by Mckenzi Harris | Jan 19, 2021 | News, News Slider
Today at the Lipscomb University virtual gathering Dr. Orpheus Heyward spoke. The university used the chapel to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and the importance of his work. This year, 3 students offered up three of Dr. Martin Luther King’s prayers. Amara Ukazim read ”Help us rise up out of our egotism.” Dorie Harrison read a prayer for uncertain times, “Love even our enemy neighbors.” Donovan Ross read, “We are made for the high places.” “In a climate like today, we need a balanced voice like Martin Luther King Jr,” said Dr. Orpheus Heyward. Dr. Heyward discussed how the world is facing much social injustice today and how the “heart of a racist can only be addressed for the perspective of God.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did a sermon out of luke chapter 10, verse 25, and following on the good samaritan. This was the parable that Dr. Heyward taught out of the chapel. “Jesus moved the conversation from who is my neighbor to what is a neighbor in the bible.” In the parable, God used a Samaritan as the hero of the story. Dr. Heyward related the samaritan to how we should act as well. Dr. Heyward answers the question of who should be treated as a neighbor by stating,“Anyone who’s in crisis” is who needs help from a neighbor. “We need people to behave as neighbors,” said Dr. Heyward,” Love as God loves.” Colleges such as Belmont, Fisk, Lipscomb, Meharry, Nashville State, Tennessee State University, Trevecca and Vanderbilt, as well as other area colleges and universities are honoring the life and legacy of...
by Erika Plunkett | Apr 10, 2020 | BREAKING NEWS, COVID-19, News Slider
Lipscomb’s College of Engineering is busy protecting essential personnel who are participating in the mortal battle against COVID-19. The Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering has created and donated over 400 plastic face shields to medical personnel in the Middle Tennessee Area, and there are nearly 200 more currently in production. Leading this operation is Lipscomb’s Peugeot Center for Engineering Service headed by Steve Sherman, executive director, and Caleb Meeks, director of operations, along with Samuel Wright, the college’s engineering laboratory manager. “Connecting engineering capabilities with those in greatest need has been at the core of our engineering college and of the Peugeot Center,” said David Elrod, dean of the College of Engineering. “In this season, we are excited to find both virtual ways of staying connected with many of our international mission partners and to find new ways of serving our local communities.” These shields serve to help protect medical workers in the line of duty by placing a plastic mask in between practitioner and patient, protecting the eyes, nose and mouth from direct oral transmission from a patient. The design utilized by the engineers is an open source design originally created by Georgia Institute of Technology. “We’re using a high power, automated, laser system in our innovation lab to cut out the components,” said Elrod. “Having the tools in the innovation lab lets us readily produce face shields to help local providers.” As safety of the medical personnel is of top priority to the engineers, during construction of the shields, staff is adhering to strict CDC guidelines, wearing gloves and masks as well as limiting the number...
by Mckenzi Harris | Aug 17, 2019 | Galleries, News Slider
Yesterday afternoon, students traveled to several locations around Nashville for service day, dressed up for “the Event” and attended a hypnotist show. Service day is when Quest leaders take students around Nashville to participate in clean-ups, organizing, entertainment and so many other things to serve the community around Nashville. Some of the places students served at were: Radnor lake, Project C.U.R.E., Glencliff High School, Habitat Re-Store, Rocketown, Shelby Bottoms, Southerland Place and many others. “The Event” is the black and white with a pop of color dinner where the Quest Team serves the students. There is live entertainment and a photo booth available at dinner as well. The hypnotist show by Brian Imbus has become a Quest Week staple through the years and guaranteed entertainment for all. Imbus brings students onto the stage to hypnotize them as well as offering the audience a chance to be hypnotized in their seats. Quest night two was full of entertainment and we’ve got another gallery full of it. « ‹ of 2 › »...
by Carly Reams | Mar 29, 2019 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s campus-wide Service Day on Wednesday gave students the opportunity to provide community service for up to 50 different organizations around Nashville. Over 3,000 hours of service were accumulated in just a day. Monroe Harding, a non-profit Nashville foster care service, was one of the service sites, which had approximately 20 Lipscomb students volunteer at it. One of the staff workers said the work those students accomplished would have taken him weeks. “I was surprised at how much work these students could do,” said Amy Bond, a foster-parent recruiter. “I gave them a task, and before I knew it, that task was completed. I was constantly finding other jobs we needed to get done.” Students at Monroe helped the non-profit with preparations to move out of their current location and into a new one. This included tasks from organizing paperwork to moving out furniture. Lipscomb Bible professor Earl Lavender was one of the leaders this year, and this wasn’t his first experience with Service Day. He said he has loved seeing the interactions of students and seeing how hard they work over the years. “Today was a great example,” Lavender said. “Everyone worked hard, and we did about three times as much as they expected. I wouldn’t have known about the mission they [Monroe Harding] were doing here if I had not come today and built the relationship we did.” As director of missional studies, Lavender said he is very interested in helping the community, noting he would love to see Lipscomb do a service day or even “service weekend” each semester. “And last year, I worked with Thrift...
by Quinn Gorte | Mar 26, 2019 | News Slider
Throughout this week, Lipscomb students have the opportunity to be more empowered physically, mentally and socially. March is women’s history month, and Lipscomb’s Office of Intercultural Development (OID) is celebrating by seeking to bring awareness and empowerment to all Lipscomb students. The OID is hosting its second Women’s Empowerment Week through Friday, March 29. Activities vary from a Zumba class to a panel on beauty standards. “We tried to get a variety of different events that can cater to different aspects of empowering women,” senior music/pre-med major Sarah Baxley said. Leslie Garcia, a senior who is president of Lipscomb’s Diverse Student Coalition and was a co-director for last year’s event, said this week will be beneficial for all students, not just women. “We want to empower female students, but we want to also equip all students to have a better understanding of the issues that affect our communities here in Nashville and globally,” Garcia said. “We believe that will make empathetic students, regardless of what identity you are.” Baxley said the goal of starting the Women’s Empowerment Week last year was to celebrate women’s history while encouraging women to encourage each other. “The idea was to have an event on campus that can give a space where women can talk about issues…and generally support each other and create an environment where we feel that we can support each other,” Baxley said. Last year, the OID had about 350 total students attend its Women’s Empowerment Week events, according to Garcia. This year, they’re hoping to have at least as many. “Because it was the week before spring break [last year], near...
