The Liberty University Career Center is offering several events throughout the spring 2018 semester aimed at getting Liberty students internships, jobs and boosting the marketability of students for their future careers. The Career Center is offering a wide range of events starting in the month of February all the way through mid-April. The events being held include sessions on how […]
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Prospective Liberty University students attending College for a Weekend in February and April will have the opportunity to win one of several $10,000 scholarships by entering video project, essay and musical skill-based contests. High school juniors and seniors can respond to prompts determined by the School of Music and the School of Communication and Digital Content. Faculty at the schools […]
Read moreLiberty University continues to bolster its financial stability for the 2017 fiscal year, as its endowment spiked by 19.3 percent from the 2016 fiscal year, according to the 2017 National Association of College and University Business Officers Endowment Study. The university’s endowment increased from $1.1 billion to just under $1.3 billion in financial assets, according to the NACUBO report based […]
Read moreSafeSide Tactical in Lynchburg, Virginia began a new chapter of national organization A Girl & A Gun, Women’s Shooting League in July 2017, affording enthusiastic women with an opportunity to bond over a passion for firearms. On Feb. 8, during Lynchburg’s first AG & AG meeting, facilitator Judy Gallion presented 15 women at SafeSide Tactical with information about the national […]
Read moreJens Soering, a German-born University of Virginia student convicted in 1990 of murdering his girlfriend’s parents, is closer to being exonerated than ever before, thanks to the forensic investigation of a Liberty University professor. Dr. J. Thomas McClintock, Liberty’s director of forensic science and professor of biology, has been working on the forensic DNA analysis on new evidentiary samples of […]
Read moreLiberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s student chapter of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association hosted their annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s event Feb. 15 to raise money for the Thomas Hartman Center for Parkinson’s Research. According to the LUCOM Director of Marketing Christopher Breedlove, participates paid $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes. More than $450 was raised to benefit Parkinson’s disease research. “Parkinson’s […]
Read moreLiberty University’s social work club hosted the executive director of the Charlottesville International Rescue Committee Feb. 15 for “Roots of Refuge,” an event held to educate students about the truth of refugees. “I think the most important thing to take away from this (event) is the understanding of what a refugee really is,” Kuhr said. Kuhr said that to be […]
Read moreEvery female student at Liberty University is invited to attend a Ladies’ Night at the LaHaye Recreation and Fitness Center on Wednesday, Feb. 21, where they will be able to utilize exercise classes and consult with personal trainers. The Ladies’ Night, which will be from 9:30-11:30 p.m., is the launch of Liberty Recreation Center’s “Seize the Sweaty” campaign with the […]
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Two years ago, hockey player Devin Pierce sat in a Tim Horton’s coffee shop near Milton, Ontario, and spoke with men’s hockey head coach Kirk Handy and his wife. The conversation took place after one of Pierce’s hockey games and lasted more than two hours. Handy encouraged Pierce to come to Liberty and play in college, but Pierce ultimately chose […]
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In a game highlighted by an injury to Liberty’s now-number one starter for the season, two home runs, great defensive plays and a stellar bullpen contributed to a Flames 5-4 victory over Virginia Commonwealth University on Opening Day of the baseball season Friday, Feb. 16. The top of the first inning started with a bang. After pitcher Evan Brabrand got […]
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Nearly three years since he was first drafted, D.J. Artis is still donning Liberty University’s blue and red – for one more season at least. Artis, a center fielder on Liberty’s baseball team, has collected multiple personal accomplishments during his collegiate experience including leading the Big South Conference in batting average (.359). He also finished second in the Big South […]
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The Liberty Flames lacrosse team walked off the field April 23 of last season with downcast expressions, the evening heat in John Springs, Georgia, causing perspiration to run down their faces. The Flames valiant effort in the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference playoffs fell short when they were defeated 13-8 by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. As the Flames look ahead to […]
Read moreAs the successor to Michael Jordan, (No disrespect Kobe fans, the Black Mamba is a Legend, but at the time of the last NBA finals without LeBron, Instagram hadn’t even been created yet.) there are a lot of areas that LeBron James is subject to criticism – his finals record, his involvement in GM affairs, his hairline and his tendency […]
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The Liberty Lady Flames sealed the victory after the two-day Liberty Softball Challenge Invitational with a thrilling 4-3 comeback win in extra innings against the Central Michigan Chippewas Friday, Feb. 16. Senior right fielder Tori Zavodny drove in the deciding run for the Lady Flames with a triple in the top of the ninth, and junior Julia DiMartino struck out […]
Read moreSeniors, you are less than three months away from putting on that cap and gown and walking across the stage to get your degree. First off, congratulations to you for your accomplishment. As you get ready to become adults in the real world, some former students would like to give bit of advice. Adrianna Shotyk is the lead technical director […]
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