by Hunter Patterson | Apr 16, 2012 | News Slider
Earlier this semester, Tennessee’s governor, Bill Haslam, jump-started the “now that you ask…” series with Tom Ingram. The governor’s wife, Crissy Haslam, will join Ingram in the next edition of the series, Tuesday, April 17. Tennessee’s First Lady, Crissy Haslam, introduced a three-part initiative that focuses on the interplay between family engagement and literacy improvement in Tennessee. She has been traveling the state to stress the importance of parents as first teachers, parents as education partners, and also to raise awareness for the exponential value of reading at grade level by the third grade. Born in Houston, Texas, Haslam moved with her family to Memphis, Tennessee, when she was 8-years-old. She graduated from Emory University in 1980 with a double major in finance and marketing in the College of Business. Crissy married Bill Haslam and moved to Knoxville in 1981. While working as the assistant director of admissions for UT-Knoxville, she received a Master of Science degree in Education in the program of College Student Personnel. She has served on numerous civic and community boards, and currently serves as chair of the Tennessee Executive Residence Foundation and Commission. The “now that you ask…” conversation series is hosted by Tom Ingram, the man called the “most influential person in Tennessee politics who does not hold elected office.” The series brings Ingram’s bipartisan, common sense approach to government and politics straight to the table with discussions and debates featuring guests from across the business and political worlds. Ingram, founder of The FIRST Group in Washington, D.C. and The Ingram Group in Nashville, was appointed a leader-in-residence at the Andrews Institute for...
by Hunter Patterson | Feb 27, 2012 | News Slider
Lipscomb Dining is adding a little European taste to the Bison flavor by inviting an international chef to take over Lipscomb University’s food services for two days. With the help of Lipscomb Chefs Anthony Bates and Darry Huntsman, Chef Tomo Irsic of Slovenia, Europe, will prepare authentic European meals at the Lipscomb University’s Bison Café located in the Bennett campus from Monday, Mar. 5 to Tuesday, Mar. 6. There will also be a special VIP meet-and-greet with Chef Irsic on Mar. 5 from 11am- 1pm in the Allen Arena Hall of Fame room. Chef Irsic, Executive Chef with Sodexo Dining in Slovenia, will visit the university for two days to prepare several of his signature dishes for the Lipscomb students, faculty and staff. Chef Irsic is thrilled to present his recipes in the U.S. and share some Slovenian cuisine with our southern culture. Some of the planned meals include: roast duck, caesarean prazenec, prekmurian stew, trout fillet with rosemary, octopus salad, vegetarian spinach noodles and 20 other entree and dessert foods. Chef Irsic is traveling to Nashville as part of Sodexo’s Global Chef program. Lipscomb was chosen as one of only 30 universities throughout the United States to host an international chef. This prestigious program is designed to honor clients and showcase Sodexo’s finest chefs. The global chefs come from North America, South America, Europe and Asia and the program allows Sodexo to share talents, tips and tastes from different cultures around the world. About The International Guest Chef Chef TOMO IRŠIČ comes from Pohorje Styria in northeast Slovenia. Cooking authentic, traditional food from his native country is his...
