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LAW
SCHOOL GETS ITS FIRST DEAN
Sydney A. Beckman joined Lincoln Memorial University as
dean of the proposed School of Law in August. The
selection of a dean to guide the new doctoral program
through accreditation is the next step in LMU's effort
to open the School of Law by the fall of 2009. Beckman
comes to LMU with proven experience in opening a law
school. He was involved in the formation of the
Charleston School of Law (CSOL) in Charleston, S.C.,
which opened its doors in 2004. As a member of the
faculty at CSOL, Beckman taught Evidence, Domestic
Relations and Technology and the Law. He
also served on the Dean's Advisory Council and on a
number of committees including faculty recruitment,
technology, admission and student affairs.
LMU took over the lease
on the Old City Hall Building in Knoxville last spring.
The classroom and office space in the building is
intended to house the proposed School of Law as well as
other University programs. LMU has already submitted a
letter of intent to pursue accreditation for the program
to the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools and the Tennessee
Board of Law Examiners.
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Bricks and Mortar
A
highlight of Homecoming next month will be the
dedication of two new residence halls. The new
apartment-style student housing is a result of
generous support from two LMU alumni. Langley
Hall will be dedicated in memory of William P.
and Laura B. Langley, 1st Lt. Linwood D. Langley
USAF/KIA and Patricia T. Langley. The Langleys
are being honored by Cmdr. L. Robert Langley, a
member of the Class of 1950. Shelton Hall will
be dedicated in honor of philanthropists R.C.
"Snook" and Martina Shelton of Pennington Gap,
Va. Snook Shelton, a member of the Class of
1954, served in the Air Force and had a career
in the coal mining industry prior to his
education at LMU. Upon graduation from LMU he
founded Shelton Insurance and served as
president of the company until his retirement in
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 Students
Back on Campus
LMU welcomed the class of
2012 to campus by issuing a challenge at the
Matriculation Ceremony in the Duke Hall of
Citizenship. LMU junior Matthew Sweet challenged
the new students to make the most of their time
at the University and give it their all.In his address, Sweet told the
students that his talk was not about success,
but rather failure. He guaranteed that they
would experience failure at some point in their
journey and he encouraged them to embrace
failure and keep working towards their goals in
the face of failure. Incoming freshman Annalyse
Moncrief accepted his challenge on behalf of her
class.
The annual Matriculation
Ceremony kicked off a weekend of activities
geared to new students. The Seventh Annual New
Student Survival Weekend includes informational
and social activities to help the incoming
students adjust to life on campus.
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Alumni
Update
After 10
years with the Bedford County School System Dr.
James Blevins will step down as School
Superintendent at the end of the school year.
Blevins is retiring after 38 years of service in
education. He is a 1972 graduate of LMU and
received his master's degree from the University
of Virginia and his doctorate from NOVA University.
Chastity Steadman, who earned an
education specialist degree from LMU, was
recently recognized by Walker County Schools in
Ga. for being the first state-certified Master
Teacher in Walker County. The distinction of
Master Teacher is a state certification for
teachers that measures the gains their
students made on state standardized tests.
Melanie Kay Sitzlar, of Maryville,
Tenn., was united in marriage with Bryan Edward
Blakney, of Loudon, Tenn., on July 5 at
Butterfly Gap Retreat. The bride earned her
bachelor of science in business and MBA degrees
from LMU. She is employed in marketing for
Wieniewitz Financial in Knoxville, Tenn.
Nancy West
is the new principal Woodland Elementary
School in Oak Ridge, Tenn. West, of Maryville,
Tenn., has 29 years experience as a teacher and
administrator in Tennessee schools. She holds a
bachelor's degree in elementary education from
Maryville College, and a master's degree in
administration and supervision from LMU.
A trio of LMU education specialist degree
recipients were promoted to principals in
schools in Northeast Georgia. Jackie Robinson
is principal at her alma mater Holsenbeck
Elementary in Barrow County. Melanie Sigler
is principal at Barney-Harris-Lyons Middle
School in Clarke County and Billy Heaton
was elevated to principal at Colbert Elementary
School in Madison County.
Paris Lambdin has been selected as
the Southeastern Branch nominee for the
Entomology Society of America's Distinguished
Achievement Award in Teaching. Lambdin, a
professor of entomology, was recognized for his
distinguished teaching and outreach and research
during his 34-year career at the University of
Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. He holds an
associate's degree from Hiwassee College, a
bachelor's from Lincoln Memorial University. He
earned a master of science degree and a Ph.D. in
entomology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University.
Jason Bailey's
paperless classroom was featured in a
Knoxville News Sentinel article on September
11. A graduate of the Carter and Moyers School
of Education, Bradley cites LMU’s emphasis on
instructional technology as an influence on his
paperless classroom in the article.
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Introducing: Alumni Travel!
Meet Us in Savannah!
The Department of Alumni Services
is organizing its first ever Alumni Travel event. Alumni
hosts Dixie Diffenderfer '56 and Chad Bauer '05 invite
alumni from across the country and take in
all that the city of Savannah has to offer:
- shops and restaurants on the
Riverfront
- guided tour by trolley or
carriage
- museums
A block of rooms has been set aside
at a discounted rate for LMU Alumni at the Doubletree
Hotel (912.790.700) located within the Historic
District. For more information contact the Department of
Alumni Services at 423.869.6358.
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In The Classroom -- Professional Golf
Management Major Tees Off
It sounds like fun and games, but LMU is
serious about its newest business
major. This fall LMU introduced the Professional
Golf Management (PGM) major within the School of
Business. PGM students will learn the principles
and skills they need to manage golf facilities
and related organizations.
The program was approved
by the LMU Board of Trustees in May and will be
the first of its kind in the state of Tennessee.
The major leads to the bachelor of business
administration degree and requires the
completion of the business administration core
as well as the PGM requirements. Students
will learn basic management practices alongside
golf-specific courses. This will include
everything from finance, marketing and
management to golf instruction, retail
management and turfgrass management.
LMU Golf Coach Travis Muncy will direct the
program. Muncy is an active member of the
Tennessee Section Professional
Golf Association (PGA) and has served as the
Knoxville Chapter president for the last three
years. He also serves as the Director of Golf at
Woodlake Golf Course in Tazewell, Tenn. For more
information about the PGM program, contact
admissions at 423.869.6280.
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Railsplitter
Highlights
The 2007 national runner-up Railsplitter Men's Soccer
Team picked up where it left off a year ago: charting
new ground. Just two weeks into the season, Coach Helio D'Anna's squad accomplished a new first for LMU, a #1
national ranking. Though the team soon learned it wasn't
easy staying on top, their ascension to the summit of the
polls marked the first time any Railsplitter team had
been ranked #1. The team was selected by the South
Atlantic Conference to win the Conference Championship.
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Corner
J. Frank White Academy Principal
Sylvia Lynch invited alumni of the J. Frank
White Academy back to campus in July. In
attendance were members of each of the
Academy’s 19 graduating classes except one.
The weekend was full of activities including
a hike to the Saddle of the Gap, alumni
pick-up basketball game, LMU-DCOM tour, open
swim and class gatherings. The reunion
culminated with an Alumni Banquet. LMU
President Nancy B. Moody gave remarks at the
banquet along with Lynch. A highlight of the
event was when Sam Braden, the first
graduate of the Academy, donated his diploma
back to the school for posterity’s sake.
Braden presented the diploma to Lynch along
with a single rose. As a student in the
class of 1991, he started the tradition of
giving the principal a rose while picking up
his diploma
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A Stroll In The Galleries
In
July, Martha Wiley, director of the East Tennessee Field
Office of the Tennessee Department of Education, joined
LMU President Nancy B. Moody, LMU Assistant Professor of
Education Dennis J. Smith, LMU Associate Professor of
Graduate Education Kathy Hulley and Abraham Lincoln
Library and Museum (ALLM) Program and Tourism Director
Carol Campbell in unveiling "The Civil War's History in
a Box" project.
“The Civil War’s
History in a Box” project is an educational loan item.
Each box will follow a soldier and his unit throughout
the Civil War. The boxes will be divided between the
Union and Confederate armies and will represent various
branches of service. In addition to information about
each soldier and his unit, letters to and from the
soldier incorporate what was happening on the homefront.
Lesson plans for grades four through 12 accompany each
soldier’s box. When a school requests a box, the
appropriate grade level lesson plans will accompany that
box. The curriculum content for the boxes is prepared by
Campbell in conjunction with students and faculty from
the LMU education department.
There is no cost
for a box except for getting it to and from the school
requesting the loan, unless an item contained within the
unit is damaged or lost. In the event of damage or loss,
the school will be asked to replace the item. Seven
schools in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia have agreed
to serve as pilot schools and evaluate “The Civil War’s
History in a Box” project. Educators interested in
participating in the project should contact Campbell at
423-869-6439.
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Anatomy
Lab Mural Honors Donors
Some medical students spend their precious free time
relaxing, hoping to momentarily escape the rigors of
medical school. Second-year osteopathic medical student
Carlos Cabrera spent much of his personal time last
spring hard at work in the Lincoln Memorial
University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM)
anatomy lab. But Cabrera did not use this time to study.
“Being around the cadavers for so long during anatomy
lab, we sometimes forget that they are real people,
perhaps someone’s father, mother, brother or sister,”
said Cabrera. “One day I was studying in lab and as I
was working on a cadaver it hit me, ‘this could be my
mother.’ I feel giving your body for the study of
medicine is an incredible and honorable thing to do, and
I wanted to do something to acknowledge such a gift.”
After this revelation, Cabrera, a painter since age 13,
approached LMU-DCOM officials with an idea. Cabrera
asked permission to do something unique: paint a mural
inside the anatomy lab as a memorial to the selfless
individuals who donate their bodies so that medical
students might learn anatomy. Administrators at the
school quickly embraced Cabrera’s idea, and the result
is a mural that LMU-DCOM officials believe may be the
only one of its kind in a medical school today.
Cabrera’s mural design shows seven anatomically correct
dissected figures representing all of the body donors
whose gift will benefit LMU-DCOM. Cabrera deliberately
chose a design that was both artful and functional. “My
purpose for the dissection was for future medical
students to be able to use the figures as references
when studying anatomy in the lab,” Cabrera said. “Extra
emphasis has been put on the detail and quality of the
anatomy.”
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In This Issue
Making News
Homecoming 2008
October 9-12
Turn $1 into Millions
Did you know that your gift of as
little as $1 could mean MILLIONS to your alma mater?
Virtually all foundations ask for data concerning the level
of alumni giving. This is but one reason why LMU needs your
annual fund gift. Foundations ask for the percent of alumni
who give back rather than dollar amounts, so being unable to
make a large gift should not deter potential donors to the
annual fund from giving whatever is comfortable for their
individual situations. Even a small gift will increase our
alumni giving rate. Visit
www.lmunet.edu/alumni/giving to give today!
Miniature Wooden Replicas
The National Alumni Association is selling
the second in a series of miniature wooden replicas. The Duke
Hall of Citizenship is the second campus building to be
immortalized. Build your own LMU Campus at home by collecting
the replicas. A new building will be released each year around
homecoming. Duke Hall was a philanthropic gift of Benjamin
Newton Duke of tobacco and textile entrepreneurial fame.
Official dedication ceremonies of this administration building
took place on Memorial Day 1928. Many Civil War veterans who
fought on both sides assisted in the formal dedication of Duke.
This 4"x7" likeness of Duke Hall will be available at the
Homecoming registration booth at a cost of $25. They can
also be purchased by mail or phone. Contact Alumni Director
George Davis at 423.869.6358 for more information.
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