Liberty Insider – Spring
Commencement Highlights 2025
This year’s Commencement honored the largest graduating class in Liberty University history, with over 32,000 graduates. LU welcomed the 74th Governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin to deliver the keynote address for the 52nd Commencement Main Ceremony on Friday night in Williams Stadium. Youngkin highlighted graduates’ accomplishments, including more than 6,300 graduating with honors, 4,100 graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA, and 7,129 graduates with military ties. “With over 32,000 graduates, the Class of 2025 is not only the largest in Liberty’s storied history, it’s also one of the most impressive since Jerry Falwell Sr. had a vision and opened the doors of this school more than five decades ago.”
After the ceremony, a show including fireworks and 300 drones lit up the sky. Visit the full article for more highlights, and to watch a recorded video of Commencement.
Three Generations Walk Liberty’s Graduation Stage Together
Friday morning, the Rochford family accepted their degrees as a family during the Helms School of Government degree ceremony. Kaitlin was the first to enroll at Liberty, arriving on campus as a residential student. Her father and grandfather pursued their advanced degrees through Liberty University Online Programs. “I’m so glad I get to share this with my family,” Kaitlin said. “It’s special because it’s not common for someone to graduate with a parent, let alone a parent and a grandparent.”
Liberty is for the whole family! From Kindergarten to Doctoral, you can earn your high school diploma or college degree through Liberty University. Plus, you may qualify for discounts! Offering online tuition discounts discounts for parents of residential students, service members and their spouse, children of LUO students, and a military child discount. You can learn more by visiting the LUO Scholarships webpage.
Library Services
The Jerry Falwell Library (JFL) is more than a physical building. It is a treasure-trove of over 2.7 million electronic resources that can be accessed whenever and wherever you need them. You can access the library website, library catalog, and electronic resources in approximately 450 multidisciplinary and specialized databases from any internet-enabled device anywhere in the world through a seamless single sign-on system. Additionally, by completing an Interlibrary Loan request, you can request that materials in the JFL’s collection of over 428,000 physical items be mailed to you; you can also request electronic resources from the Center for Research Libraries and digital scans of articles and book chapters or small portions of books even if the JFL does not own those items. If you live near another college or university with a participating library, you can borrow materials from that library through the JFL’s reciprocal borrowing agreements.
You also have access to a wealth of resources to help you navigate the library website and develop your research skills. Research assistance via phone, chat, and email is available any time the library is open. Plus, you can schedule a virtual appointment for in-depth research questions, explore self-paced, interactive modules on all aspects of the research process, view online tutorials and recordings of previous research webinars, attend live-stream webinars during the fall and spring semesters, explore subject-specific research guides, and check out library FAQs.
Once you have located the resources you need through the JFL website, you can organize your sources with RefWorks, a tool the JFL provides to help you easily generate reference lists. After your research project is complete, chat with your professor about sponsoring you to showcase your project during JFL’s annual Research Week event, which provides online and residential undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to enhance their resume, develop research and presentation skills, and win prizes of up to $250. From start to finish, the JFL is here to support you on your research journey!
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Center for Financial Literacy
At the Center for Financial Literacy (CFL), we have a team of 30 peer financial coaches available to discuss topics such as budgeting, student loans, goal setting, and more – all from a biblical perspective.
Residential Parent’s Online Discount!
Bundle education costs, Cheer on the Flames and Celebrate Milestones together! When your son or daughter enrolls as a residential student at Liberty University, you can save 15% on any of Liberty’s 600+ online degree programs! Share the experience and save!
Military Child Discount
We recognize the sacrifice military members and their families make. As a thank-you, we now offer a 15% discount off our regular full-or part-time tuition rates for new online students, regardless of age, whose parent(s) served honorably in the military.* Please contact us at (800) 424-9595 for more information.
*Some exclusions apply. This cannot be combined with other discounts.
Upcoming Dates & Deadlines
- Wed, May 21 – Registration Opens for Fall 2025
- Closed May 24-26 in observance of Memorial Day
- Wed, June 11 – Summer D term Registration Deadline
- Mon, June 16 – Summer D term Financial Check-In Deadline
- Monday, June 23 – Summer 2024 D term Classes Start
- Closed July 4-5 in observance of Independence Day
- Friday, July 4 – Summer B term Classes End
- Wed, August 6 – Fall A/B term Registration Deadline
- Mon, August 11 – Fall A/B term Financial Check-In Deadline
- Fri, August 15 – Summer D term Classes End
- Mon, August 18 – Fall A/B term Classes Start
Career Service Highlight
Career Services provides career development opportunities to Liberty University students and alumni through various employer connection events, career coaching services, and resources. Learn more about them here.
Travel with LU Send in 2025
Have you ever considered combining travel with college credit? With LU Send, you can do just that! At Liberty, we’re passionate about globalizing your education and helping you impact culture.
These short-term academic trips with LU Send are both international and domestic, and they are the perfect addition to your online curriculum. Click here to learn more about upcoming trips in 2025.
LUOA
Did you know that LU has an online K-12 academy that offers the same great experience and quality that you’re used to with online courses?
We are now offering a discount on LUOA tuition when the student’s parents are currently enrolled in online courses with Liberty.
For more details or to request more information, visit this webpage.
myLU App
We’ve made it more convenient for you to stay up-to-date with various activities and events here at Liberty University. Take advantage of a seamless myLU experience across desktop and mobile from your phone or tablet. Whether you are an online or on-campus student, a Liberty parent, a Flames fan, or someone who likes to keep up with what’s happening at the university, myLU keeps you connected.
Learn more about the myLU app
Online Student Life
Join a community of online students and feel more connected to your campus. Communities include:
- Online Student Life – Connect with other online students through yammer!
- Discover Your Campus
- Study Tips
- State and academic program groups
- Prayer Requests
- and a lot more
Contact us at:
OnlineStudentLife@Liberty.edu for more information.
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