by Cory Woodroof | Dec 14, 2013 | News Slider
As another semester came to a close this week, another group of Lipscomb students walked across the stage in Allen Arena Saturday afternoon to receive their diplomas. Lipscomb University’s December commencement ceremony honored the 414 students earning their undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees. The number of honorees at Saturday’s commencement is a fall record for the university. University president Randy Lowry mentioned the special feeling that accompanies graduation day. “There was a day, two, three, four, five, six years ago that was a day of great anticipation, and today, we have the end of that experience – a day of great celebration,” Lowry said. Areas of degree study ranged from a doctoral degree in Learning Organization and Strategic Change to a bachelor’s degree of Social Work. During the ceremony, Lipscomb alum David J. Clayton was honored as the Young Alumnus of the Year, while history professor Richard Goode was honored with the Kopio Award. Associate professor and academic chair of the nutrition department Autumn Marshall led the university’s Alma Mater. Lumination Photo Editor Whitney Jarreld and regular contributors Ariel Jones and Monaih Sam were among those to receive diplomas. Visit the university’s website for stories about three of Saturday’s...
by Sydney Poe | Dec 1, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
In the final Lumination Newscast of the 2013-2014 school year, Carter Sanderson and Kelly Dean are behind the news desk to update you about what is happening on campus and around the Nashville community. Whitney Jarreld fills you in on the week’s top world news headlines, Ariel Jones give the scoop on all things with Nashville entertainment, Joe Sanderson gives you the weather forecast and Monaih Sam brings you up to speed with sports. This week, we’ll show you the latest updates around campus, give you the latest updates on the Lighting of the Green and tell you how to stay in shape through the holiday season. We’ll also bring you highlights from the Lady Bisons game against Belmont, tell you what you may not know about the men’s cross country championship season and catch up with a Bison who is breaking her way into the music business. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here on...
by Sydney Poe | Nov 21, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
You’ll be hearing more than music through the Lumination Radio airwaves this winter. Lipscomb’s official, student-run radio station has partnered with Lipscomb Athletics to broadcast the Lady Bisons basketball home games for the 2013-2014 season. The broadcast feature a play-by-play commentator, a color commentator and a sideline reporter. The broadcast will also consist of people running audio and providing score updates back in the studio at that the radio station, located at the Ezell Center. “We have a play-by-play commentator, a color commentator, a courtside reporter, as well as in-studio analysis by one or two individuals there as well as an audio engineer for the broadcast,” said Lumination Radio Program Director Thomas Jones. “We’re basically just doing a normal broadcast just like you would see on TV, but for radio.” The broadcast team is made up of volunteers from around the department of communication and journalism at Lipscomb. Some of the volunteers include students Monaih Sam, Brittnay Estes, Jesica Parsley, TJ Ojehomon, Charlie Bateman and Brianne Welch. Jones will be joined by senior admissions recruiter and adjunct communications professor Aaron Burtch, who will help the on-air talent with their duties. Butch has spent time as a sports anchor in Texas and as a broadcast producer for the Detroit Pistons basketball team. Click the ‘Listen Live’ icon to tune into Lady Bisons home basketball...
by Cory Woodroof | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: Today, we take a moment to pause and remember what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. Here are stories from five of our Lumination contributors, reflecting on where they were 12 years ago. Ariel Jones I was 10. I didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary to happen that day. I wasn’t even in the right classroom because I think my actual teacher was still in New Zealand. I remember attempting to figure out some sort of work that I was given to do when one of the elementary teachers came in and took my fill-in teacher aside. I didn’t really pay too much attention, since teachers sometimes floated in and out of classes, to whisper “secrets” as we in my class fondly labeled. The eighth-grade teacher then wheeled his TV into the classroom. He turned it on to some channel, shushed the class. Aand there it was. A tall building on fire and people running around screaming, covered in what looked to be dust to me. I didn’t know what I was seeing at first. I thought it was a movie and wondered why he would show us something like this. One of my classmates hollered out, asking what was on TV. My teacher said, “They bombed the Twin Towers…they bombed America…” Someone bombed America? At that moment, I wanted to go home. I wanted to snatch my little brother out of his third-grade class and demand for my dad to pick us up. Within the next hour, parents were picking up their kids. I don’t exactly remember how long it took my dad to get us, but it seemed like...
by Michael Fox | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lipscomb’s Yellow Ribbon program has blessed a lot of military lives since it began in 2009. The program started off with 20 military veterans and now has reached to over 150. One student, Sam Schoenheit, shared his story, inspiring the lives of many here at Lipscomb. Schoenheit attended basic training in summer 2003. At the Marine Corps boot camp, he was indoctrinated into the Marine Recon — the Marine Corps’ most elite fighting force. Schoenheit served two combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. While conducting operations in Afghanistan, he was wounded on duty when a bullet fragmented into his brain. “I stayed in the fight for about 45 minutes before I took one,” Schoenheit recalled. “I woke up in Bethesda Naval hospital with a full right side stroke, and that’s when I realized that my journey to recover was going to be a long ways away.” While unconscious, former President George W. Bush personally awarded Schoenheit the Purple Heart. He was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his combat services. Schoneheit’s recovery has been miraculous, and he is continuing to progress. “My only missing piece is the right hand hasn’t come back yet,” Schoenheit said. “The shoulder movement and stiffness in my forearm … just awkward and clumsy.” We thank Schoenheit for his services, and we are blessed that he chose to be a Bison. For more of Schoenheit’s story, watch this video by Monaih Sam....
