Category: News

On Valentine’s day, black lights replaced the standard fluorescent lights at Liberty University Montview Bowling Alley, setting the mood for attendees to enjoy a date night or a celebration with friends. Campus Recreation set up the event, beginning the planning process at the start of the semester. Paper flyers and digital advertisements in Liberty Academic buildings and the offer to […]

The Liberty University School of music will hold its annual Worship Lifestyle Project event over College For a Weekend Feb. 25-27, inviting prospective students to share how worship intertwines with life through writing, speech and musical performance.  Two different tracks are available for participants with different skill sets to compete in the event. Track one requires a written essay on […]

This Spring semester, Liberty University’s School of Divinity will relaunch their student led academic journal, Eleutheria.  Current undergrad and graduate students are encouraged to participate in the publication by submitting personal research papers “in the areas of theology and philosophy, scripture and interpretation, and church and mission.”  The managing student editor, David Ochabski said that this opportunity will open up […]

An engineering student at Liberty recently created a product that Toyota will patent to help reduce health hazards for employees.  Claire Callahan, a senior, stated that after four months of work, the product still needs to be dispersed among all Toyota plants before any next steps can be taken. Callahan’s Toyota product is the only one currently in the process […]

Students at the LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center might be surprised to find rock climbers upside down, moving up and down the board and working against gravity. The LaHaye Rock Wall added a Grasshopper Board over winter break, changing the way climbers train and enhancing the climbing experience for climbers of varying levels. The Grasshopper Board, designed by photographer and […]

Students from Liberty University’s Department of Biology and Chemistry traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands in January to study biodiversity and observe the many marvels of God’s creation unique to this part of the world.  The trip, which took place Jan. 9-19, was the third annual expedition of its kind. The 17 students who took part in this academic […]

Liberty students were welcomed into the familiar seats of the Vines Center for the first time of the 2020-21 academic year on Wednesday for the spring semesters opening Campus Community.  First year freshmen entered the Vines Center as students for the first time, while returners quickly noticed the changes to the campus staple. The once cream-colored walls are now painted […]

Former Liberty University professor, William Edward Matheny, Ph.D., 88, passed away on Jan. 26 at his home in Lynchburg. Matheny taught at Liberty for 31 years.  Matheny was born on December 23, 1932 in Sterling, Illinois. He was married to his wife Mirle, who passed away in 2010, for 49 years. Matheny is survived by his four children, John Mark, […]

At the start of the year YMCA of Central Virginia launched a new program called the Give Back and Do Good Initiative, with the objective to support a different non-profit or cause each month of the year. To kick off the program, the YMCA hosted a coat drive during the month of January, delivering over 500 gently used coats to […]

Coffeehouse is back – and Student Activities is working to make it better than ever, reinstating the theme from the cancelled 2020 event, and bringing a “late night talk show” concept to attendees.  The twice-yearly Coffeehouse is one of the most popular events on Liberty’s campus, full of musical talent and creative performances. The event scheduled for last spring was […]

With the goal of educating Christian youth on how to have a godly relationship in an ungodly world, Liberty University’s Student Counseling Services held a seminar for students about navigating romance and dating with a biblical framework in mind. Held on Feb. 2, the event was part four of a six-part series titled “Dating in a Secular Age,” a sub-series […]