Category: News

While most students were travelling or visiting family during the weekend of fall break, Point of Honor, a historical house in downtown Lynchburg, entertained guests and offered carriage rides. For the past 22 years, Point of Honor has hosted an event called “Day at the Point.” The event is free, family-friendly and offers Lynchburg residents and visitors a chance to […]

Editor’s note:  Four of the candidates running for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in the Nov. 5 election graduated from a Liberty University undergraduate program or the Liberty University School of Law. We featured the four Liberty alumni’s answers to a series of four questions we asked through email correspondence. Darrell H. “D.J.” Jordan, Wendell Walker and Del. […]

For her project and presentation assignment in ENGR 270, senior Bethany Carney prepared something completely different from what was expected.  As a math student enrolled in mostly upper-level courses this semester, Carney has a lot on her plate. But her busy schedule didn’t stop her from crafting a fully edible 4-by-1 gingerbread replica of DeMoss Hall, Liberty’s primary academic building, […]

As a young girl, Gretchen Thennes watched her mom work as a flight attendant for United Airlines. When she was 10, she realized that her dream was to work for an airline like her mom. Instead of being a flight attendant, though, she wanted to be in the cockpit flying the plane. By the time she was a senior in […]

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell made his first television appearance since the release of allegations detailed in a Politico article in One America News (OAN) Sep. 25. Falwell said the article’s claims had the intention of removing him from his university leadership position. He said this came as a result of the left’s targeting of him and Liberty University’s success […]

Liberty football legend Kelvin Edwards will have his number 83 jersey retired at Saturday’s Homecoming football matchup against the Maine Black Bears. Edwards blazed a trail for Flames athletes, finishing his four-year Liberty football career (1982-85) with 2,546 receiving yards and 24 touchdowns. Edwards’ professional football career was highlighted by the wide receiver’s time spent with the Dallas Cowboys.  The  […]

The School of Business ushered in a new era for Liberty University with the official ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday morning. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and economist Dr. Arthur Laffer joined in the ceremony with President Jerry Falwell and other university leaders.  “I’m so proud that this building is front and center on the highway because that’s what built this […]

The students came from their morning classes and gathered to help place the supporting structures of a new home. Once the walls were in place, the students busied themselves writing words of encouragement and hope that would soon be covered with drywall and paint. But their prayers would be in the home and in the hearts of the family impacted […]

Among Liberty’s many hidden gems lies one that functions as a classroom, the perfect spot for a date and just a generally cool place: the observatory.  Nestled behind the Liberty University Equestrian Center, the astronomical observatory features an 8-inch reflector telescope and a 24-inch telescope,  Jakob Sauppe, an intern at the observatory who oversees management of the facility, said. Students, […]

Following weeks of campaigning from students with election hopes, students voted for their class officers to serve as part of the advisory board to the executive branch of the Student Government Association (SGA).  The primary responsibility of student officers is to represent their class and bring their concerns to Derek Rockey and Esther Lusenge, the student body president and vice […]

Test (LSAT) just underwent its biggest change in decades through the decision to make the admissions test completely digital. Instead of receiving a scantron and a paper copy, law school hopefuls received a tablet and stylus on Saturday, Sep. 21 for the first tablet-administered LSAT.    With one of the largest pre-law undergraduate programs in the nation and a top […]

The Helms School of Government recently welcomed Robert Hurt as the new residential dean and Ron Miller as the new online dean.  Hurt represented Virginia’s 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.  Miller has been with Liberty since 2011 and served as interim residential dean before accepting this new position.  Hurt was motivated to […]

Come one, come all, it’s time for fall CFAW. Leaves dance through the air, the Rot pulls out all the stops and buses and cars full of eager high schoolers ready to get a taste of college campus life flood the campus.  That time of year has once again arrived. It is CFAW season. On Sep. 26, Liberty welcomed the […]