Author: Bethany Kocik

After being in existence for only 16 years, the Liberty University School of Aeronautics has achieved one of the highest honors in collegiate aviation, winning the Loening Trophy in May 2017 after competing at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s SAFECON competition last spring. The Virginia General Assembly recognized the School of Aeronautics’s achievement Tuesday, Feb. 27 at the Virginia State […]

Liberty University School of Law announced a new honors program starting Fall 2018 in hopes of attracting the most elite students against top competitors. The School of Law honors program had a soft launch this semester with events on March 1 and March 13, and the full launch will be in the fall when there will be a group of […]

Liberty University is focused on eating disorders, the mental illness with the highest mortality rate, affecting at least 30 million people of all ages and genders, with the school being no exception. Currently, the Student Counseling Services at Liberty provides counseling and support services for all different mental illnesses and looks to get students connected with help, whether that be […]

Flags rose high as Liberty University held its biannual Global Focus Week to celebrate different cultures around the world and educate students about them on Feb. 19-23. Global Focus Week, hosted by the Office of Spiritual Development, featured influential Convocation guests like Ravi Zacharias, global workers, experiences of cultures and interactive events, while also highlighting the G5 Rwanda campaign. The […]

The Liberty University student government’s House of Delegates passed a resolution last Tuesday that would make a monthly reoccurring day for open dorms. The resolution seeks to schedule 7-9 p.m. every first Friday of the month as a time where students are allowed in the dorms of the opposite gender. This legislation has now been passed by the House, Senate […]

Research Week is an annual event sponsored by the Liberty University Graduate School, the Liberty University Center for Research and Scholarship and the Jerry Falwell Library, which will be held from Monday, April 9 to Thursday, April 12 to showcase research projects across different studies. According to Dr. Darren Wu, associate director of the Center for Research and Scholarship, Research […]

The Liberty University full-year Pell Grant is back and available to students once again after being eliminated with the Department of Education’s $9.2 billion budget cut in 2017. The year-round grant offers financial aid for the two semesters during the school year and additional aid for the summer. The Pell grant is a government-funded award that is given entirely off […]

To address its pilot shortage and build interest in aviation among youth, the U.S. Air Force is partnering with collegiate aviation programs like Liberty University School of Aeronautics to train Air Force JROTC cadets as private pilots. The program — AFJROTC Flight Academy — will take place at six flight schools across the country: Auburn University, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, […]