Alumni Stories
The best example of our impact at Lipscomb University can be seen through our alumni.
MarQo Patton speaks at Lipscomb Honors in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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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Students are our why
Lipscomb’s Doctorate of Education graduates bring strategic leadership skills and genuine caring to thousands of students through local education’s top positions.
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Keeping her eye on the horizon
Alumna Traci Holton ensures clear skies for Nashville’s international airport as chief engineer of $2.8 billion in expansion improvements through 2028.
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Be A Light Tour continues with Shining Light Awards presented to those living their faith in action
Local alumni, prospective students, donors and friends join Lipscomb staff for a gathering of the Bison herd in four cities this fall.
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Alumnus Scott Guthrie will serve as physician-in-residence in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Guthrie’s first engagement was this summer when a Lipscomb Ward Research Fellow was selected for the global health trip he led in India.
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Alumna describes in memoir how God used Lipscomb to heal her ‘Fractured Life’
Profits donated to the Fanning-McInteer Fund, providing scholarships for youth who have lost at least one parent.
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A Haven for the Homeless
Nashville’s needy can take refuge in nature thanks to the work of environmental sciences graduate Cecelie Eiler.
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Kinesiology alum builds huge following as Peloton instructor
Chase Tucker creates his virtual fitness classes to build community and make participants feel loved
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Engineering alumna Christie Clayton ensured a firm foundation for supertall NYC skyscraper
One of Lipscomb’s earliest engineering grads kept the trains running safe and consistently during construction of a high-profile future skyscraper in the Big Apple.
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Alumnus runs Aegis lab, which has carried out millions of Covid tests during pandemic
Matthew Hardison ('05) oversees lab that has grown from five to 400 employees over two years since COVID hit.
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A Tribute to the Lowrys
Friends and colleagues reflect on the Lowry's leadership
