Author: Olivia Hallacker

Serving others, helping the community, raising awareness—these characteristics describe the Pinky Swear Pack, a student club at Liberty University. Members of the club are ambassadors to a larger organization, the Pinky Swear Foundation, which has one primary mission: to bring awareness to pediatric cancer and support the families affected by it.  The Pinky Swear Foundation all started with a simple […]

Art enthusiasts, aspiring creators, proud parents and curious students mingled through the Senior Studio Art Show on opening night, gazing at sculptures, paintings, woven art and more covering the walls and spaces within. The SADA Art Gallery is a way for seniors to present the culmination of their years of hard work to the public and student body.   The […]

Music graced the LaHaye Event Space  March 9 at the Student Activities concert with sophomore artist KMO preforming smooth originals alongside sophomore headliner Nolen Durham playing some of his own songs and covers.  The crowd enthusiastically embraced their performances, often starting chains of rhythmic clapping and supportive cheers. Despite distanced seating, the energy of a community of students united through […]

Spider mums, sunflowers, asters—oh my! These and many other wildflower varieties brightened the LaHaye Event Space during the Student Activities Floral Arranging Workshop conducted by The Hip Tulip.  The front of the room was lined with tall bins offering various types of plants, with stemmed flowers organized on the left and greenery on the right. Each participant, with a budding […]

It is 5:30 on a Tuesday night and five students and a professor just arrived at a classroom in the Center for Natural Sciences. The students prepare their stations, covering the black lab bench tops with newspapers and laying out a pair of scissors, forceps, scalpel, probe, beaker of water and container of cornmeal. Then, they head over to the […]

Life is full of surprises, both joyful and foreboding. For this Liberty professor, one of his came 30 years ago this spring, when he received a brain tumor diagnosis at the age of 24. Dr. Donald Alban, a Liberty University professor of Digital Media and Journalism, had graduated from college a couple of years earlier and been working at the […]

The award-winning film “God’s Compass,” a faith-based film produced by Liberty University’s Cinematic Arts department, received its two-day theatrical release in over 350 movie theaters nationwide on Feb. 25 and 26. Nearly five years after its premier on television in 2016, the film continually gains traction and popularity through DVD sales and online streaming platforms. Its online performance, in tandem […]

For the past 44 years, Dane Emerick has taught, mentored and disciplined Liberty students. He retired from Liberty on Dec. 31, 2020, but he has no plans to stop helping students navigate the challenges and triumphs of this season of  their lives. During his time at Liberty, Emerick served the student body as associate dean of men, campus pastor, counselor […]