Alumni Stories
The best example of our impact at Lipscomb University can be seen through our alumni.
We work to instill in our graduates competency and character, knowledge and faith, service and selflessness, and an open spirit to the call of God on their lives. We prepare them with a perspective of critical thinking that continues to grow their understanding and faith as they engage in the world and communities around them. Below are some examples of alumni who are pushing boundaries, seeking innovative solutions to complex problems and experiencing and offering the grace, peace and truth of Christ in our society and the world.
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Connections to Creation
Lipscomb alumni are changing how we see the world through their art and insight.
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Healing with light and the light of faith
Alumnus’ personal tragedy is part of the tapestry that brought him to a career treating Tennessee’s cancer patients.
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Creating wonder of the wilderness
Lipscomb alumnus Nathan Anderson helps Americans nationwide create memories through vintage-inspired illustrations of U.S. National Parks.
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Alumna of the Year: Robbie Davis
Alumna’s devotion and commitment is a hole-in-one for Lipscomb.
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Young Alumnus of the Year
Bennie Harris gives of his own first fruits and encourages others to do the same.
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MBA alumnus builds students’ super skills through Super Money Kids Co.
Courtney Hale, an ‘accidental entrepreneur’ works to lead students to career fulfillment through financial literacy.
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Finding new hope every day
Alumna Johnetta Blakely has hope for her patients, hope for curing cancer and hope for women working in the health care industry.
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Exploring God’s handiwork
Lipscomb launched the career of James Savage, aerospace engineer now working to send explorers to Mars and beyond.
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From the White House to donut shops, alumna Cicely Simpson leads in policy and business
Drawing on her leadership experience, Simpson wants LJS students on the annual D.C. trip to know that God has big plans for them.
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Engineering: The hands and feet of Jesus
2024 marks 20 years since Lipscomb’s first engineering mission trip, a milestone that sparked 88 projects that have benefited thousands upon thousands of people around the globe.