Lipscomb University

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Mission

Lipscomb University is a private coeducational institution whose principal focus is undergraduate education in liberal arts and sciences. Its mission is to integrate Christian faith and practice with academic excellence.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2018 $15,000 Pionero Scholars Program education Learn more

Lipscomb’s Pionero Scholars is an academic scholarship and outreach program that is a “grow your own” teacher pipeline for MNPS graduates. Six students are selected each year, with preference given to those from underrepresented backgrounds. We are selecting our third cohort this spring, with 12 students currently enrolled at Lipscomb.
2017 $15,000 Pionero Scholars Program education Learn more

Pionero is an academic merit scholarship program that is building a pipeline of bilingual MNPS graduates who attend Lipscomb’s award-winning teacher preparation program and return to teach in MNPS schools. Six students from underrepresented backgrounds are selected each year. The second cohort will be selected this spring.
2016 $15,000 Pionero Scholars Program education Learn more

Lipscomb’s Pionero Scholars Program is an academic merit scholarship program that is building a pipeline of bilingual MNPS graduates who attend Lipscomb’s award-winning teacher preparation program and return to teach in MNPS schools. Beginning in fall 2016, six MNPS graduates per year will receive this scholarship.

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Jen Bailey is the Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, bringing her deep experience in community-based leadership, philanthropy, and movement-building to the organization.

Jen is the Founder of Faith Matters Network, a national Womanist-led organization accompanying spiritually-grounded leaders on their journey to heal themselves and their communities. Since its inception, Faith Matters Network has served over 25,000 leaders through its programs and initiatives. She is Co-Founder of The People’s Supper, a global initiative that has hosted over 2,000 gatherings in 135 communities to foster conversation and collective healing across lines of difference.

Committed to advancing social change through philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Jen serves on the boards of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Fetzer Institute, and The Healing Trust, where she is the Board Chair.

An Ashoka Fellow, New Pluralist Field Builder, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Jen holds degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where she was awarded the Wilbur F. Tillett Prize for accomplishments in the study of theology. Her work has been featured by On Being with Krista Tippett, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the author of To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope (Chalice Press, 2021).

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