Category: News

The beginning of fall marks the return of Liberty University’s popular student attraction: Scaremare. Liberty’s fall walk-through event is returning to Lynchburg this Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m., and there are plenty of new tricks in store to treat people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Scaremare’s mission is to create scenes of death that invoke the question, “What […]

Liberty University works hard to make its campus safe. Students have the Office of Security & Public Safety to thank for that. While the Liberty University Police Department is commonly recognized as the forefront of campus security, it is only one of the four departments within OSPS. According to Vice President of Security & Public Safety Marcus Tinsley, the office […]

“Israel is at war,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared following the unexpected attack on Israel by Hamas, a terrorist organization. The strike marked the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. This new action brought tensions between Gaza and Israel to a fatal climax, resulting in over 1,000 Israeli deaths and 400 deaths in Gaza, with an additional […]

Students congregated at North Campus in hopes of making connections with various employers.  On Sept. 26, over 600 students gathered in the LaHaye Multipurpose Center dressed in professional attire and with resumes in hand. In the past, the Career Fair has catered to all majors simultaneously, but this year the idea of a focus on specific schools seemed to be […]

A team of 12 students participating in Liberty University’s Serve Now disaster response team were sent to Lahaina, Maui to aid in disaster relief efforts following August’s wildfires. The team partnered with Samaritan’s Purse to provide temporary shelters for victims of the natural disaster and help local families find their belongings in the ashes of the fire.  LU Serve Now […]

Next week, Oct. 10-12, Liberty University will host the CEO Summit: Networking the Nations event. The schedule is packed with speakers who are experts in their fields and will offer attendees opportunities to interact and network with world-class CEOs, influencers and innovators.  CEOs such as Marvin Ellison, the CEO of Lowe’s; J. Frank Harrison III, the CEO of Coca-Cola consolidated; former […]

Liberty University’s Convocation series during Global Focus Week featured two speakers, Dr. Billy Kim and Jey Mbiro, whose messages encouraged students to choose Christ and showed them the importance of compassion through sponsorship. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Kim, a South Korean evangelist, took the stage alongside the Korean Children’s Choir to speak at Convocation. Kim began by reflecting on the […]

Liberty University’s Helms School of Government is hosting its biannual Navigating High-Risk Human Encounters event at the Jerry Falwell Library Oct. 12-14. The event will be a three-day workshop that trains attendees on how to recognize anomalous human behavior, detect possible threats and react safely. Arcadia Cognerati, a team of experts in the field of human behavior pattern recognition and […]

As midterms quickly approach, the familiar feeling of stress and constant practice of studying can become routine. The many hours put into test preparation, homework completion and class time can become tiresome, and because of this, the Jerry Falwell Library has come up with a stress-free solution.  The Be Well at the Library event will take place all day on […]

State elections are just around the corner, and campaigns across Virginia are heating up. On Nov. 7, voters will have the opportunity to make their voices heard by casting their vote. But before they vote, who are voters choosing from, and what do the candidates represent? Liberty University students who vote on campus will see several elections featured on their […]

State A Virginia man was arrested Sept. 24 after police allegedly found him inside an ongoing church service with a loaded handgun and several knives, according to the Prince William County Police Department.  Several social media posts by the suspect were reported to Fairfax County police. Rui Jiang, 35, allegedly posted “vague threats of violence” and pictures of Park Valley […]

This month, the School of Aeronautics at Liberty University established its first partnership with Spirit Airlines, giving students the ability to fly for a major airline as soon as they meet all qualifications.  Usually, graduates fly for regional companies until they accumulate enough experience to work for a major airline. This partnership allows students to transition directly to Spirit Airlines […]