Michelle Bollman, a 2010 alumna, served as a staff writer, life editor, news editor and most recently was the managing editor of the Lee Clarion.
The hardest of my college tasks? To sum up all of my memories in a mere 200 words. My Lee experience has had good and bad. But each class, professor and classmate has molded me into the almost-adult that I am now. I’ve learned I can best share my Lee experience the same as communication [...]
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Pink Zone On Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. the Lady Flames will be taking on Brewton-Parker College (Ga.), but instead of their traditional white Lee jerseys, the girls will be outfited in pink and white jerseys to support breast cancer awareness. “The date was chose because this is the week designated by the Women’s Basketball [...]
Missionary resident Blayne Waltrip has set up home in southeast Tennessee for a year-long furlough while teaching Introduction to Multicultural Ministry through the School of Religion and finishing up his doctoral degree. Waltrip has been a missionary stationed at the European Theological Seminary (ETS), in Kniebis, Germany. “ETS is centrally located. The downside is the [...]
Two years after establishing the Lee Clarion’s online presence, the student media organization is announcing the launch of their newest multimedia initiative, Lee Clarion’s Campus Connection podcast. Campus Connection, with host Daniel Diffenderfer, will be a weekly podcast, aimed at drawing various parallels between groups and clubs across campus. “[The podcast] is a much more [...]
With a slightly smaller freshman class, Lee’s enrollment numbers still increased significantly this fall. The total student enrollment after fall registration sits at 4,262 students; the number has raised by 115 from 4,147 students enrolled a year ago. “Based upon the economy and the environment at private colleges and university at other schools, we were [...]
Lee students looking to make an extra buck this semester won’t have to look very far. Among campus developments including the Science building and an updated food court is the Student Employment Office, a branch of Human Resources (HR). The new office, located two doors down from Campus Safety, will provide students with employment opportunities [...]
You know you’ve made it big when you have a cameo appearance in the latest tween fad movie, Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus, whatever we’re calling her today. Lee alumus Jay DeMarcus, instrumentalist and vocalist for Rascal Flatts, has done just that, along with the rest of the Rascal Flatts clan, Tyra Banks and Taylor [...]
Each actress has a character in a movie they fit the mold for best. Cameron Diaz, for example, always plays the best dumb blonde; for Angelina Jolie, it’s the macho woman, and for Julia Roberts, it’s the careless, fun-loving, take-her-home-to-mom girlfriend. This is probably why Duplicity, Roberts’ newest flick with co-star Clive Owen, didn’t leave [...]
Wacker Chemie AG announced a $1 billion investment for the company’s newest plant to be built in Bradley County, this morning in the Dixon Center. The Munich, Germany, based company estimates that their state-of-the-art plant, to be located between Cleveland and Charleston, Tenn., will bring an estimated 500 jobs to the area. The deal has [...]
Four faculty-student pairs are recipients of a $10,000 grant provided by the Appalachian College Association for a project funded by the Mellon Foundation. The faculty all attended a workshop at the University of North Carolina over the summer and were invited to participate in the program. “The purpose of the program is to promote faculty/student [...]
Change has come. For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been a fan of change. Whether it be a new semester, a new year, a new job, a new chapter, a new person or a new home, I’ve always been a believer of the saying “why fix something that isn’t broken?” Let’s just [...]
Graduation events were topped off Saturday afternoon with the Winter Commencement service in the Conn Center. The winter class of 2008 had 162 candidates for undergraduate degrees and 22 candidates for graduate studies. Dr. David Fisher delivered the commencement address. Fisher is currently serving as senior minister at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, [...]
Follow the events of the winter 2008 graduation commencement service live right here at LeeClarion.com today at 10:30 a.m. See a list of students graduating from Lee this weekend in the 145th graduation exercises. Order of events: Invocation by Jason VanHook, Ast. VP for Research and Records Welcome by Charles Paul Conn, President Music: [...]
