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| Lipscomb mourns the loss of freshman Liz LaVelle Lipscomb PR 07/29/2010 - Yesterday, Lipscomb sadly learned of the death of student Liz LaVelle, a 2009-2010 freshman from Germantown, Tennessee. Liz was killed in an auto accident as she was traveling to Nashville from the Memphis area on Wednesday. |
| Lipscomb's artists-in-residence Blackbird Theater presents Twilight of the Gods Janel Shoun 07/28/2010 - Mark Twain. H.G. Wells. Annie Oakley. Friedrich Nietzsche. These are just a few of the historical figures that convene and fatally collide in this new comedic thriller by alums Wes Driver and Greg Greene, presented by the new Blackbird Theater Company. |
| Education college, partners bring 120 to campus to envision Cameron success Janel Shoun 07/26/2010 - More than 120 people came to the Lipscomb University campus Tuesday, July 27, for a community forum and work session to envision a brighter future for one of Nashville's struggling public schools. |
| As Race to the Top vendor education college offers professional development Janel Shoun 07/24/2010 - Lipscomb University will help make every good teacher in Tennessee a great teacher as an approved Race to the Top vendor for professional development and leadership training for Tennessee’s school districts. Programs in conflict management, leadership development and enrichment in science, technology, engineering and math will be offered. |
| Hughes featured speaker at Whitland Avenue celebration Kim Chaudoin 07/23/2010 - Independence Day is a day for Americans to celebrate the founding of the United States with picnics and parades, concerts and fireworks. It is a day that is especially meaningful to David Hughes, a war veteran who served one tour of duty in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan as a Special Forces Officer. He was wounded by an IED in Afghanistan. It just also happens to be the day he was born. |
| Fine Arts Summer Academy invites the public to finale performance July 24 Janel Shoun 07/22/2010 - The Fine Arts Summer Academy culminates in a gala performance written and designed especially for those attending the camp. The Annie Moses Band and Lipscomb University invite you to attend this "Broadway-style extravaganza" which is free, open to the public. |
| Woodhouse shares insight into Cracker Barrel success with local business leaders Kim Chaudoin 07/22/2010 - Just about anyone who has taken a drive along an interstate in the South has seen a billboard enticing him to stop at a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Every week, more than 7,300 hungry travelers visit a Cracker Barrel. Michael A. Woodhouse, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, believes the reason this is such a popular dining destination is that the company has been in the business of “pleasing people for generations.” |
| Cracker Barrel CEO to headline Nashville Business Breakfast Kim Chaudoin 07/22/2010 - Michael A. Woodhouse, chairman, president and CEO of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. will be the featured speaker at Lipscomb University’s next Nashville Business Breakfast, a networking event highlighting a business leader with local economic impact, at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, in Allen Arena. |
| Lipscomb will host eight Nashville Symphony concert weekends this fall Janel Shoun 07/20/2010 - Lipscomb's Allen Arena and Collins Auditorium will host five performances in the Nashville Symphony's 2010-2011 season featuring guest artists such as Jewel and Michael McDonald and the music of Gershwin. |
| Summer Celebration 2010 draws thousands from across nation to worship, fellowship Janel Shoun 07/02/2010 - Thousands of families from across the nation descended on the Lipscomb University campus June 30 for Summer Celebration, the university’s annual lecture series and family festival. |
| Liberal arts and science profs collaborate on unique learning community in the desert Janel Shoun 07/01/2010 - Five Lipscomb professors who collaborated to create a desert learning community this spring have been selected by the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL) to make a presentation on their innovative project at the society's annual conference in the fall. |
| McGee wins American Volleyball Coaches Association writing award Kim Chaudoin 07/01/2010 - Mark McGee, senior publisher and director of athletics media relations, was recently named an American Volleyball Coaches Association Grant Burger Award Sports Information Director Honoree NCAA Division I – South Region for his promotion of the Lady Bison Volleyball Team during the 2009-10 season. |
| Lipscomb University Racquet Club offers free memberships for summer months Janel Shoun 06/30/2010 - The Lipscomb University Racquet Club, located at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center on the Lipscomb University campus, will offer free complementary memberships to the community good from July 1 to Sept. 11. |
| Wilson rescues neighbors during May flood Chris Pepple 06/29/2010 - Nick and Leigh Ann Nail will always remember Sunday, May 2, 2010, as the day they were rescued by boat as Nashville experienced historic flooding. As waters rose quickly around the city, their home on General Bate Drive near the Lipscomb campus became surrounded. Nick Nail moved a family car to a nearby friend’s house only to return to rushing, waist-deep water in his driveway. As he began to feel overwhelmed, he spotted Lipscomb alum and staff member Jeff Wilson (’90) with several friends using a boat to rescue another neighbor. |
| Nashville Symphony comes to Lipscomb campus in June and July Janel Shoun 06/27/2010 - Lipscomb University joined hands with the Nashville Symphony and the Grand Ole Opry after the May floods to ensure that both continued to provide five-star performances throughout the summer. |
| Scholarly Expertise Janel Shoun 06/25/2010 - Lipscomb faculty have been recognized across the nation for excellence in business ethics, curriculum development, scientific research and more. |
| College of Business students recognized for socially responsible business practices Janel Shoun 06/24/2010 - The SIFE team recently earned the “Rookie of the Year Award” at the SIFE national championship, and accounting students in the VITA program were praised by the Woodbine Community Center. |
| IMPACT teens donate more than $14,000 to local flood victims, African hungry Janel Shoun 06/24/2010 - Six families in flood-stricken Bellevue and the hungry in Africa benefited this year from the generosity of the 2,500 teens attending IMPACT, June 18-26, on the Lipscomb campus. |
| Lipscomb wins Atlantic Sun All-Academic trophy Lipscomb Athletics 06/23/2010 - Lipscomb boasted seven spring teams with at least 70 percent of the student-athletes achieving at least a 3.0 grade-point average helping the Bisons win their first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Trophy, the conference office announced on Tuesday, June 22. |
| Summer Celebration offers 100+ sessions, fireworks and spiritual family fun Janel Shoun 06/18/2010 - Five keynote sessions with spiritual leaders from across the nation, a concert series, a full slate of activities for teens and children and the opportunity to celebrate Independence Day with worship, fellowship and fireworks are just a few of the offerings at this year's Summer Celebration. |
| Lipscomb will replace diplomas lost in May floods 06/18/2010 - In the wake of the May 2010 floods in Nashville, Lipscomb University partnered with Service International, local congregations and the City of Nashville to provide clean-up volunteers, free counseling and a Red Cross shelter during the worst of the crisis. Lipscomb is also working with alumni to replace lost diplomas. |
| One year after Tennessee law, future lawyers explore texting while driving at Law Camp Janel Shoun 06/16/2010 - Teens attending Law Camp, July 5-9, got an up-close-and-personal experience with the legal issues surrounding texting while driving through drafting their own legislation and researching and arguing their own vehicular homicide case. |
| Pharmacy professor's protein research published in the journal Nature Janel Shoun 06/14/2010 - Lipscomb University Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Joe Deweese, Ph.D., has been published by the journal Nature, the weekly, interdisciplinary journal of science. |
| College of Business announces new Master of Human Resources degree program Janel Shoun 06/12/2010 - Middle Tennessee human resources professionals can now take advantage of a new Master's of Human Resources degree that offers a unique conflict management curriculum and can be completed on alternating weekends in one year. |
| Bison pitcher drafted by Cincinnati Reds Lipscomb Athletics 06/10/2010 - Lipscomb right-handed pitcher Josh Smith was drafted in the 21st round by the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday afternoon in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. |
