It is never easy to muster up the strength to stay calm and focused when you hear of your parents getting sick. It is even harder to hold yourself together when you hear that your mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but Liberty hockey player Luke Aitken said he gained strength and a new appreciation for his mother when […]
Read moreBaseball stadium in the works for 2013 According to Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., plans for a new baseball stadium are in the works and the target completion date is prior to the start of the Spring 2013 baseball season. The new stadium will be located between the recently expanded Williams Stadium and the Green Hall parking lot, with expected seating […]
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International Student Center holds Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner Thanksgiving in October? For the Canadian population at Liberty, this is the norm. Just over 100 Canadian students gathered in the Grand Lobby of DeMoss Tuesday Oct. 4 to celebrate their home country’s thanksgiving, which falls on Oct. 10. Associate Director of Admissions and Canadian Academic Counselor Sharon Bloomfield was one of the […]
Read moreCo-founder Dr. Elmer Towns and family’s new address puts them atop the mountain Considering the recent explosion of construction projects on Liberty’s campus, it comes as no surprise that one of the school’s founders, Dr. Elmer Towns, has joined in on the building trend. Towns and his wife recently moved into their newly constructed home, which was completed in August […]
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Life on Life Deep inside the Football Operations Center there is a man in an office that, like Liberty University’s founder Jerry Falwell Sr., has a vision for Liberty athletes. Dr. Ed Gomes is the Director of the Spiritual Development program for the football team and as the spiritual leader of Liberty’s football program, he personally oversees to the spiritual […]
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Liberty University has been just as committed to providing its students with opportunities for spiritual growth as it has been to providing students a quality education in a Christian environment. As the university has grown, it has maintained the spiritual foundations it was started with through traditions unique to Liberty such as convocation, student leadership, school-sponsored mission trips and special […]
Read more1971 Computers were unavailable for students use. 1980s Laptops and personal computers began to appear on campus. 1990s A random collection of classes began to use computers. By the end of the decade, five computer classrooms were constructed in the science hall. 2002 With the expansion of DeMoss, nine computer classrooms were placed on the second floor inside the ILRC. […]
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More than 5,400 Liberty students volunteered about 132,000 hours of service to the local community in Fall 2010, according to Darren Wu, Liberty’s Christian/Community Service (CSER) coordinator. Last spring, more than 5,700 students volunteered just shy of 130,000 hours, Wu said. According to an economic study released in 2010, Liberty students, faculty and staff contributed 674,879 CSER hours in 2009. […]
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It’s a family reunion for students, staff, faculty and graduates. It usually involves a football game, a parade, a bonfire, lots of food and laughter. According to the Associated press, Baylor University had the first homecoming celebration in 1909 and The University of Missouri was credited with having the first homecoming alumni game in 1911. Liberty affiliates, past and present, […]
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Q. What was your father’s vision for the university? A. When Liberty was founded, most conservative Christian colleges had facilities that were inferior, athletic teams that were not competitive at high levels and academic program that were unaccredited with narrow course offerings that, for the most part, trained students to become pastors, church workers and missionaries. Secular universities of the […]
Read moreThe story of Liberty University’s first 40 years Over the past four decades, Liberty University has grown exponentially and with its growth new opportunities have been brought to students and alumni alike. Founded in 1971 by Dr. Jerry Falwell as Lynchburg Baptist College, Liberty was always part of a bigger plan according to Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. “His […]
Read moreFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be in Lynchburg, Va., this weekend as the featured special guest speaker at the Extraordinary Women Conference in the Vines Center at Liberty University on Oct. 7-8. Palin has fulfilled the role of a public figure several times in the past as the Governor of Alaska, John McCain’s vice-presidential candidate, and author and Fox […]
Read moreTobacco Commission approves grant The Virginia Tobacco Commission approved a $12 million grant to fund Liberty University’s School of Health Sciences and Osteopathic Medicine on Thursday, Sept. 29. With the grant’s approval, Liberty can now proceed with the program. Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said the university’s matching contribution of $12 million is already in hand following bond sales last year. […]
Read moreEditor’s note: The Champion received this letter in response to Chancellor Falwell’s letter to the Lynchburg City Council asking what could be done to solve the Heritage Elementary precinct overcrowding issue before the November elections. A response to the Chancellor The Chancellor recently sent the members of City Council the attached email concerning the creation of a new voting precinct […]
Read moreLiberty University music group performs before Republican debate in Orlando Sounds of Liberty performed in Orlando, Fla., at a pre-debate party for the GOP presidential debate on Sept. 22. The pre-debate party was covered and hosted by Fox News and the Florida Republican Party and was sponsored by the Faith and Freedom Coalition. The Faith and Freedom Coalition’s missions statement […]
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