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Cumberland University

Undocumented and DACA students can’t get federal aid to go to college. Here’s how one Middle Tennessee student is grinding for a higher education.

Alexis Marshall

October 11, 2022

Ana Lopez is a first-semester freshman at Cumberland University, something she wasn’t sure would ever happen — in part, because of her immigration status and the cost.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, college, Cumberland University, Fisk University, Lipscomb University, student debt, student loans, Trevecca Nazarene University

How One University Is Attracting New High School Graduates Despite Tennessee’s Declining College-Going Rate

Damon Mitchell

April 2, 2021

The campus of Cumberland University
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Tennessee’s effort to get new high school graduates to enroll in college by the next fall — and keep them enrolled afterward — has slowed. Tennessee Promise applications and enrollment have increased overall since 2015, but the rate of high schoolers going to college immediately after graduation has slightly decreased.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Cumberland University, Higher Education

Cumberland University Baseball Coach To Retire After Four Decades

Tony Gonzalez

January 27, 2021

A gate at Cumberland University

Woody Hunt is one of just six college baseball coaches to top 1,600 wins. He also coached 99 players who went on to professional contracts, including two major leaguers.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: college sports, Cumberland University, Sports

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