Board of trustees approves new colleges, program

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...