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June 27, 2007 In Archives By Advent

Around the Globe

When Lip­scomb Uni­ver­sity first approached Advent about cre­at­ing a Mis­sions Cen­ter, we worked together to iden­tify three clear objec­tives. They wanted to cre­ate a room where stu­dents and vis­i­tors could learn about the val­ues of the uni­ver­sity; reflect the com­pas­sion the uni­ver­sity pro­vides for local and inter­na­tional com­mu­ni­ties; and cre­ate a pro­fes­sional and engag­ing place to pre­pare stu­dents, fac­ulty, and alumni for mis­sion trips.

After clar­i­fy­ing these objec­tives, the Advent team brain­stormed ways to achieve them. We pro­posed a world map to cover one wall since Lip­scomb stu­dents come from and mis­sions teams depart for all cor­ners of the globe. Pho­tographs from the cam­paigns, scrip­ture and brand­ing were other key com­po­nents in the pro­posal. We hoped all the ele­ments would pro­vide the inspi­ra­tion and per­spec­tive desired for the audiences.

The makeover took place in two phases. The world map, printed on tex­tured wall­cov­er­ing, large for­mat pho­tographs, a cable man­age­ment sys­tem for eas­ily updat­ing images, “Lip­scomb Mis­sions” in stand-off let­ter­ing, and vinyl quo­ta­tions com­pleted the ini­tial phase. These ele­ments were installed in just two weeks to be ready for the building’s rib­bon cut­ting cer­e­mony. The sub­se­quent phase incor­po­rated addi­tional dimen­sion and light­ing to the world map cre­at­ing an even stronger impression.

We are happy to report that the design ele­ments and strate­gic col­ors brought Lipscomb’s objec­tives to life. Mark Jent, Coor­di­na­tor of Mis­sions Devel­op­ment, states, “As we began to dream about our new Mis­sions Center…we never envi­sioned some­thing quite as pro­fes­sional as we have now…until we met the Advent team, and they too caught our pas­sion for the poten­tial within this room. [Now,] our Mis­sions Cen­ter is the cen­tral gath­er­ing place for mis­sion teams of stu­dents as they pre­pare to go out and serve.”

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