Articles for tag: Alumni

October 16, 2013

Lipscomb Working to Save ‘Contributor’

By Jennifer Johnson Alumni fromÂ Lipscomb UniversityÂ (Nashville, TN)Â helped createÂ The Contributor, a “street newspaper” sold by the homeless in the city to provide a source of income for themselves and a source of information on homelessness to the public. Recently, Lipscomb alumni, administration, faculty, staff and students came together to save it. In September,Â The ContributorÂ “announced that unless enough money could be raised in the next month, the September issue would be its last,”Â Lipscomb writes. The college community raised more than $5,000 and LU presidentÂ Dr. Randy LowryÂ provided a matching gift, making the total donation over $11,000. “ContributorÂ vendors sell about 50,000 newspapers each week,”

March 5, 2013

Christian Standard

Colleges & Seminaries Organizations & Events

“˜Merge” Is Not a Dirty Word

By Mark A. Taylor Last month, two Christian colleges announced their intent to pursue a partnership with each other. Johnson University, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Florida Christian College, Kissimmee, Florida, hope to become one institution, perhaps as soon as this year, according to Johnson”s president, Gary Weedman. This is the second such possible merger being pursued between schools reporting in Christian Standard. It should not be the last. Last year Milligan College and Emmanuel Christian Seminary announced a similar plan to consider uniting under one administration. According to Milligan”s president, Bill Greer, and Emmanuel”s president, Michael Sweeney, those talks are continuing

November 29, 2010

Jennifer Taylor

Organizations & Events Ministries & Nonprofits

Good Call

Christ In Youth launches THE CALL BOOK, an online registry for CIY conference attendees to share stories of life change and calls to vocational ministry.