New construction continues to change the landscape of Liberty’s campus Campus this fall were welcomed with brand new buildings and facilities representing a summer’s worth of hard work from construction teams working on the campus. Many Liberty freshmen moved into the new Residential Commons III building with room for 784 students. The building was finished just days […]
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Liberty previews fall Convocation schedule and announces security changes Liberty University has planned out this fall’s Convocation schedule, securing a roster of notable speakers and changing the policy from posting the schedule for the full semester to announcing an upcoming 10-day Convocation schedule each Monday. According to Liberty University Stages Director Ashley Lison, the shorter time between when speakers […]
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LU Send Now team sends 10 students to Texas Liberty University’s LU Send Now office sent 10 students to Victoria, Texas to work as relief volunteers Saturday, Sept. 2. Victoria is located 50 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is known as the crossroads of southeastern Texas. The team is heading there due to Victoria’s […]
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Randolph College chooses to remove statue of local Confederate soldier Randolph College has made monumental changes to its campus after the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees elected to remove the statue of a Confederate soldier and local philanthropist, George Morgan Jones, from its campus. The statue, removed Aug. 25, depicted Jones in a Confederate general’s uniform […]
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Student Government introduces new policies With a new school year beginning, the newly elected student body president and vice president, Caleb Johnson and Jared Cave, are looking to push the Student Government Association (SGA) to make lasting policy changes and revise some rules. The recent revision of the curfew policy is the first of several changes to be enacted by […]
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Caps and hats told the tale of Liberty University’s 44th Commencement, with academic caps as a ceremonial aspect of celebrating the over 18,000 students graduating and the speckling of iconic red trucker hats signaling the morning’s speaker, President Donald Trump. Trump chose to give his first commencement address as president at Liberty, making him the first sitting U.S. president to […]
Read moreHow to stay spiritually and emotionally healthy during the summer months As graduation approaches with summer weather in full swing, it is essential for students and staff to remain mentally and spiritually healthy as their semester or journey at Liberty University comes to an end. Liberty Dean of Students Robert Mullen said the key to staying healthy in all aspects […]
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New student body president and vice president prepare for inauguration Incoming Student Body President Caleb Johnson and Student Body Vice President Jared Cave will be sworn in at the Liberty University Student Government Association (SGA) inauguration Tuesday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the science hall auditorium. Jacob Broadway, SGA’s chief justice, said the inauguration will be a time to […]
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Liberty hosts first outdoor Convocation to celebrate the end of the year Thousands of students gathered on the lawn in front of the Montview Student Union April 28 as Liberty University hosted the first outdoor Convocation. “Eighty-eight times out of the year, we get together for this thing called Convocation,” Senior Vice President for Spiritual Development David Nasser said in […]
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I remember walking back from class last April when an email alert popped up on my phone from Mrs. Huff, offering me the position of assistant news editor at the Liberty Champion. Honestly, I’m not exactly sure what I was thinking or expecting when I randomly filled out a staff application a month before, but I could not be more […]
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I have written hundreds of thousands of words as a journalist, but I have never had to write what comes next. Goodbye. Two-and-a-half years ago, I accepted a position with the Champion as the feature editor after one semester of writing for the newspaper, and what our dear advisor, Mrs. Huff, did not know, is that she was allowing a […]
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Liberty University construction plans to make progress over the summer As the school year comes to a close, Liberty University’s Planning and Construction team is working hard to complete building projects which will be open for students in the fall semester. These projects include the Residential Commons III, a new indoor football practice facility to open in June and a […]
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Students to visit Germany, Israel, Romania and more through summer trips This summer, Liberty students will travel the United States and the world to visit historical sites, seize outreach opportunities and participate in national competitions through various trips organized by LU Send, with eight international trips traveling to Germany, Greece, Romania, Israel and Ghana, along with others. Many of the […]
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Liberty to host 50,000 guests at the 43rd Commencement ceremony With more than 6,000 graduate walking in 27 degree presentation ceremonies, Liberty University is ready to welcome an estimated 50,000 guests on-campus during Commencement weekend May 12. President Donald J. Trump will headline the 2017 Commencement May 13 at Williams Stadium. According to the News and Advance, […]
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Liberty University campus ranked safest in Va. Liberty University was ranked by security system provider ADT as the safest college campus in Virginia based on statistics including crime rates and campus safety programs. According to the Liberty News Service, through data from the FBI and the Department of Education, ADT picked Liberty as the safest campus over every other school […]
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