Members of the Liberty Athletics creative team and “Flames Central,” Liberty’s sports television show, earned a school-record six Emmys at the 65th Capital Emmy Awards in June. “Flames Central” won three Emmys, marking the eighth consecutive year the show has won an Emmy and bringing its total to 14 overall.
The School of Engineering’s Rocketry team surpassed expectations at its first showing in the Spaceport America Cup in June in southern New Mexico. The team’s debut rocket, Genesis, blasted 9,440 feet to finish 39th out of 158 teams, besting schools with established aerospace engineering programs such as Mississippi State (40th), Michigan State (62nd), and Virginia Tech (78th).
The Society for Human Resource Management student chapter received a 2022-23 Outstanding Student Chapter Award in September for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its members.
Two Helms School of Government students, senior Giana DePaul and graduate student Henrique Krigner, attended the prestigious Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp at Stanford University in August, where they heard from former Secretary of State and current Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice, former Advisor to the President Scott Atlas, and Stanford economist Dr. John B. Taylor.
The Liberty Belles I and II, all-female student-pilot racing teams from the Liberty University School of Aeronautics, finished first and third, respectively, out of five planes in the Electronic Data Monitoring Aircraft (EDMA) Competition, part of the 46th annual Air Race Classic, which took teams from Grand Forks, N.D., to Homestead, Fla., in June. Liberty’s teams placed in the top half of the field of 44.
Two School of Behavioral Sciences professors were recognized by the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) for their decades of work in clinical and classroom settings. Dr. Gary Sibcy (left), a psychology professor and director of the Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology program, was awarded the Michael Lyles Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice. Dr. Elias Moitinho (right), a counseling professor and residential chair of the Department of Counselor Education & Family Studies, received the AACC Caregiver Award for Excellence in Christian Caregiving.
Liberty’s Advertising Team won first place in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) at the American Advertising Federation’s ADMERICA Conference in St. Louis, Mo., in June. Liberty was one of the eight teams (out of 96) to earn a trip to nationals, beating Brigham Young University, Hawaii Pacific University, University of San Francisco, University of Missouri, University of Minnesota, Chapman University (third place), and Texas State University (runner-up).
Fourth-year LUCOM student Allison Smith was elected as the student chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students. Smith will help plan the national conference next year and serve on the Commission on Education.
The School of Education received the 2023 Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement award from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). The award was presented at CAEP’s annual conference in September to 21 educational institutions designated as educator preparation providers (EPPs) that advance equity and excellence in educator preparation to strengthen P-12 learning.
