Category: News

“Bloodroot: The Ballad of Clinch Mountain,” the 2018 original play written exclusively by female members of the Liberty University theatre department, received national recognition from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. This is the first national honor awarded to a Liberty theater production.  “Bloodroot” earned the Distinguished Production of a New Work award, and Adell Ehrhorn was recognized for distinguished […]

Senior Vice President for Spiritual Development David Nasser formally invited Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and celebrity activist Alyssa Milano to convocation over Twitter on Wednesday for a civil conversation on gun control. The invitation came in response to Cruz and Milano’s Twitter conversation on gun policy following the Odessa, Texas shooting Saturday that killed seven people. A shooting at a […]

Liberty University sophomore and nursing student Caroline Autumn Carlson received a $1,000 national scholarship from Platinum Educational Group for her hard work and dedication in the field of nursing.  Winning this award helped make Carlson’s continuation in the nursing program  possible.  Jeremy Johnson, director of marketing for Platinum Educational Group, said Platinum seeks to assist students in the fields of […]

Students on East Campus, rejoice! A miniature LaHaye is now practically in your backyard. Formerly known as the “Campus East Clubhouse,” which served as a lounge and recreation area for students on East Campus, David’s Place is now a fitness center that resembles LaHaye Recreation and Fitness Center on a smaller scale. The previous space housed lounge areas and a […]

Convocation brought together two professors with opposing political views for a conversation on civil discourse Friday, Aug. 30.  Dr. Robert George, a professor from Princeton and the more conservative of the two, joined his long-time liberal friend, Harvard University professor Dr. Cornell West. Senior Vice President for Spiritual Development David Nasser moderated the conversation. The two friends spoke on the […]

Liberty University’s Student Government Association (SGA) gained a new Speaker of the House  Tuesday, Aug. 27, in its  first session of the school year.  Chris Porter succeeded Christian Lasval as the new Speaker of the House of Delegates and will facilitate the House’s meetings in the legislative branch of SGA.  “My role as Speaker is to make sure that the […]

The International Student Center kicked off the year with its annual Worldwide Welcome. The Worldwide Welcome took place Thursday, Aug. 29. The event featured a cookout with multiple student organizations and live music to bring together both new and returning international students. Tunya Pannell, the operations coordinator and office manager for the International Student Center, wanted this event to allow […]

During convocation Wednesday, Aug. 28, Vice President of Spiritual Development David Nasser announced that the 2019 G5 trip would be to the South American country of Colombia. Rather than wait to announce this year’s G5 country during Global Focus Week, the LU Serve office elected to make it public now to give interested students as much time as possible to […]

In a night that made history, the Liberty University football team faced off against Syracuse for the first time with the newly-named Liberty LUnatics student section joining the crowd of 21,000 cheeringthem on.   This marks Liberty football’s first match up with a top 25 team, and students came out in record numbers.  “Yesterday we had the largest student attendance […]

Lovers of sushi and ramen should check out AJI Ramen and Sushi, a new restaurant in downtown Lynchburg. The new dining option is nestled on Main Street and provides casual dining in an atmosphere that matches the cuisine.  Booths, a counter and upstairs seating provide plenty of room for the lunch and dinner crowds. Owner and manager Xian Jin Wu, […]

Student Body President Derek Rockey and Student Body Vice President Esther Lusenge are settling into their roles as Student Government Association (SGA) leaders with a unified vision and platform titled “One Liberty.”  The pair was inaugurated following an uncontested campaign in spring 2019. Rockey and Lusenge claim such circumstances allowed them to approach their campaign platform with “intentionality.” As a […]