Matas, Villegas named 2024-25 Psalm 78:72 Scholarship recipients
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Psalm 78 scholarship recipients Kendal Matas and Mateo Villegas with College of Business Dean Ray Eldridge and Lipscomb University President Candice McQueen.
The Lipscomb University College of Business announced the newest recipients of its Psalm 78:72 Scholarship at the inaugural Illuminate: Living With Purpose conference on Oct. 10.
This year’s Psalm 78:72 Scholarship recipients are seniors Kendal Matas and Mateo Villegas.
In 2022 the College of Business Alumni Board established the Psalm 78:72 Scholarship to recognize students who exemplify “skill of the hand and integrity of the heart” … who demonstrate high character both in and out of the classroom. The Psalm 78:72 Scholarship celebrates the impact students are making in the College of Business community and the light they are to others.
Matas, a finance major, has excelled as president of Lipscomb’s investment team and finance club, interned at CapitalSpring and served her local church in Franklin. Her time at Lipscomb, shaped by the "business as mission" philosophy, has transformed her view of business as a platform for eternal impact. After graduation, Matas will pursue a career as a private equity analyst in Boston.
Villegas is a marketing major who has balanced working 40 hours a week while excelling in his studies and staying actively involved in campus life and church. He represented Lipscomb at the National Collegiate Digital Marketing Championship, where his team placed in the Top 10 nationally. Villegas will pursue a marketing career and an MBA at Lipscomb after graduation this spring.
Lipscomb University’s College of Business is consistently recognized nationally as a leader in business education. This spring it was ranked in the top 50 undergraduate programs in the nation for the eighth consecutive year and No. 2 in Tennessee by Poets&Quants. Last year Niche.com ranked Lipscomb’s business program No. 1 and No. 3 in accounting in Tennessee. The College of Business is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB) and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Learn more at www.lipscomb.edu/business.
Photo by Kristi Jones; Video by Jake Morgan