Brad Powell encouraged students at Convocation April 23 to humble themselves before God. He started by admitting his inner struggle to appear influential in front of the students. “One (side of) me stands believing that by God’s power and by God’s grace, I can share something that will genuinely make an eternal difference in your life,” Powell said. “But the […]
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Fourteen Liberty University students placed third or above in the Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium two weeks ago. The event, which allows students from each school in the Big South Conference to perform and present their research, was held at Liberty for the first time April 13-14. Another first for the event was a category for performing arts where students […]
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The International Student Center hosted the Asian Open House Wednesday, April 25, to celebrate the Asian culture from which many Liberty University students hail. The open house featured authentic Asian food and drink as well as Asian-themed trivia, providing Asian students the opportunity to share their cultures with other students. “To me (the ISC) is a place where international students […]
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In a record breaking election, Jacob Page and running partner, Derek Rockey won the Liberty University Student Body Presidential election April 20 with more than 3,000 votes. Between the three tickets, students broke the previous record for total number of votes in an SGA student body election, with 6,196 votes for the 2018-2019 race. During the 2017 student body election, […]
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More than 2,000 Liberty students, faculty, staff and alumni took to the city of Lynchburg Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21, to serve alongside over 80 local organizations, share the love of Christ and support their community at Serve Lynchburg. “Christ’s love and his example was of humility — he was the greatest example of humility and sacrifice when […]
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While Democrat Tim Kaine will be running as an incumbent for the Virginia U.S. Senate seat, three Republicans are chasing the position as the Republican nominee for Virginia’s open Senate seat. Those candidates took the stage of Liberty University’s Center for Music and the Worship Arts concert hall Thursday, April 19 to debate topics such as the federal budget, foreign policy […]
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that the Center for Energy Research and Education at Liberty received a $300,000 grant as one of five projects funded by Growth and Opportunity for Virginia. According to the Virginia governor website, the five GO Virginia grants total $1,115,300. “We have industries who have stated that, based on the labs being created and skill sets […]
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Liberty University’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty hosted a civil liberties debate Thursday, April 19, where members of the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties gathered to discuss pressing issues in social reform. Party representatives debated a series of five topics that represent the most contested issues in today’s political climate. Tori Mabry, a Liberty senior who attends College Republicans […]
Read moreLynchburg is seeking counsel as the elections for the new city representatives on Lynchburg City Council will be held May 1, inducting three new members for a four-year term on the seven-person board. The Lynchburg City Council makes decisions that affect the city’s budget, environment and building projects, among other things. The adage that “every vote counts” is especially pertinent […]
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The Center for Multicultural Enrichment hosted its last Diversity, Integration, Reconciliation and Transition Talk of the school year by discussing and encouraging “Student’s Responsibility for Positive Climate Change.” The DIRT Talk was not solely focused on racial and ethnic diversity, but also the diversity of backgrounds, gender roles, denominational preference and political views. “A place like Liberty is so beautiful […]
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New on- and off-ramps are being built to create another connector to Liberty University’s East Campus from Route 460. The on-ramp will shift about 100 feet north of its current location off of Liberty Mountain Drive across from David’s Place, and the new off-ramp will be a mirror image of the on-ramp. A traffic circle will connect the two ramps […]
Read moreBringing history forth, the Liberty University Department of History hosted its annual conference, Civil War Legacies, April 14 to explore Civil War history with honored guest speakers. History Department Chair Samuel Smith honored special guests at the seminar Liberty professor Cline Hall and Director of the National Civil War Chaplain’s Museum Kenny Rowlette, who both were forces in starting and […]
Read moreStaff members and a writer at the Liberty Champion and have won four awards from the Virginia Press Association’s 2017 News and Editorial Contest, while four Liberty alumni have taken home several more awards. Jack Panyard, Erin Covey and Will Young took home the first-place award in the “Headline Writing” category. The winning headlines were “This auto be fixed,” “An […]
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A meeting was held by Lynchburg City Parking Management Thursday, April 12, to discuss its proposal of instituting paid downtown parking to deal with the limited parking availability in the downtown area of the city of Lynchburg. During the meeting, David Malewitz, the parking manager for the city of Lynchburg, discussed the need for more parking and better parking enforcement […]
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The grand opening of the Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark April 14 celebrated not only the formal opening of the skate park to the city of Lynchburg, but also the journey it took to get there. In August 2017, Lynchburg resident Lauren Dianich began to encourage her son and his skateboarder friends to contact the Lynchburg City Council and push for […]
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