Micah Barkley serves as Herd Media’s Features Editor and Sports Photographer. She is a Junior Journalism major with a minor in German and a passion for photography. Outside of writing and learning languages, she enjoys riding horses, music, basketball, swing dancing and line dancing, and spending time with her friends, among other things. She has writing experience with The Numismatist – a publication of the American Numismatic Association – and is an aspiring author with two books currently published under the pen name Summer Ryland. When not at Lipscomb, she lives on a communal cattle ranch in the great state of Texas.

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A look at Lipscomb’s Beautiful Day

April 11, 2025 /

While most people think of the phrase “Beautiful Day” as just a description, for Lipscomb students, it means something else. Not only does it mean a full day of canceled classes, but it also means a carnival, food and fun. This was Lipscomb University’s third Beautiful Day since Dr. Candice McQueen became President. A favorite with students, all of the events were heavily attended, and students could be overhead talking about looking forward to more in the future.

Herd Media’s Micah Barkley captured some of the activities that took place during A Beautiful Day.

Feature image taken by Ashlen Jones.

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