Secure resources necessary to lead as a top-tier, nationally recognized university.
Efforts to better support the academic community enable Lipscomb to better serve our students. Faculty are the primary keepers of our rigorous academic standards and high-touch transformative experiences which Lipscomb is known for. We seek to better attract and retain world-class teachers and scholars who align with our Christian worldview.
Pursuing academic excellence stems from our Christ-centered values. In doing so, we equip students with a holistic perspective that prepares them to address the challenges of the world with wisdom, faith, compassion and humility. We educate the whole person with learning experiences that imbue students with character and competence. We shape the Christian leaders of the future. Below are the highest strategic funding priorities empowering faculty and academic programs that make Lipscomb, Lipscomb.
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Academic Endowments
The distinction of an endowed chair or professorship is the most prestigious academic recognition Lipscomb can bestow upon a world-class faculty member. Endowed faculty positions allow Lipscomb to recruit and retain faculty who are leaders in their field of study and who demonstrate outstanding teaching and scholarship in the classroom. Support for academic programs is also essential to the ascension of our national reputation. The type of academic funds supported by endowment in perpetuity to recognize outstanding faculty and best serve our students include:
An appropriate level of endowment based on institutional goals that align with your interests can be payable over three years.
- Distinguished Endowed Chair: $3 Million
- Endowed Visiting Professor/Artist/Executive in Residence: $2 Million
- Endowed Professorship: $750,000
- Endowed Support for Academic Programs: $100,000+
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Academic Excellence
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Distinguished professorship established in the College of Bible & Ministry
A new endowed professorship has been established in the College of Bible & Ministry thanks to the generosity of Lipscomb Board of Trustee member Terry Koonce. The Dr. Kenneth Terry Koonce Distinguished Professor of Bible and Ministry will fund a full-time faculty member in the college who will teach undergraduate and graduate courses among other scholarly activities....
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