Judd is one of our favorite friends and our go-to for any concert availabilities we have. His amazing hair and contagious laugh have nothing on his outstanding character. You probably know him because he’s a student here at Liberty and he’s also a part of the Liberty Worship Collective, BUT did you know he’s been crowned the King of Lynchburg? Tune in to our latest SA Conversations episode to hear us chat with Judd about how he became the King, his experience at Liberty, his hometown of Okeechobee, Florida, his passion for making music, and of course, why he thinks Applebee’s is amazing.

Enjoy!

This podcast features Erin Cleveland (Assistant Director of Programming) and Marissa Kusayanagi (Event Supervisor). The episode was produced and edited by Clay Copper (Event Supervisor). Our jingle was created by Judd Harris.

You may not know his name, but if you’ve lived in Lynchburg for any amount of time, you know his work. His name is Adam Shurr, and he’s the co-founder and co-owner of Golf Park Coffee. Golf Park began in 2014 as strictly a cold brew company here in Lynchburg, but it has since grown into what has probably become one of your favorite coffee shops. Also, if you’ve come to our SA events, you may have come in contact with their cold brew – we give it out often because we love supporting the shop.

Adam is a longtime friend of Student Activities (his sister was actually on our event staff back in the day!) and we knew his story would be one that resonated with a lot of Liberty grads. He has stuck around since he graduated from LU and now works full time at Moore & Giles, the leather company that is featured in stores like West Elm, Crosley and more. Adam stays busy and has an entrepreneurial spirit, but the most important part of his life are his relationships and creating community wherever he can. We learned so much in our chat with Adam and we’re so excited to share it with you!

This podcast features Erin Diaz (Assistant Director of Programming), Marissa Kusayanagi (Event Supervisor) and Steph Ward (Director). Our jingle was created by Judd Harris.

It’s finally here – OUR FIRST PODCAST!

The SA podcast, or “SA Conversations”, has been a long time coming for us, and we’re so excited to finally debut it. We’ll be sitting down with an array of interesting people, including (but not limited to) SA staff, student artists we love, and more.

Erin Cleveland (Assistant Director) and Marissa Kusayanagi (Event Supervisor) sat down with Steph Ward, our fearless Director of SA. It was important to us that we started our podcast with Steph. She oversees our whole team, manages all of the event planning for our department, and continues to push us towards making Student Activities bigger and better year after year.

On the podcast, we discuss topics such as Steph’s favorite event to work, how she made it through grad school while working full time, the Enneagram, and the best parts about working with your best friends. We actually kick off the conversation by discussing for a whole minute how Steph never gets sick, and cottage cheese slips its way in at around minute 38. Only the most important topics to cover!

We hope you listen and, please, let us know what you want to hear more of – we’re libertysa on social media and studentactivities@liberty.edu for all of your email needs. Enjoy!

Our podcast score was written and recorded by Judd Harris.