The Lipscomb Expansion Program, launched by the board as a response to returning G. The Pullias administration changed the school dramatically, increasing enrollment percent from in , to 2, in Over the same period, the number of buildings on campus grew from five to An organizational structure for the intermediate school was also established and the first director of Lipscomb Campus Schools was appointed. Ending the Collins presidency with a bang was the execution of the Million Dollar Day, a dream Collins had of raising a million dollars in a single day.
Lipscomb University has developed into a fast-growing Christian liberal arts institution that started with just nine students in and now serves more than 4, students today. And Lipscomb Academy, which serves children in preschool through the 12th grade, is now the largest private school of its kind in Middle Tennessee and one of only a few in the nation associated with a university.
The vision and heart of David Lipscomb continues to be honored and lived out through the university. Lipscomb was beloved by the city of Nashville, evident at his funeral which saw an outpouring of community members, because of his service to the city.
Like the man himself, the institution strongly values service to its community and the world as an act of faith. Because of the commitment of its founder and every past president thereafter to boldly follow the plans God placed on their hearts, Lipscomb University plays a vital role today in countless lives, communities and countries around the world.
Candice McQueen —Dr. Steve Flatt —Dr. Harold Hazelip —G. Willard Collins —Dr. By looking to our past to grow and learn from both our mistakes and our achievements, we become the leaders we want to be. And the most popular of academic areas studied at Lipscomb happen to be the most practical and useful to society, including engineering, education, health care and business.
Students find grounding in both academic knowledge and deep spiritual understanding, fulfilling the vision of our founders from the start. With such a strong foundation made of what matters, we are confident you will change the world. Undergraduate Graduate Online. Undergraduate Graduate. Beaman Library was constructed in time for the university's centennial in The university's old library, the Crisman building, now serves as the university's administrative building.
Allen Arena , a 5,seat multipurpose facility, opened in October on the site of the old McQuiddy Gymnasium. Part of the McQuiddy Gymnasium still remains between Allen Arena and the Student Activities Center the SAC , a multipurpose student activity space with workout facilities, basketball courts and an indoor track.
The SAC offers a variety of workout classes to students, including spin classes on exercise bikes. Yearwood Hall, a women's dormitory, was torn down for construction of Allen Arena and its accompanying parking garage. The university has six residence halls.
Men's residences include Sewell Hall, which was renovated in the late s, and the eight-story High Rise, the university's tallest structure. The final residence on campus is The Village, a co-ed, apartment style housing for upperclassmen. Men and women are not allowed in dorms belonging to the opposite sex, with a few exceptions: 1 members of both sexes can enter the lobby during certain hours, 2 during moving days, and 3 on "open dorm" occasions; 4 and men are also allowed into the central courtyard of the women's dormitories only when cookouts or other such mixers are being held.
Some academic buildings were built with tax-exempt municipal bonds, and, because Lipscomb is a Christian school, this led to an extended lawsuit on the basis of whether or not a private religious institution is allowed to use public bonds.
This case was debated for many years and ultimately made it to the Supreme Court. The court upheld the decision of the lower court, that, plainly stated, the government could not withhold public bonds based on Lipscomb's religious affiliation. However, one of the stipulations for receiving public funding was that these buildings cannot have religious classes taught in them. Construction of Ward was funded through private donations. This decision has allowed other private, religious universities to pursue public funding for capital projects.
Lipscomb does not have fraternities and sororities per se. Rather, it has social clubs, which are local and unique to Lipscomb University and are not part of any national Greek system.
Students participate in Singarama an annual spring musical variety show , as well as other entertainment, social, and service activities throughout the year. The Babbler is the defunct student newspaper and was published weekly during the spring and fall semesters. The title of the publication comes from Acts which in part says "What does this babbler have to say?
The Lumination Network, the school's new converged student media outlet, replaces the weekly Babbler and is tied heavily with the academic program of the Department of Communication and Journalism. Lipscomb offers a handful of study abroad programs, which the university terms global learning. In the mid s a semester-long, study abroad program in Vienna , Austria , was first offered, and is the flagship trip for the university.
Several academic departments take short trips to various sites around the world. These trips are usually for fewer than 10 hours credit and a shorter time abroad. The university also partners with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities to offer other trips ranging from 10 days to semester long. The University has several students active in the "Students for International Peace and Justice," and the faculty began the Center for International Peace and Justice "to promote awareness and understanding of international affairs, particularly as they relate to questions of peace, security and justice.
Sports teams are nicknamed "The Bisons," and there is a large statue of the namesake animal centrally located on the campus.
The university has an ongoing sports rivalry with Belmont University , just 3 miles 4. Traditionally basketball games between the two schools are called the "Battle of the Boulevard". Overall the Bisons have the series advantage In , the rivalry reached a new level when Belmont and Lipscomb advanced to the finals of the Atlantic Sun tournament at the Memorial Center in Johnson City, Tennessee , with the winner earning its first-ever bid to the NCAA tournament.
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