EchoLight donation

EchoLight Studios recently formed an agreement to co-produce five feature films with Liberty University’s Cinematic Arts Zaki Gordon Center to make a mark on Christian filmmakers and university film schools. According to a press release from EchoLight Studios, the company had announced its multi-million dollar commitment to support the next generation of Christian filmmakers earlier this year. The latest announcement […]

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Scholarships increase

New students interested in attending Liberty University might be happy to know that the school has recently increased its scholarship offerings by nearly $9 million, according to Vice President of Financial Aid Robert Ritz. Beginning fall of 2013, Liberty will offer a limited number of full tuition scholarships to high school valedictorians and salutatorians. The university will also increase the […]

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CIA recruits

Representatives from the CIA visited Liberty University Feb. 19 to meet with prospective students seeking jobs in visual arts, graphic design and communications. According to the Helms School of Government, the fair was an outlet for students wanting to use their skills to develop into a professional career within the agency. Mark Hernandez, who has worked for the CIA for […]

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Non-profit seeks reform

David Leite, a student at Liberty University, brought Students for Education Reform (SFER) to the campus of Liberty University Feb. 10, 2012. Leite was watching “Waiting for Superman,” a movie about making a difference through education in the United States of America, when he noticed a phone number for viewers interested in making a difference. That number connected Leite to […]

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U.S. Postal Service makes changes

Letter delivery will be cut from six days a week to five days, beginning Aug. 5 The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently decided that it would reduce mail delivery Aug. 5, 2013 to five days a week, cutting Saturday mail. Packages will continue to be delivered six days a week. Liberty University Postal Services handles packages and letters five […]

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Marine marches for missions

Gunfire echoed across the African town of Bujumbura, Burundi as doors quickly slammed shut, cease-fire agreement broken and lives halted as the bullets pierced the air. Seven years after the genocide in Rwanda, the African town was ravaged in turmoil yet again, according to Marine James Iversen. “Everyone who was working for the Department of State had to be (at) […]

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Prayer Center makes big changes

It is a small, easily-forgotten room on the backside of Dorm 17 on main campus. The walls are neatly lined with frames that hold tiny seeds. Spaced between these mustard seeds are frames containing little nuggets of truth from Liberty University’s founder Jerry Falwell Sr. As unimpressive as the room may seem, big things are happening for Liberty University’s Prayer […]

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SAO moves to DeMoss Hall

The Student Advocate Office (SAO) will be moving Feb. 19 from Green Hall to the DeMoss Learning Center. Their new location will be on the second floor between the grand lobby and the computer lab in suite 2247, according to the SAO. “We decided to move to DeMoss Hall so that we could better assist students,” Director of Orientation and […]

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Author inspires

Liberty University students and faculty members alike packed into DeMoss Hall 1090 to hear author and speaker Leslie Leyland Fields talk about a new way for evangelical Christians to interact with the surrounding culture. Fields was introduced by professor Karen Swallow Prior, who had developed a relationship with the writer after hearing one of her lectures. “My specialty is 18th-century […]

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