Newsmakers, March 2019
APPOINTED

Al Sturgeon will serve as the vice president of student life at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.
Al Sturgeon, as vice president of student life at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. Sturgeon is former dean of students and dean of graduate programs at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, Calif. He preached for the University Church of Christ in Malibu.
Dennis R. Stephen, to the board of directors of Heritage Christian University in Florence, Ala. Stephens serves as an elder of the Graymere Church of Christ in Columbia, Tenn.
Myron Bruce, as head of East Texas Christian Academy in Tyler, Texas. Bruce spent the past four years as regional development director for Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn.
ELECTED
Jim Carr, as chairman of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education Coordinating Board. Carr serves as senior vice president and professor of business at Harding University in Searcy, Ark.
ACCREDITED
Lubbock Christian University in Texas. LCU’s accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges without any further action by the university required. LCU’s next reaffirmation review will take place in 2028.