Lipscomb University President L. Randolph Lowry on Monday will present a program about how we interact and engage with one another during the first FrankTalks lecture of 2017.
The program, sponsored by Franklin Tomorrow, will be held at the Williamson County Public Library, 1314 Columbia Ave., Franklin, TN, starting with a coffee social at 9 a.m., followed by the program at 9:30 a.m.
Connecting the university to the Nashville community and beyond is a hallmark of Lowry’s presidency at Lipscomb University. He views the city of Nashville as the university’s campus and the world as its classroom. Since his arrival on campus as the university’s 17th president in September 2005, Lowry has led the Lipscomb community through a period of tremendous growth.
For more than 20 years, Lowry has been one of the nation’s leaders in the dispute resolution field and is one of the country’s most sought-after speakers on those subjects.
After establishing an innovative program at Willamette University School of Law in Salem, Ore., he founded the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, Calif. The Straus Institute has been named the No. 1 graduate program of its kind for eight consecutive years, achieving the No. 1 ranking in 11 of the last 16 years by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2004, Lowry formalized his longstanding consulting and training practice into the firm now called Strategic Resolutions Group, LLC.
FrankTalks is held monthly on the second Monday of the month and is presented in partnership with
Vanderbilt University’s Office of Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations.
The program is free and open to the public, but seating is limited to 100 people so RSVPs are being accepted at https://jan9franktalks.eventbrite.com.
A 10-question survey on civility and community dialogue is being conducted in advance of the Jan. 9 event and can be taken as part of the registration process or separately at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FrankTalksJan9.
