Lumination Newscast, April 10, 2015

In Lumination TV this week, anchors Tom Jones and Mignonne Bryant give us a look at Nashville and Lipscomb news from behind the desk. Katherine Harris takes us around the world in our world news segment, and Colleen Casner brings us up to date on all things entertainment. Chad Johnson takes us into the wonderful world of sports, and we’ll also give you a look into this week’s weather. Lipscomb’s Student Government Association recently held Presidential Debate. We’ll have the election results after reporter Leslie Newman gives us a look at this year’s debate sessions. Nashville has been a focal point for the potentially new, controversial AMP transit system. Carly Bergthold gives us the latest updates on the system and how it could impact you. Lipscomb students recently reached out to the community for a day of service. Mignonne Bryant gives us a look at some of the projects they participated in. Got any story ideas or events you would like us to cover? Contact our News Director...

Lumination Newscast, April 3, 2015

This week on Lumination TV, Chad Johnson and Brittnay Estes give you a look at local and Lipscomb news from behind the anchor desk. See what’s going on around the world with Mignonne Bryant and get updated on all things entertainment with Katherine Harris. Erin King brings you all the latest from the world of sports and Leslie Newman gives you a look into this week’s weather forecast. Lipscomb’s global learning program has recently made a new addition. Reporter Erin King brings you all the details on where Lipscomb students will be studying this upcoming school year. Lipscomb’s engineering department has also been doing some traveling. Leslie Newman gives us the story on the impact they’ve had overseas. The Bison community has been observing Easter in unique and creative ways throughout the week. Colleen Casner gives us a look at how students have been getting involved in the celebration. If you have any story ideas or events you would like covered, contact our news director at jjng@mail.lipscomb.edu, or our assistant news director at...

Communication and journalism students win big at SEJC

Several Lipscomb communication and journalism students took away Best of South awards at the Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta, Georgia last weekend. Lipscomb took home 13 awards in the competition, which included representatives from more than 30 universities. Lipscomb’s Best of South winners include: Carly Bergthold — 8th place, Best TV News Feature Reporter Logan Butts — 6th place, Best Sports Writer Michael Fox, Kyrsten Turner, Kathryn McKinley, Marlee Vogel, Brynn Watkins — 2nd place, Best Public Service Journalism Brianna Langley — 3rd place, Best News Writer Madeline Smith — 7th place, Best TV Hard News Reporter Erin Turner — 4th place, Best Press Photographer Brianne Welch — 4th place, Best TV Journalist Cory Woodroof — 1st place, Best Arts and Entertainment Writer Cory Woodroof — 5th place, Best Multimedia Journalist Cory Woodroof — 9th place, College Journalist of the Year In addition to the student awards, Lumination Radio and TV also placed: Lumination Radio — 4th place, Best Audio News Program Lumination Radio — 3rd place, Best College Radio Station Lumination TV — 4th place, Best College Video News Program A few of the students also competed in the on-site competitions. Three of those students took away awards: Sam Webb — 3rd place, Best Sports Photography Haleigh Ker — 2nd place, Best Radio News Reporting Cory Woodroof — 1st place, Best News...
Pyramid of character, details, performance and results is key to success, Stevens says

Pyramid of character, details, performance and results is key to success, Stevens says

“Goals are important. Having a vision is important. Commitment to the process is more important,” Butler men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens told the crowd at the fourth annual Don Meyer Evening of Excellence on April 14. And Stevens knows the significance behind not just winning, but figuring out what it takes to win. Character, Commitment to Details, Performance and Results – those are the levels of Stevens’ pyramid he has used each of the five years of his head coaching career at Butler to help his players remember to keep their priorities straight. In those five years, he’s managed to get his team two Final Four appearances. “You have to simplify things, but have to do a lot of work to before you can simplify things,” the two-time Horizon Coach of the Year said. With guidance from two notable coaches, Thad Matta and Todd Licklighter, Stevens learned he had to “think like a head coach every day,” and to “just be yourself.” On the bottom level of the pyramid, Stevens listed character as the most important attribute. “You can be humble, but you need to balance that with courage,” Stevens said. He said there have been seasons where the team has lost players to the NBA draft or graduation, and the younger players were not ready to “take the reins.” While the players may not have been physically or mentally prepared, near the season’s end, Stevens said the same players were playing with a courage that allowed them to “not care about anything and give everything.” The second level is preparation and attention to detail. “In basketball, we look at...

Lumination Newscast, April 13, 2012

This week on Lumination News, anchors Jessica Burke and TJ Ojehomon update you on everything from SGA elections to why the head coach of the Tennessee Titans visited Lipscomb’s campus.  Plus, Jameson Roper has the latest entertainment news, Ariel Jones gives the sports report and Hunter Patterson takes a look at this week’s weather.   Lumination Newscast, April 13, 2012 from lumination Network on...