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| Teacher prep program named one of four best in nation
Kim Chaudoin 6/18/2013 The Lipscomb University College of Education’s teacher preparation program was named one of the top four in the nation, along with Vanderbilt, Ohio State and Furman universities, in a National Council of Teacher Quality’s Teacher Prep Review released June 18. |
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| Campus buzzes with career-focused academic summer camp for youngsters
Janel Shoun-Smith 6/17/2013 Each year Lipscomb University hosts a variety of academic camps for middle and high schoolers interested in various career fields such as health care, journalism, forensic science, robotics and law. Students from across the nation attend these camps, designed to give youngsters a peek inside their potential future job. |
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| Free Independence Day celebration, fireworks set for July 2
Kim Chaudoin 6/17/2013 Independence Day comes a little early as Lipscomb University celebrates the holiday with its annual free festival Tuesday, July 2 from 4:30-9:30 p.m. in the Allen Arena Mall area. |
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| Long-term healthcare costs for aging topic of School of TransformAging® conference
Kim Chaudoin 6/14/2013 Attorneys along with insurance, financial services and long-term care professionals will come together to discuss “Navigating Healthcare Costs for Elders” at Lipscomb University June 20. |
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| Andrews Institute brings leaders together for Transit Citizen Leadership Academy
Kim Chaudoin 6/13/2013 Middle Tennessee community leaders will be meeting over the next two months to learn about regional transit needs and options as the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee and Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership launch the fourth Transit Citizen Leadership Academy (TCLA). |
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| ADVANCE helps incoming freshmen prepare for college life
Sarah McGee 6/10/2013 For incoming freshman at Lipscomb University, college normally doesn’t feel “real” until they attend ADVANCE. ADVANCE is a summer orientation program for incoming freshman. This year, the two-day program is offered June 13-14, July 8-9 and Aug. 12-13 for incoming freshmen and their parents during the month of June, July and August. It’s an important program for the students, as well as the parents. |
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| Voting underway for graduate business online video competition
Kim Chaudoin 6/10/2013 Voting begins today in a competition that will lead to one social-minded entrepreneur receiving a full-tuition scholarship, worth up to $42,300, through the Lipscomb University College of Business Degrees of Difference Full Scholarship Video Competition. |
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| Whistleblowers John Dean, Weston Smith and lawyer Ken Starr highlight Christian Scholars' Conference 2013
Janel Shoun-Smith 6/10/2013 John Dean, former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon and one of the major players in the historic Watergate scandal, was one of three preeminent speakers at the 33rd annual Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference hosted by Lipscomb University on June 6-8. |
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| Key Watergate player John Dean speaks at CSC on scandal’s ethical legacy
Janel Shoun-Smith 6/10/2013 The 33rd annual Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference at Lipscomb University wrapped up Saturday with a talk by a man who faced one of the most famous ethical dilemmas in history. |
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| HealthSouth whistleblower Weston Smith highlights business ethics focus at CSC
Janel Shoun-Smith 6/7/2013 A focus on business ethics infused day two of the 33rd annual Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference, as national leaders in the field made presentations in various forums. |
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| Charles Mathewes, Ken Starr highlight first day of Christian Scholars' Conference
Janel Shoun-Smith 6/7/2013 The 33rd annual Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference began its 2013 program on Thursday with an impressive line-up of faith and thought leaders. |
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| Former Bison tapped as Rockies closing pitcher
Kim Chaudoin 6/6/2013 Rex Brothers, former Bison baseball standout from 2006-2009, has just been named the Colorado Rockies closing pitching while veteran Rafael Betancourt is on the 15-day disabled list. |
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| Students, faculty recognized for excellence in the spring 2013 semester
Janel Shoun-Smith 5/31/2013 From winning cash for designing a mobile app for office workers to order lunch to testifying before congressmen on the cost of college, both Lipscomb students and faculty were impacting the world on a local, state and national scale this past spring semester. |
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| Talbert first Lady Bison to qualify for NCAA track and field finals in school history
Ryan Hilgemann 5/30/2013 Madi Talbert, a freshman from Charlotte, N.C., became the first Lady Bison track and field athlete to qualify for the NCAA Nationals last weekend when she crushed the school record in the 3000-meter steeplechase. She crossed the finish line in 10:11.21. The NCAA finals will be held in Eugene, Oregon June 5-8. |
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| Haslam addresses Girls State assembly in a packed Collins Auditorium
Sarah McGee 5/28/2013 In only a week, the young women who are attending Girls State are learning lessons that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. The American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girls State is a recurring event on the campus of Lipscomb University. Girls State has been coming to Lipscomb’s campus for around four years now. |
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| Lipscomb professor's art can be viewed in Nashville's new Music City Center
Janel Shoun-Smith 5/23/2013 Two of Art Chair Warren Greene’s works are among the $2 million in art displayed in the nation’s newest convention center, toured by more than 15,000 people during the grand opening festivities on May 19. |
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| Maltez has experience of a lifetime as partner for country music star Trace Adkins
Kim Chaudoin 5/24/2013 Sometimes dreams come true in the most unexpected ways. Maureen Maltez’s dream of becoming noticed as a singer was fulfilled much more quickly than she ever thought and in a way that she never imagined that it would. |
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| Construction projects part of summer activity on campus
Kim Chaudoin 5/23/2013 Cranes, construction trucks and hard hats will be a common site on the Lipscomb campus the next few months as a number of construction and renovation projects are underway this summer. |
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| College of Education launches new program for students with intellectual disabilities
Kim Chaudoin 5/22/2013 A door to a new educational option has been opened for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities as a result of a recent $100,000 grant awarded to Lipscomb University’s College of Education (COE) from the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities. This summer, the College of Education will launch IDEAL (Igniting the Dream of Education and Access at Lipscomb), a program that will offer a two-year academic certificate experience to an initial cohort of up to six students with intellectual disabilities. Classes will begin January 2014. Lipscomb is the first Christian university in Tennessee to offer such a program. |
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| Christian practice grad program combines theological training, professional goals
Kim Chaudoin 5/22/2013 Lipscomb University’s College of Bible and Ministry is offering an innovative new graduate program that combines theological training with studies in other academic areas. The new Master of Arts degree in Christian practice will begin in August. |
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| Alexander to lead Bison basketball program
Jamie Gilliam, Kim Chaudoin 5/18/2013 Lipscomb Athletic Director Philip Hutcheson announced May 18 that Nashville native Casey Alexander has been hired as the 18th head coach of the Lipscomb University men’s basketball program. Bringing 18 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience in the Atlantic Sun Conference to the storied Bison program, Alexander takes over the reins of the Lipscomb program after a two-year stint at Stetson University, where he led the Hatters to a third-place finish in the A-Sun standings. |
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| New Master of Arts degree in Film and Creative Media first of kind in Nashville
Janel Shoun-Smith 5/17/2013 Lipscomb University announces the creation of a Master of Arts in Film and Creative Media, the university’s first academic major in film and a graduate program unlike any other film program in Nashville |
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| Elementary school receives state, national energy education award
Kim Chaudoin 5/16/2013 Lipscomb Academy Elementary School was announced as a national award winner for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project’s 33rd Annual Youth Awards for Energy Achievement at a special ceremony May 6 at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville. |
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| Lipscomb community mourns the loss of longtime business professor
Kim Chaudoin 5/14/2013 Patty Landon Dugger had quite a reputation at one time in the Tennessee Governor’s office. No, she didn’t have a reputation as a dissatisfied constituent or a lobbyist. Rather, she was legendary for training the best office administrators in the area. Today, the Lipscomb community is mourning the loss of Dugger, longtime business faculty member and director of the Lifelong Learning Program, who died May 13 at the age of 80 following a lengthy illness. |
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| Alumnus of the Year, TriStar Summit Medical Center CEO Jeff Whitehorn, honored at commencement
Kim Chaudoin 5/15/2013 Jeff Whitehorn, chief executive officer of Nashville’s TriStar Summit Medical Center, was named Lipscomb University’s 2013 Alumnus of the Year and was honored at Lipscomb’s spring commencement on May 4, where he will address graduates and their families. |
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