Lumination’s Top 10 Stories of 2014

Happy New Year, Lumination readers! Now that the new year’s resolutions have been made and the first day of 2015 is here, we want to take a hop back in time to look at some of Lipscomb’s biggest moments of 2014. Before we get to the top 10 stories, we want to take a moment to honor those we lost in 2014. Alumni Andrew Nash, Anastasia Sloan, Meghan Day and Jacob Akers, and associate professor of pharmacy practice Kim Barker and longtime faculty member Earl Dennis all passed away. As we begin a new year, we would like to keep those listed and their families in our thoughts and prayers. Quite a few stories made it close to the top 10. They include a few annual events, special guests and people in new positions of leadership. In December, Amy Grant hosted the tenth annual Lighting of the Green in Allen Arena. This year, a scholarship was created in Grant’s honor. During the spring, the fifth annual Charlie Daniels’ Scholarship for Heroes concert brought country music stars and fundraising to Allen Arena once again. Also in 2014, the Dove Awards returned to Lipscomb for its 46th ceremony. In November, the Lipscomb community came together at one of Nashville’s premier venues: The Ryman. Nashville’s Charles Esten joined the program “Lipscomb: On a New Stage,” and even performed a few tunes, too. Also in 2014, Lipscomb welcomed Darrin Bellows as the new director of security and safety and Josh Roberts as the new dean of student development. In April, Drew Watson was elected as the new SGA president. 10. Dana Carpenter wins national award In October, Dana Carpenter took home...

Junior Trevor Gormley uses skills to shine positive light on finance industry

Very few individuals can claim that they are an expert on a certain matter. Even fewer can say that they are enough of an expert that they were granted the opportunity to share their knowledge with the rest of the world on national television. California native and finance major Trevor Gormley had this opportunity during his sophomore year at Lipscomb. He was asked to do be part of a roundtable discussion about the performance of retail investments. Now that he is a junior, Gormley will be interview by CNBC again in the near future. Gormley’s interest was sparked when a chain of events occurred after his father lost his business. Gormley says that finance has a fast-paced environment that is exhilarating, a kind of mindset he says is needed for someone who would want to embark upon such a competitive field. “I would say it has changed my life, it has forced me to work harder than the person next to me to be the best inside and outside of the world of business.” Gormley said. His next appearance will be on the Closing Bell, a CNBC show that resolves around the topic of the New York Stock Exchange, with the topic of conversation being based on consumer sentiment. His analysis will go into the intrinsic value of Tesla (TSLA) and GoPro (GPRO). With many opportunities popping up, Gormley has made an effort to create short and long term goals. One of Gormley’s short term goals is to be involved in investment banking with a concentration in merger acquisition and initial public offerings. For a long term goal, Gormley...