Master Plan
Liberty’s administration posted the final layout for the new campus on the university’s website.
Multiple Liberty University construction projects are currently in progress as the university administration unveiled a wide-reaching, new campus master plan in the summer 2013 edition of the Liberty Journal.
Liberty is installing a man-made pond between the new Library, Vines Center and future residential halls. Photo credit; Ruth Bibby
The university’s website said the master plan functions as a blueprint that “charts the goals university leadership has for campus in the coming years.” This blueprint functions as a map of campus that includes projects both currently under construction and those not yet begun.
New dorms — The new eight-story residence hall quads will replace the “circle dorms” and have a grassy area in the middle that can serve as intramural fields. Photo credit: Ruth Bibby
According to President Jerry Falwell, Jr., the $400 million renovation of the campus will include a 1,400-space parking garage between Reber-Thomas Dining Hall and the old Worthington Stadium site. A new softball stadium will also be built in this area. More detail will soon be added to the master plan as plans are finalized for this section of the campus.
Currently under construction are a major expansion of the LaHaye Student Center, a nine-story dorm next to the Vines Center — with eight-story dorms added later — a new School of Music building and a new Science Hall, among others.
“These facilities will be designed to bring students the best there is to offer in their fields, equipping them for success in their future careers,” the master plan Web page said of the new academic facilities.
Longer-range plans provide for an indoor practice facility near the railroad tracks below the new Liberty Baseball Stadium, and an addition to Williams Stadium that will bring the seating capacity to 25,000.
An underground practice facility for volleyball and basketball is located between the pond and the Vines Center. Photo credit: Ruth Bibby
Construction projects that are nearing completion around campus include The Jerry Falwell Library, the Center for Medical and Health Sciences, vehicular tunnels to Wards Road, and a Vines Center practice facility addition.
The master plan also includes plans for new parking areas in various places around campus and plans for future off-campus housing on the north side of East Campus.
Those interested in keeping up with changes to campus or the master plan can stay up-to-date by visiting liberty.edu/MasterPlan.
The Jerry Falwell Library is nearing completion and will include a robotic book retrieval system. Photo credit: Ruth Bibby
The College of Osteopathic Medical and School of Health Sciences is expected to be finished by Spring 2014. Photo credit: Ruth Bibby