一个基督教大学 一切皆有可能.

在若昂·里贝罗能走路之前, he was already preparing to be a world champion Jiu Jitsu athlete one day.

上周, 里贝罗, 18岁的利普斯科姆大学大一新生, fulfilled that lifelong quest at the Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu Jitsu Championships by earning the gold medal in the purple belt 120 kg division.

From his earliest memories as a child growing up in Rio De Janeiro, 巴西, 里贝罗 watched his father training day after day, 年复一年, 完善他的柔术技巧, a martial art that focuses on technique and strategy that derives its name from the Japanese language meaning “gentle art.”

“I have been on the mats ever since I can remember, 我有很多我在gis里的照片, 博悦注册APP训练时穿的制服是什么, 在我还不会走路的时候就在垫子上了,”里贝罗回忆. “这都是因为我爸爸, 他也是在训练中长大的, and when I was born he wanted to make sure that I was involved in the sport.”

Less than a year after completing 以至于大学’s Dietetics Internship Program in the 2021 cohort, alumna 亚历克西斯瞬间(20) has taken on a leadership role to help underserved populations throughout 纳什维尔 get the nutrition they need to stay healthy and successful.

Longtime Nashvillians are well aware of Second Harvest of Middle Tennessee, one of the largest and most extensive food banks nationwide, 服务于田纳西州的46个县. 现在, 瞬间, an honors graduate who s太d out during her college career for her efforts to encourage diversity in the local dietetics profession, now serves as the full-time manager of hunger and health at Second Harvest.

“Second Harvest is a nonprofit organization that serves the community, and this mission aligned with my personal and professional goals. I always had a desire to serve the community that I grew up in,”瞬间, 谁在纳什维尔的安提阿地区长大. “I felt that working in a food bank would allow me to be an active part of my community. Within this position, I can combine my passion for nutrition and service to the community.”

Just a few months removed from her graduation in May, Lipscomb alumna Daysha柯林斯’ new career could start at any moment, 她只是不确定是什么时候. 但是当迪斯尼来召唤的时候, you have to be willing to wait to set sail - literally - on a dream job. 

“They could call me today and tell me my flight is booked,” Collins said.

在9月的某一天, Collins will join Disney's Wonder cruise as the character headline performer in Tiana’s Place, where she will be making magic through song and dance for her fellow sea voyagers. 

“我非常兴奋，”柯林斯说. “这是梦想成真, especially to come out of school with a job and with a job in my field so soon. 我觉得很幸运.” 

After a 40-plus year career in the field of journalism, Lipscomb School of Communication adjunct professor 马克·麦基(79年、17年) was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame in November.

McGee was one of three members of the association’s latest class alongside Chris Dortch and Dan Fleser.

During his career, McGee has earned several accolades. In 1992, McGee was a Knight Center Fellow in The Business of Sports at the University of Maryland. 今年早些时候, McGee presented at the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture for the third time. He has also placed nationally for CoSIDA awards on a pair of occasions.

今天, the two-time Lipscomb graduate works as the executive director of the United Way of Bedford County.

When Verna Soliman was a junior at 纳什维尔’s Antioch High School, 她做了一个她打算遵守的承诺.

Since pre-school Soliman says she has “loved every one” of her teachers. 但有一个，安德鲁·普莱斯, AP language teacher at Antioch High School — inspired her to follow in his footsteps. She made a promise to him that she would return to her alma mater one day and teach English just like him.

和1月, Soliman will make good on her promise as she will become the newest English teacher at Antioch High School. 索利曼将作为普莱斯的同事授课, following her graduation from 以至于大学 during December commencement.

Agriculture is as much an essential part of 约翰R. 巴特勒的生命有如呼吸. 

He believes strongly that the 农业 industry is the most important segment in our nation’s economy while acknowledging that the industry has the opportunity for transformational change associated with advancements in technology and science. 

A fifth generation farmer from West Tennessee, 巴特勒 is passionate about the importance of U.S. 农业 and its role in providing the world with nutritious and economical products. He has spent countless hours traveling across the country and around the world telling the story of U.S. 农业. 

Collegiate athletics is back in full force this fall, and athletes all over the nation are fueling for their competitions under the care and guidance of Lipscomb-trained registered dietitian nutritionists.

Five years after establishing a three-month sports nutrition rotation in its Dietetic Internship Program, one of very few offering more than a couple of weeks experience in sports nutrition, the Department of Nutrition is seeing its former interns practicing performance nutrition at some of the most competitive universities in the nation.

密歇根大学, 阿拉巴马州的伯明翰, Texas and California at Berkeley; Purdue, North Carolina State and Auburn universities; and Virginia Tech are a few of the NCAA Division 1 schools that have been, 或者现在是, served by alumni of the Lipscomb DIP sports concentration.

For as long as he can remember, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, has been the center of 瑞安如’s universe.

这个城市的人口刚刚超过10人,000 residents is a place that Egly and multiple generations of his family have called home. 这也是一个地方，他, as president and CEO of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, 献身于他的事业, 花时间和精力去服务. Through his work with the Lawrence County chamber, Egly leads the organization in its main missions of economic development, 社区发展, 人力资源开发和旅游市场营销.

When KC假日 received his Bachelor of Science degree in business leadership during December 2020 commencement, it was the culmination of an educational journey that spanned 14 years, 千里之外，共同创立了Qalo, 第一家生产硅胶环的公司.

As a husband and father with a busy professional life, Holiday found Lipscomb 在线 to help him achieve his goal of finishing his undergraduate degree.

December 2020 graduate 伊甸园干预 has been awarded many national opportunities to excel in academia and recently earned a national fellowship designed to bring more underrepresented groups into political science in academia.

Assistant Professor Lauren Pinkston and then-Lipscomb student Abby Littlefield (’20) found in 2019 that they were truly kindred spirits, and now the pair have established their own company, built on their shared passion for more relationship-driven mission work: 家族 Exchange, 2020年10月推出.

家族, a nonprofit missions consulting and coaching firm and web platform, 为现代社会创造一个典范吗, 道德使命运动, 品克斯顿说, who teaches in the college’s business as mission program.

As the son of 20-year missionaries in East Africa, Aidan Miller is acutely aware of the effects of poverty and unemployment on the population. As an award-winning competitive barista and the founder of coffee shop Crema in Rwanda, he also has a vast knowledge of coffee: the taste, 来源和服务方法.

在商学院学习的时候, 艾丹遇到了威廉, marking the beginning of a fruitful business partnership. 他们一起创造了Kwizera咖啡, a missional business where coffee sales directly contribute to hope creation programs in Rwanda. In 2020, Kwizera moved into a brick-and-mortar space in Rocketown, 市中心一个以信仰为基础的青年服务机构.