The Carson Connection: One Alumna’s Dream and the Famous Surgeon’s Relationship with Liberty

Esteemed neurosurgeon, former presidential candidate and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson has had a close relationship with Liberty University since he first came to Convocation in 2012. Liberty alumna Merisa Parson Davis had a big dream of Carson visiting the university nearly a decade ago.  Davis took the initiative to have Carson speak as the chair […]

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Passion for fashion

Alumna Ruth Bibby uses experience in fashion PR to judge Liberty’s annual show Liberty University’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) welcomed back former fashion show director and alumna Ruth Bibby to assist in judging its ninth annual spring fashion show, titled “Cotton Couture: Nature’s Dream,” April 11 in the Schilling Center. Bibby graduated with a double major in […]

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Giving back

By Rachael Graf Alumna serves needy in Tampa community Since graduating in 2012, Ashley McAlpin has been busy. The former graduate student assistant for the Liberty Champion graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in May 2012, and then spent two years in Liberty’s graduate program, where she earned her master’s degree in media communication. “Liberty University is a unique […]

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Alumna pursues music

Marczewski performs final concert in Lynchburg to thank fans for support It is hard for Jane Marczewski to walk through the Liberty University campus without being recognized. For the Liberty alumna who graduated in 2013, these last moments in Lynchburg are more than simple hellos or a stroll through campus. They are goodbyes, as Marczewski packs her bags for Nashville, […]

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Finish strong

Catherine Hardee enjoys success With her buzzer in hand, Liberty University alumna Catherine Hardee took on the opportunity to win big bucks Sept. 23 as she played her first round on the television game show, “Jeopardy!” After exhausting all of the questions her first day, Hardee’s winnings came to $12,401 — a result of being the only contestant to answer […]

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Changing the game

Forbes honors Liberty graduate as one in a thousand Forbes will honor Liberty University graduate student and alumna Tori Utley as one of its 1,000 rising “game changers” at its Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia Oct. 19-22. According to the Forbes website, this first Under 30 Summit is estimated to bring 1,000 brilliant young magnates and the finest entrepreneurs from […]

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Alumna to hold book signing

Stroke survivor, author Delanie Stephenson details her miraculous recovery in “The Calm Before the Storm” Delanie Stephenson had just returned home when it started to happen. She had just begun to clean out her van when she became extremely nauseated, and the headache she had fought for almost a week prior began to intensify. Then her heart began to beat […]

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Alumna excels as ESPN sportscaster

Since graduating in 2009, Samantha Ponder has gained national fame while reporting on college sports Liberty University graduate Samantha Ponder wasted no time in climbing the ranks of the sports broadcasting world. After reporting for the Flames Sports Network (now the Liberty Flames Sports Network) during her senior year of college in 2009, Samantha Ponder worked at the Longhorn Network […]

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