The crowd erupted and the Liberty dugout cleared as the Flames baseball team ran to rally around sophomore second baseman Nathan Keeter, the man responsible for a walk-off RBI in the bottom of the 10th inning. After his hit up the middle sent junior center fielder Jaylen Guy home for the winning run, Keeter skipped off the field with swagger. […]
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In honor of Women’s History Month, Liberty’s Division for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity held a panel discussing women in leadership Tuesday, March 21. Established women in the LU community and Lynchburg area shared their experiences and advice to students on how to lead well as women. The panel included six women, all of whom have strong faith backgrounds and use […]
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Ryan Shieh, a sophomore at Liberty University, plays on Liberty’s baseball team, but the recent release of his new book, “Abiding,” shows that he can play both on the ball field and in the writing field. Shieh’s book explores how he followed his calling, despite the plans he made before attending Liberty. Shieh grew up in Maryland, and in his […]
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Language ties people and cultures together. Liberty’s Jaeshil Kim chose to explore the boundaries of language with the Fulbright US Scholar program. As a scholarship that is only awarded to U.S. citizens, the Fulbright grant allows higher education faculty to conduct research and teach in a foreign country. Jaeshil Kim, a professor of Modern Languages, recently received the Fulbright grant. […]
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Scaling an active volcano, swimming with manta rays and running into lions at night in an African jungle sounds like the plot of an Indiana Jones movie, but it is Hudson and Emily Crider’s reality. The married couple began their traveling adventures almost six years ago and have now visited 113 countries out of their goal of 195. Hudson and […]
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With ring by spring in season and wedding bells to sound, the Liberty University Family and Consumer Sciences department hosted its second annual Bridal Expo. The fair took place March 26 from 2-5 p.m. in the LaHaye Event Space. Doubling last year’s attendance, nearly 300 people attended the expo, and over 40 vendors and local businesses shared their mission […]
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Most students know the Liberty Worship Collective as the people who sing at Convocation and Campus Community. The members of the Liberty Worship Collective come together from all walks of life to try to lead students in worshipping the Lord both on and off the stage. The students came to the group through many different paths. Some had dreamed of […]
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Singer and songwriter Jane Marczewski, also known as Nightbirde, wowed the audiences of “America’s Got Talent” during her audition in 2021 where she sang her original song, “It’s Ok,” and received the special golden buzzer from Simon Cowell. Unfortunately, she later had to withdraw from the show due to her health and ongoing battle with cancer. She eventually passed away […]
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The sky’s the limit, especially for the protagonist of Liberty’s latest theater production “Silent Sky.” Set in the early 20th century, the play tells the story of an American astronomer by the name of Henrietta Leavitt as she makes world-altering calculations and discoveries at the Harvard Observatory. These discoveries would lead other astronomers, such as Edwin Hubble, to find galaxies […]
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Liberty University’s new graduates will hear from Franklin Graham, evangelist and president of Samaritan’s Purse, during the Commencement Main Ceremony May 12. Commencement this year will include three days of festivities for over 25,000 degrees. Individual degree presentation ceremonies will take place at different campus locations May 11-13. “Who better to send the class of 2023 out into the world […]
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The cringiest couples on campus, a Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo mash-up and the gut-wrenching pain of heartbreak — all these things were brought to light at the Vines Center in front of over 7,000 students for one of the most anticipated on-campus events of the year: Coffeehouse. The theme for this year, “Exes and XO’s,” clearly displayed many of […]
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This week, I wanted to take a moment to focus on one of the most important events in all of human history, just before Easter. What is that event, students? Palm Sunday. As you read in all four Gospels, the Lord Jesus Christ descends the Mount of Olives and enters Jerusalem triumphantly (Matt 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, John 12:12-19), […]
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Liberty’s Student Government Association has been working behind the scenes this semester to promote things like student initiatives and improve campus life, passing and proposing many bills aimed at benefiting students’ overall experience while at Liberty. “This semester, Riley Foster (SGA vice president) and I and our team have continued to advance our vision of creating a culture of service, […]
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In January of this year, a tornado struck Griffin, Georgia, leaving severe damage in the area. Thousands of people were affected in the aftermath, and answering the call for help, LU Serve Now sent a team there over spring break to help as much as possible. Chad Nelson, director of LU Serve, said the goal of the trip was “to […]
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From Ecuador to Japan, Liberty students traveled all over the world for the experience of a lifetime during spring break. Through LU Send, online and residential students have the chance to travel to one of many destinations with groups from various departments throughout the year. The College of Arts & Sciences sent a group to Greece, while others went along […]
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