Liberty University united through a flavorful experience, the Taste of Nations, which presented guests with an opportunity to visit 23 countries’ tables and sample traditional cuisines during Global Focus Week Feb. 20. Guests inside were greeted by signs, flags from around the world and the scent of international aromas blended together. Featured on stage were Libertad, D-Trex, the Ntiboneras, Faris […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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When U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) visited Convocation on Feb. 26, he did not talk about the bill he sponsored to renew the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or the gun reform proposals being put forward on Capital Hill. Instead, his message focused on encouraging students to follow God’s calling for their lives. Lankford addressed this issue by first […]
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Lynchburg’s local politicians, entrepreneurs and community leaders are stepping up to join a crowded race for one of the three at-large seats on city council before the election May 1. As of March 2, eight Lynchburg citizens are listed on the Virginia Department of Election’s candidate list for the Lynchburg City Council. The three seats are currently held by Mayor […]
Read moreStudents seeking shelter can find it in the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one of the newest clubs meeting monthly on campus, as they talk about mental illness and health, raising awareness on the subject. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 44.7 million adults have a mental illness. That is 18.3 percent of the adult population. Mental illnesses […]
Read moreFor the second time since the hurricanes of last fall tore through Puerto Rico, an LU Send Now team traveled to the island to serve the locals and aid in the process of rebuilding their communities. Over the past five months, the storm’s victims have struggled to receive the utilities necessary for living in the demolished condition of their homes, […]
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The Liberty University Career Center is offering several events throughout the spring 2018 semester aimed at getting Liberty students internships, jobs and boosting the marketability of students for their future careers. The Career Center is offering a wide range of events starting in the month of February all the way through mid-April. The events being held include sessions on how […]
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Prospective Liberty University students attending College for a Weekend in February and April will have the opportunity to win one of several $10,000 scholarships by entering video project, essay and musical skill-based contests. High school juniors and seniors can respond to prompts determined by the School of Music and the School of Communication and Digital Content. Faculty at the schools […]
Read moreLiberty University continues to bolster its financial stability for the 2017 fiscal year, as its endowment spiked by 19.3 percent from the 2016 fiscal year, according to the 2017 National Association of College and University Business Officers Endowment Study. The university’s endowment increased from $1.1 billion to just under $1.3 billion in financial assets, according to the NACUBO report based […]
Read moreSafeSide Tactical in Lynchburg, Virginia began a new chapter of national organization A Girl & A Gun, Women’s Shooting League in July 2017, affording enthusiastic women with an opportunity to bond over a passion for firearms. On Feb. 8, during Lynchburg’s first AG & AG meeting, facilitator Judy Gallion presented 15 women at SafeSide Tactical with information about the national […]
Read moreJens Soering, a German-born University of Virginia student convicted in 1990 of murdering his girlfriend’s parents, is closer to being exonerated than ever before, thanks to the forensic investigation of a Liberty University professor. Dr. J. Thomas McClintock, Liberty’s director of forensic science and professor of biology, has been working on the forensic DNA analysis on new evidentiary samples of […]
Read moreLiberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s student chapter of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association hosted their annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s event Feb. 15 to raise money for the Thomas Hartman Center for Parkinson’s Research. According to the LUCOM Director of Marketing Christopher Breedlove, participates paid $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes. More than $450 was raised to benefit Parkinson’s disease research. “Parkinson’s […]
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