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 Jesica Parsley | Oct 16, 2014 | News Slider
Lipscomb English professor Dana Carpenter won the 2014 Claymore Award, which has earned her a fast track to debuting as an author. Carpenter knew she wanted to be writer since she was a little girl. However, she wanted to have a more stable career, so Carpenter earned her Ph.D in English. Carpenter teaches creative writing and American literature at Lipscomb. About two years ago, Carpenter was preparing for a sabbatical. She planned to write a novel during that time. A character named Mouse, who is the main character of her novel Bohemian Gospel, had been in her head for a while. She started writing, and within six weeks, she had a 400-page novel. It took a year for Carpenter to complete the process of editing and finding an agent. The Bohemian Gospel manuscript was sent to several publishers, but no one wanted to take a chance on a first-time author. In August, Carpenter entered Bohemian Gospel into the Killer Nashville conference. Killer Nashville is a writer’s conference for new writers to get their manuscripts into the publishing world, and it is the third largest conference in the nation for thriller and mystery writers. At the conference, Carpenter took home the top prize, the Claymore Award. By September, she sold her book to Pegasus Books. “I went home and emailed my agent to tell her I had won the award,” Carpenter said. “She emailed some editors at publishing houses we hadn’t heard from yet. Suddenly, there was a flurry of activity, and everyone wanted the book.” Bohemian Gospel is set in 13th century Bohemia, which is what we would call...
