Category: News

Nearly 2,100 prospective students fought off rainy weather at Liberty University over the weekend, marking the first 2019 College for A Weekend (CFAW) Feb. 21-24.  For Liberty freshman Elisa Sitarz, CFAW was the experience she needed to make the decision to come to Liberty. Sitarz attended CFAW twice as a high school student — once in February 2017 and again […]

Christian motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, who was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder resulting in the absence of arms and legs, shared his testimony at the Feb. 22 Convocation. He shared his testimony with Liberty University students about how God has used his life for God’s glory, even when Vujicic did not know God’s plan. His parents instilled a […]

Conversational barriers were brought down and discussion opened up on how to achieve unity in a time of great national divisiveness during Convo Select Feb. 18, hosted by the Helms School of Government.  The theme of the Convo Select was the U.S. motto E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one.  Clarence Henderson, president of the Fredrick Douglass Foundation, and […]

Sourdough Pizza Company, a mobile brick-oven pizzeria based in Forest, Virginia, is looking for a new owner, as current owners Zac and Megan Kolegue are planning to move to New York to be closer to extended family.  “The goal is to keep the business here, and somebody could operate it here, … and I think it will do fairly well, […]

Law students and professors gathered in Liberty University School of Law’s federal court room to observe a real case involving the Veterans Consortium’s class action suit against the Office of Veterans Affairs (VA). Liberty University’s School of Law hosted the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Feb. 21. Tory Lucas, a professor in the School of Law, believes […]

It was a patriotic day Feb. 23 as female veterans of all ages and backgrounds gathered at the American Legion Post 16 for the fourth annual Empowering Female Veterans event, hosted by The American Legion Post 16 of Lynchburg. A time dedicated to honor each other, share experiences and build relationships, the event was filled with laughs, tears and newly-made […]

Journalism professor Deborah Huff watched her dream of hosting a sports reporting seminar unfold as students gathered in Green Hall Feb. 11-12 to participate in Football & Facebook.  The idea for the seminar surfaced when Huff wrote a paper for her graduate class on social media and how it has shaped the sports reporting field. As part of her paper, […]

Lynchburg City School Board unanimously approved the reallocation of $1.2 million Feb. 5 to fund maintenance and facilities costs as well as purchase new marching band uniforms for the two high schools in the district. “First of all, this is not asking for an increase in our existing budget. I’m not asking for an increase. We are just asking to […]

The Liberty Forensics Speech Team competed in the last regional tournament of the season at Gaston Day School Feb. 8-9, bringing home 11 individual awards and clinching the third-place spot.  With 84 awards already under their feet, the team has two national tournaments on the schedule for March. Sharpe, Evan Young, Lily Mathes and Kay Wills will be attending the […]

Over a chocolate fountain, the Liberty University Family and Child Development Association (FACDA) hosted its first meeting of the semester Monday, Feb. 11, and brainstormed ways to partner with a local organization.  The 60 attendees made valentines for children involved with Park View Community Mission, a Lynchburg organization that, according to its website, “works to restore the lives of families […]