Lipscomb faculty and administrators recognized for excellence, expertise in 2010

 

In December, President L. Randolph Lowry was interviewed by several national media outlets due to his lifelong experience as a conflict mediator. Click here for video.

 

On Tuesday, Jan. 4, on CNN Lowry was interviewed about compromise and conflict management between President Obama and the newly seated Congress. In the Wednesday, Jan. 5, edition of the Washington Examiner , Lowry commented on the art of compromise in an article about President Obama working with Republicans on Capitol Hill. The Washington Examiner is a newspaper that covers news around Washington, D.C. and its suburbs in Virginia and Maryland.

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In addition, Lowry was one of seven Middle Tennesseans featured by The Tennessean in its Christmas Day edition as a peacemaker. The article focuses on his ability to find common ground through listening, communication and understanding. "Peace is not the absence of conflict," he said. "Peace is that ability to deal with conflict."

 

 

 

 

Danny Taylor, senior vice president for finance and administration, was named 2010 CFO of the year for a nonprofit organization by the Nashville Business Journal in October. Taylor was selected from among five finalists representing other Nashville nonprofits including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville Electric Service, Brightstone Inc. and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Taylor was appointed as Lipscomb’s chief financial officer in November 2000, and has been at our financial helm during a period of tremendous growth. During his decade-long tenure, the university grew more than at any time in its previous

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Kathy Hargis, director of risk management, has been inducted as the secretary for the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA). The association is an international nonprofit advancing effective risk management principles and practices in institutions of higher education.

 

 

 

 

The Department of Communication and Journalism executive-in-residence Debi Taylor Tate participated in an Alliance for Women in Media Foundation’s conference “Honoring the Women of the FCC: Past and Present.” Tate, an FCC commissioner from 2006 to 2009, taught communication law in the fall 2010 semester. The conference, held in Washington D.C. in November, was also sponsored by the American University’s Women & Politics Institute.

 

 

 

 

In 2010, the Lipscomb Provost’s Office established a University Research Professor designation. Professor of History Tim Johnson has been named the first Lipscomb University Research Professor. The designation is awarded to a full professor who has proven his expertise through scholarship, research and published works. During his time at Lipscomb, Johnson has published five books and 20 articles on varying aspects of early American military and political history. The University Research Professor designation provides Johnson with a lighter teaching load and financial incentive to continue his scholarly research and excellent publishing record.

 

In addition, Johnson was a featured speaker at the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s Signature Event: The Coming of the War, held Nov. 12. Johnson spoke on “Tennessee’s Once and Future Military Leaders.” The Coming of the War was the first of a five-year series of events across the state designed to promote, fund and preserve the complete story of Tennessee’s involvement in the Civil War and the war’s legacy.