Category: News

More than 100 Liberty students made their way to Washington, D.C. Friday, Jan. 24 to join tens of thousands of other pro-life supporters at the 47th annual National March for Life held on the National Mall. The Liberty students and faculty joined political activist Charlie Kirk and other representatives of the Falkirk Center to march from the National Mall to […]

This past Monday, a Liberty University history professor was taken by surprise when her class was interrupted for a random announcement. Little did she know, the announcement was meant for her. She was about to be recognized as one of Lynchburg’s top teachers for 2020. Donna Donald has been teaching at Liberty’s history department for several years, and she had […]

Lynchburg was the most recent city in Virginia to consider becoming a Second Amendment Sanctuary City, as the City Council met Tuesday, Jan. 14, to vote on the matter. At the end of a six-hour city public hearing, Lynchburg City Council voted 5-2 against becoming a Second Amendment sanctuary, according to WSET.  In response to the recent proposals by the […]

Friends, supporters and interested voters gathered at Lynchburg’s JoJo’s Pizza the evening of Jan. 14 for an opportunity to meet U.S. Senate candidate, Daniel Gade.  Gade, an army veteran, spoke on the importance of Republicans taking back the majority in Virginia and stressed his support of Second Amendment sanctuary cities just hours before Gade attended the Lynchburg City Council meeting […]

Liberty University announced Dr. Stephen W. Müller as the interim dean of the School of Music, a position held by Dr. Vernon Whaley since 2012. Before joining the Liberty faculty in 2013, Müller spent time in the music education field at schools and churches in Texas, Washington state and California. Müller holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and […]

School of Divinity students and faculty members arrived back in Lynchburg Tuesday, Jan. 14, after an “Academic and Spiritual Enrichment” trip to Israel.   The group consisted of 81 students and faculty members, including both residential and Liberty Online students, many of whom went on a $2,000 scholarship from the Keesee Foundation to go towards covering the cost of the […]

LU Serve put its motto “Touch, Engage, Go” into practice this month with the Winter G5 Colombia trip. As this year’s country of focus for the G5 campaign, Colombia is a strategic oppurtunity in South America with the Venezuelan crisis nearby. In the last few years,  1.4 million Venezuelans have taken refuge within Colombia alone, according to UN News. LU […]

After growing up overseas, one Liberty student plans to carry out her diplomatic career by joining the Peace Corps following graduation in May 2020.  Born in Venezuela to missionary parents, Kaley Brock spent her childhood living in Venezuela, Peru and the United States. Brock completed high school through Liberty University Online Academy and Liberty University’s dual-enrollment program. After graduating, she […]

Liberty University’s Veterans Center has changed in not only location, but size and efficiency. Nov. 13 marked the opening of the new Veterans Center located on the second floor of Montview Student Union moving from its previous location on the third floor. The change has tripled the size of the center and added new additions, including a kitchen, conference room […]

With the impeachment inquiry stirring in Washington, D.C., Liberty’s Center for Law and Government brought in an expert on the matter, hoping to better understand the current impeachment process happening in the U.S. Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. congressmen of Virginia’s 6th district, sat down with Robert Hurt, dean of the Helm’s School of Government Wednesday, Nov. 20, in the Liberty […]

Liberty students look forward to going home for Christmas break, but they can also look forward to returning to a renovated and improved campus after the holidays.  Construction on campus will continue to make progress over break.  Daniel Deter, vice president of major construction on the Planning & Construction team at Liberty said the Liberty Arena and the 2,200-space parking […]

Robert Hurt may be known for being a former representative and the current dean of the Helms School of Government, but his brother, Charles Hurt is known for his work in the news media. On Thursday, Nov. 21, School of Government hosted an alternate convocation in the School of Music auditorium where they heard from Charles Hurt, the Washington Times […]

Covering topics ranging from nuclear weapons, international human rights and Christian realism, students from Liberty University’s Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) took part in a panel discussion in Washington, D.C. with both Christian scholars and authorities on foreign policy.   On Nov. 1 and 2, AHS traveled to The Army and Navy Club to attend the Christian and National Security: Exploring […]