by Erin Turner | Jan 1, 2015 | News Slider, Sports
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...
by Logan Butts | Aug 6, 2014 | News Slider
During their August board meeting, the Lipscomb University board of trustees approved two new colleges and a new graduate program. The College of Entertainment and Arts and the College of Computing and Information Technology will be bringing together existing programs to form two new colleges. The computing, informatics and information security programs will be coming together to form the College of Computing and Information Technology, while the College of Arts and Entertainment will consist of the classical art, music, theatre and film programs. The two new colleges will be joining the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Bible and Ministry, Business, Education, Engineering, Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Professional Studies, bringing the school’s total number of colleges to nine. Lipscomb is also launching a 27-month physician’s assistant master’s degree program. The program begins in January of 2015 and will include a 15-month clinical rotation. In addition to the two new colleges and new graduate program, the university also announced the formation of a new School of Public Policy and Civic Leadership. The school will offer the student a master’s degree in a number of areas of emphasis. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
