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A rainy Saturday morning brought 20,200 graduates back home to Liberty for commencement 45 in the Williams Stadium.   Students and faculty from over 500 LU degree programs flooded the Flames field and waited patiently, regardless of unfortunate weather, for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to address the crowd. Carter was personable and warm, joking that the audience was bigger […]

When Derik Timmerman returned from Iraq in 2006, he had no idea what kind of life God had in store for him. Following the 9/11 attacks, Timmerman joined the military as an intelligence officer and served two tours in Iraq. Upon returning, he felt called to ministry and decided to pursue seminary. “I started to feel the bug to move […]

A day after the National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 3, students gathered on the front steps of DeMoss Hall after Convocation to pray against gun violence. Sophomore Selina Feliciano, a double major in government and history, and freshman Addi Tarr, a journalism student, organized the event with the help of the Office of Spiritual Development. Feliciano and Tarr said […]

Though Dr. Ron Hawkins will retire from the Office of the Provost June 30, he will continue to serve as a faculty member in the Rawlings School of Divinity and the School of Behavioral Sciences at Liberty for the foreseeable future. Hawkins arrived at Liberty soon after the university’s initial founding in 1971 and has been a witness to its […]

The Freedom Tower’s latest addition, the Scriptorium — home to a one-million-dollar collection of rare books and Bibles donated by the Rawlings family — opened April 30 on the first floor of the tower. According to Ed Hindson, the dean of the School of Divinity, the collection includes rare first edition copies of the 1560 Geneva Bible, the 1611 King […]

As the 2017-18 school year comes to close, former Student Body President Caleb Johnson was proud to say that, as of a few weeks ago, he and his Vice President Jared Cave accomplished everything they promised at the beginning of their term. Johnson said that, even though the year flew by, he is satisfied in knowing that all the goals […]

The Starbucks located at the Tilley Student Center in Green Hall at Liberty University will be closed shortly after Commencement this year so that the location can be converted to a Dunkin’ Donuts. Ryan Wheeler, who has been Sodexo’s Unit Marketing Specialist for over two years, said their hope is to open the new Dunkin’ Donuts in time for the […]

After a tornado swirled its way through Lynchburg and parts of Campbell and Amherst Counties on Sunday, April 15, leaving families without homes, Thomas Road Baptist Church stepped up to assist. As soon as the disaster hit, TRBC Pastor of Missions and Outreach Tim Grandstaff and Senior Pastor Jonathan Falwell contacted the city of Lynchburg and the Red Cross to […]

Since the tornado of April 15 roughly two weeks ago, Lynchburg, Virginia, and the surrounding region have been assessing the aftermath and evaluating the damage. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado touched down at approximately 7 p.m. in northwest Campbell County, east of Timberlake Road, at an EF1 level — including winds between 86 and 110 mph — […]

Thursday, April 19, international students gathered in the Montview Alumni Ballroom to be recognized for their accomplishments for the 2018 International Graduation Banquet. School of Nursing Instructor and International Nursing Student Support Coordinator Catherine Raj encouraged the graduates through her testimony. She shared from Mark 5:27-29 about the woman who had a flow of blood for 12 years and was […]

When Katarina Bouton first came to Liberty University, she did not know what she wanted to do, let alone that she would one day become the first Liberty student awarded with a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant. Bouton described her journey to receiving the national scholarship to teach English in Spain as one act of God after another, and attending […]