http://www.lipscomb.edu http://www.lipscomb.edu/images/0511/lu_logo_official.jpg http://www.lipscomb.edu The Latest News from Lipscomb University Copyright 2012 Copyright 2010 Lipscomb University VitasiteMVC RSS 1.0 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24273 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24273 Responding to the need for leadership training for women at all stages of their careers, Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership and CABLE, a professional networking organization for women, will launch the first CABLE Leadership Academy on Saturday, May 19. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:40 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24267 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24267 Lipscomb University Athletic Director Philip Hutcheson has announced that Greg Brown has been named the fourth head coach in the history of the women’s basketball program. Brown, 41, was the associate women's basketball coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is a former assistant for Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt. He has spent the last five seasons at UCF, helping lead the Knights to two Conference USA championships in 2009 and 2011, resulting in two NCAA berths. Wed, 16 May 2012 18:09:16 GMT Lipscomb Athletics http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24265 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24265 Lipscomb University presents the 2012 Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars Conference on June 7-9. The conference will host 500 theologians and faith leaders from over 100 different universities. Five special events open to the general public will explore the reconciliation theme with nationally known speakers, film and theatre. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:25:51 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24263 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24263 Nationally recognized education veteran Jonathan Sheahen has been named Lipscomb Academy elementary school principal in a joint announcement from L. Randolph Lowry, Lipscomb university president, and Mike Hammond, university vice president and Lipscomb Academy headmaster Tue, 15 May 2012 22:06:32 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24237 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24237 The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership will host “A League of Their Own,” May 24 on the Lipscomb campus. Proceeds from the event will benefit Davis’ institute, the only research-based organization of its kind working within the media and entertainment industry and the Andrews Institute’s collaboration with Geena Davis and Nashville Public Television (NPT) for a new Citizen Leadership Academy for women and girls. Sun, 13 May 2012 16:31:31 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24224 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24224 Fourteen students and staff lost more than 110 pounds in the campus recreation department's annual Biggest Loser competition. To keep up the momentum, the department is offering faculty and staff $1 fitness classes throughout the summer. Sat, 12 May 2012 22:19:29 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24235 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24235 For the past four years, Lipscomb University has been home to 26 students from Madagascar, the largest group of such students at a university in the United States. In the fall of 2008, these students enrolled at Lipscomb after a rigorous selection process through which they earned the opportunity for a college degree paid for by the Malagasy government. On Saturday, May 5, these students walked across the stage to receive their college degrees from Lipscomb University. Former president of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana and Madagascar’s former ambassador to the U.S. Jocelyn Radifera sent messages to the graduating students and the Lipscomb community to mark the occasion. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:51:09 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24216 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24216 Lipscomb University announces the creation of four new master’s programs, all in rapidly emerging fields in the Tennessee job market. The new Masters of Science in Information Technology Management, Engineering Management, Biomolecular Science and Marriage and Family Therapy are all currently enrolling students. Mon, 7 May 2012 21:15:57 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24192 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24192 For the past four years, Lipscomb University has been home to 26 students from Madagascar, the largest group of such students at a university in the United States. In the fall of 2008, these students enrolled at Lipscomb after a rigorous selection process through which they earned the opportunity for a college degree paid for by the Malagasy government. On Saturday, these students will walk across the stage to receive their college degrees from Lipscomb University. Fri, 4 May 2012 21:50:18 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24176 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24176 Lipscomb University will graduate its third Fulbright Scholar in six years on Saturday, May 5, when Bethany Eldridge, a law, justice and society (LJS) major from Henderson, Tenn., receives her degree. Thu, 3 May 2012 21:58:04 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24172 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24172 Lipscomb University’s College of Pharmacy will set a historic milestone for the university Saturday, May 5, when it awards doctoral degrees for the first time in the institution’s history. The pharmacy graduates will receive the first doctorate degrees awarded at Lipscomb University at spring commencement held at 3 p.m. in Allen Arena. Thu, 3 May 2012 19:24:54 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24160 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24160 Lipscomb’s first graduating pharmacy class, the Class of 2012, celebrated the first of several graduation milestones Monday with a short ceremony presenting a new benchmark installed in the floor of the Burton Health Sciences Building lobby. Tue, 1 May 2012 20:16:13 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24159 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24159 Lipscomb University hosted a private reception April 28 after a special performance of Prairie Home Companion in Nashville, where Lipscombites got to meet famed host Garrison Keillor. Tue, 1 May 2012 18:08:38 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24147 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24147 Lipscomb University’s College of Education, noted as one of the best in the state at preparing teachers based on the results of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Teacher Preparation Program Report Card, announces its new Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation that will focus on improving teacher performance and student outcomes throughout Tennessee with a particular emphasis on teacher and leader development in turn-around schools and rural school systems. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:39:28 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24130 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24130 Lipscomb University’s Institute for Sustainable Practice recently announced the winners of the 2012 Sustainable Business Leadership Awards. Winners were recognized as part of Lipscomb’s fifth annual Sustainable Business Summit, a two-day summit that brought together leading voices in the field of sustainable business practices last month. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:51:11 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24128 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24128 Lipscomb University’s College of Education (COE) hosted more than 100 Nashville second-graders and eighth-graders to campus last week (April 20), to give them a real-life vision of the goal they are working toward: a college education. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:40:13 GMT Janel Shoun-Smith http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24125 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24125 Lipscomb University and Nashville State Community College (NSCC) are partnering to offer a dual admission program that helps give community college students a lower-cost option for completing a four-year degree. Lipscomb is the only private college in Tennessee to date making this available to community college students. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:09:04 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24105 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24105 A standing-room only crowd of more than 5,000 people helped Lipscomb mark several historic milestones during spring 2012 commencement Saturday, May 5, in Allen Arena. The ceremony marked the largest graduating class in Lipscomb’s history as the university awarded 542 degrees to May graduates and 134 degrees to August graduates to 627 participants. More graduate-level students—197—graduated than in any previous spring semester. The Class of 2012 also included the largest-ever class in nursing and in the bachelor’s in business and sustainability programs. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:24:12 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24142 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24142 Lipscomb University’s College of Education (COE), a known leader and innovator in education in the state of Tennessee, recently received reaccreditation and approval of 22 new or revised teacher education programs by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), a national agency dedicated to improving student learning by improving the quality of teacher education. During the NCATE accreditation site visit earlier this month, the College of Education’s 18 revised teacher licensure programs and four new programs were approved with no areas for improvement cited. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:38:21 GMT Kim Chaudoin http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24096 http://www.lipscomb.edu/news/Filter/Item/0/24096 Lipscomb University student Brett Flener received the 2012 Mary Morris Award for Exemplary Service to Society from the university in a special ceremony April 19. Flener, a senior law, justice and society major, is the co-founder of the non-profit Open Table Nashville in 2010 and the lead organizer in the student group Lipscomb University Advocates for Unhoused in 2012. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:37:22 GMT Kim Chaudoin