Staff members and a writer at the Liberty Champion and have won four awards from the Virginia Press Association’s 2017 News and Editorial Contest, while four Liberty alumni have taken home several more awards. Jack Panyard, Erin Covey and Will Young took home the first-place award in the “Headline Writing” category. The winning headlines were “This auto be fixed,” “An […]
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A meeting was held by Lynchburg City Parking Management Thursday, April 12, to discuss its proposal of instituting paid downtown parking to deal with the limited parking availability in the downtown area of the city of Lynchburg. During the meeting, David Malewitz, the parking manager for the city of Lynchburg, discussed the need for more parking and better parking enforcement […]
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The grand opening of the Rotary Centennial Riverfront Skatepark April 14 celebrated not only the formal opening of the skate park to the city of Lynchburg, but also the journey it took to get there. In August 2017, Lynchburg resident Lauren Dianich began to encourage her son and his skateboarder friends to contact the Lynchburg City Council and push for […]
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A confirmed tornado along with heavy rainfall and a small hailstorm hit the city of Lynchburg and its surrounding counties on the evening of Sunday, April 15, causing fallen trees and power lines along with the destruction of multiple storefronts and residential properties in the area. As of 10 a.m. on Monday, there were eight reported injuries caused by […]
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The Student Health Center, formerly located at Green Hall, made its move across campus to Wing A of Commons III over spring break, expanding its facilities and providing more services, opening March 26. Patients are able to be seen during lunch hours now, since there is sufficient amount of space for staff to rotate shifts. Upgrades include two new […]
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Liberty University announced March 17 its plans to expand the Vines Center to create a multipurpose arena that will accommodate sporting events and concerts that do not require the 10,000 seats that the Vines Center currently provides. According to Daniel Deter, the vice president of major construction at Liberty University, the new expansion, which will be known as the Liberty […]
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With the spring semester a mere four weeks from conclusion, the campus-wide preparation and planning for Liberty University’s 2018 Commencement May 19 is in full swing. Faculty members from every corner of the university have been hard at work in an effort to create an enjoyable experience for the projected 18,000 graduates and 35,000-40,000 guests slated to fill the campus. […]
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Liberty University’s Research Week that took place April 9-12 consisted of oral, poster and newly added performing arts presentations. The week closed Saturday with keynote speaker Todd Zakrajsek, associate professor and associate director of the Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. This year, the performing arts contestants were permitted to perform in addition […]
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The International Student Center held a Canadian Open House Wednesday, April 11, in DeMoss Hall to give Canadian students a taste of home and share with Liberty University students a little of what life is like for the U.S. neighbors to the north. At this event, the International Student Center featured Canadian cuisine and held a Canadian trivia competition where […]
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“Hey, what’s up?” Whenever Bruce and Debbie Brownfield picked up a phone call from their son, Brandon Brownfield, those were the first words they heard. As a tower crane technician, Brandon Brownfield spent some days in the office but spent most days working hundreds of feet off the ground. Two or three times a week, he would call his parents […]
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This past weekend, April 13-14, Liberty University hosted the 8th Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium. BigSURS showcases the work of undergraduate students who have conducted research in a number of academic fields throughout the Big South Conference and Region 2000 institutions. Students were greeted Friday in the Center for Worship Concert Hall by a gospel rendition of “You […]
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Liberty University’s Student Government Association’s student body election campaigns are now in full swing, as the three tickets for president and vice president of the student body have launched. As the candidates prepare for voting day April 20, here is what each one is hoping to do for the campus. A.J. Strom and Chris Porter — We Hear You […]
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Anticipation hung in the air early on the morning of March 15 as 71 Liberty students, including myself, and 19 faculty and staff prepared to leave for Rwanda for Liberty’s first G5 trip. The anticipation did not wane and turned into excitement during the 10 days that both residential and online students as well as faculty and staff served and […]
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Liberty University’s Student Government Association hosted an event in DeMoss Hall called “Defend Your Pro-life Views” April 5 to educate students on pro-life arguments. Pro-Life Apologist with Life Training Institute, online professor, Bible Department Chair and Bible Teacher of Biblical Worldview and Ethics at Liberty Christian Academy Thomas Donovan spoke to a crowd of about 150 students. “Media and social […]
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Liberty for Orphans, a newly-funded Liberty University Student Government Association club, hosted a meeting to raise awareness of the orphan crisis in Guatemala Wednesday, April 4 in the Jerry Falwell Library Scholars Conference Room. Vice President Shannon Cherian, a biomedical sciences student, presented the information on orphans of Guatemala, following club announcements to an audience of about 10. Cherian shared […]
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