everyone around him. The Lipscomb community gathered in Collins Alumni Auditorium to celebrate the life of Deery, who died Aug. 1 as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Upper Nazareth Township, Pa. He was honored by his teammates, coaches and university administrators during the service. |
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| Show your Lipscomb pride by wearing purple this Friday for national College Colors Day
Kim Chaudoin 8/29/2012 This Friday students, employees, alumni and friends are encouraged to wear purple to show their Lipscomb pride by wearing purple for National College Colors Day. Lipscomb University’s alumni association, athletics programs and dining services are partnering to celebrate this national event in the Lipscomb community. |
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| Lipscomb, Transit Alliance bring area leaders together to examine transit opportunities
Kim Chaudoin 8/24/2012 Responding to mass transit needs and options in Middle Tennessee, the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee and Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership have brought leaders from across the region together to examine transit opportunities as part of its third Transit Citizen Leadership Academy. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean opened the new session of the Transit Citizen Leadership Academy Aug. 22, stressing the importance of this course of study. |
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| Servant leadership is a long-term commitment says Tractor Supply Co’s Wright
Kim Chaudoin 8/23/2012 Being a servant leader isn’t always easy according to Jim Wright, chairman and chief executive officer for Tractor Supply Company (TSC). Wright told a crowd of nearly 800 at the Aug. 22 Nashville Business Breakfast in Allen Arena that servant leadership is “a point of view and practice” that has helped TSC grow into the largest operator of retail farm stores in the United States. It operates more than 1,100 stores in 44 states—employing over 16,000 people — and is ranked among Fortune’s 100 fastest-growing companies. |
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| Pharmacy students kick off career by receiving their first white coat at ceremony
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/21/2012 Seventy-five new student pharmacists from 17 states across the nation began their pharmacy career on Friday, Aug. 17, by receiving their white coats, a symbol of their professionalism and integrity. |
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| Student-operated gallery OPEN debuts Sept. 1 in the Arcade with sculptor Joel Parsons
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/20/2012 The Lipscomb University Department of Art announces the opening of the student-operated art gallery OPEN, in the Arcade downtown. The gallery will debut Sept. 1, the night of the next downtown/Fifth Avenue Art Crawl, featuring sculptor Joel Parsons. |
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| Avenue Bank vice president wins Dean Institute Business with a Purpose MBA Scholarship
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/15/2012 April Britt, learning manager and vice president for Avenue Bank, has been selected to receive the Business with a Purpose full-tuition MBA scholarship, awarded by the Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and Integrity and the College of Business as a follow-up to the Dean Institute’s Leadership and Integrity Awards. |
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| Bookstore debuts new online ordering system for fall semester
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/13/2012 Students accustomed to getting a bacon-ranch sub sandwich out of the window at Sub Connection will now be getting an order of Accounting 101 with Chemistry 2 on the side. Through the bookstore's new online ordering system, students must order their books at lipscomb.textbooktech.com at least 24 hours before they pick them up in the new location. |
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| Campus comes alive Sunday, Aug. 12, as the 2012 freshmen arrive for QuestWeek
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/9/2012 From extra hands to haul stuff and free lunches to fun get-togethers and formal ceremonies, Lipscomb University worked hard to make new freshmen and transfer students feel welcomed and stress-free during the first days of fall semester 2012. |
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| Hutcheson Gallery features Cheekwood art, hand-picked by Dawn Whitelaw
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/6/2012 The John D. Hutcheson Gallery presents “Selections from Cheekwood,” curated by nationally known artist Dawn Whitelaw, through Sept. 26. The exhibit features 16 pieces selected from the 8,000-piece collection of American and contemporary paintings and sculpture held by the Cheekwood Museum of Art. |
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| For the second year, Lipscomb Academy grads enrolled in Lipscomb travel to England for first course
Janel Shoun-Smith 8/3/2012 Twenty-three incoming Lipscomb freshmen got the best first college class ever July 21- July 29 on an international trip to England with Lipscomb professors, staff and Lipscomb President Randy Lowry and Mrs. Rhonda Lowry. |
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| Lipscomb mourns loss of track and field standout Deery
Jamie Gilliam 8/2/2012 The Lipscomb University athletic department announced today that rising sophomore Matt Deery, a track and field standout, lost his life in an automobile accident in Upper Nazareth Township, Pa., on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 1. |
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| Youngblood brings lifelong love of nursing to Lipscomb program
Kim Chaudoin 7/30/2012 Beth Youngblood has wanted to be a nurse for as long as she can remember. As a child, she played teacher and nurse with her collection of stuffed animals. Determined that she wanted to pursue a career in nursing, Youngblood, at age 13, got a job helping out in a large Nashville obstetrics and gynecology practice. It was there that she fell in love with women’s health and the excitement that comes with expectant families. |
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| Mens hoops set to take on defending national champ Kentucky
Lipscomb Athletics 7/27/2012 For the first time since the 2005-06 season, the Lipscomb men’s basketball team is set to make a trip to Rupp Arena to face the defending national champion Kentucky Wildcats on Dec. 15. |
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| Tractor Supply Company CEO to speak at Aug. 22 Nashville Business Breakfast
Kim Chaudoin 7/24/2012 Jim Wright, chairman and chief executive officer for Tractor Supply Company (TSC), will be the featured speaker at Lipscomb University’s Nashville Business Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, in Allen Arena. Wright joined TSC as president and chief operating officer in November 2000. In 2004 he was named CEO and was appointed chairman in 2007. TSC is a 1,100-plus retail farm and ranch chain based in Nashville. |
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| Lipscomb choral director presents historical research at Library of Congress
Janel Shoun-Smith 7/23/2012 Not many people get the chance to present their research at the nation’s preeminent archive, the Library of Congress. But that is the opportunity that Lipscomb’s director of choruses got this summer when he attended the American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA) National Symposium on American Choral Music. |
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| Haney wins One Degree Away from Making a Difference video competition
Kim Chaudoin 7/20/2012 Cory Haney wants to make a difference in the world. He will be able to put his plan into action a little more easily with a full-tuition scholarship to Lipscomb’s graduate studies in business program at Lipscomb. He was announced July 20 as the winner of the ONE DEGREE AWAY FROM MAKING A DIFFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP Video Contest. |
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| Spivey appointed academic director for law, justice and society program
Kim Chaudoin 7/18/2012 Attorney Randy Spivey has been appointed academic director for Lipscomb University’s Institute for Law, Justice and Society (LJS). Spivey will expand the LJS curriculum and academic offerings as well as develop new programs for the institute. |
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| Veteran Services hosts Center for Deployment Psychology symposium on serving vets
Kim Chaudoin 7/7/2012 Lipscomb University’s Office of Veteran Services is hosting a symposium for university counselors and staff personnel featuring experts from the Center for Deployment Psychology (CPD) on Tuesday, July 31. The symposium will include clinical as well as non-clinical approaches to working with veterans and developing a better understanding of this unique population on college and university campuses. |
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| SEE Math workshop trains 72 Middle TN teachers in innovative math techniques and content
Janel Shoun-Smith 7/3/2012 Almost 75 teachers from Tennessee’s Robertson, Maury and Sumner counties, Lebanon city schools and the Metropolitan Nashville School System attended this year’s SEE-Math Institutes U, V and Y, two-week professional development seminars focused on making math relatable and fun for students. |
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| Yellow ribbon students reach the summit of Mount Rainier this past spring
Janel Shoun-Smith 6/29/2012 Lipscomb students Casey Campana and Benjamin Spencer, both part of the Yellow Ribbon scholarship program, rose to new heights this past spring when they went on their first mountain-climbing expedition: to the top of Mount Rainier, the fifth-highest mountain in the contiguous United States. |
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| College of Pharmacy receives full accreditation completing six years of hard work
Kim Chaudoin 6/28/2012 The Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, the first pharmacy college established in Middle Tennessee, has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). |
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