IDEAL Day of Giving 2022

What is IDEAL?

We are leaders. We are the faces of tomorrow. We are learners. We are visionaries. We are friends. We are workers. We are IDEAL!

IDEAL is a 2-year postsecondary certificate program that helps promote independence, job skills, and academics. We are building the workforce - student by student. Our students have made an impact on the Lipscomb Community by teaching grace, compassion, and kindness to everyone they meet. We are working with future business leaders, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, teachers, scientists, actors and more through our peer mentor program. IDEAL is more than a program. It is a place to belong. A place where a disability does not define students nor does it stop the students from chasing their dreams.

While at Lipscomb, IDEAL students audit university classes that tie to their career interests. They intern in departments on campus and in off-campus job sites. They take specialized classes that promote social, communication, and employment skills. They have the option to live in the dorm to learn independent skills. And lastly, as college students, they make friends, attend sporting events, hang out, and have fun!

We have a $7,500 challenge gift which will unlock if we get 200 donors to give to IDEAL! Consider giving $50 to honor each of our graduates. You can give $131 for the Founder’s Challenge! Feeling very inspired by IDEAL? Give $500! You can also enter your own amount! Each donation will provide scholarship dollars to IDEAL students as we live out our mission to empower students with disabilities to become young adults with opportunities.

To learn more, visit our website at https://www.lipscomb.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/ideal-program and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @lipscombideal.

To support a specific program, team, or scholarship fund not listed on this page, please call us at 615-966-6212.