Liberty University announced April 12 that U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., will be the keynote speaker at Commencement May 10. Scott is a graduate of Charleston Southern University, where Liberty’s President Dondi Costin previously served as president. He first swore in to the U.S. Senate in 2013 and was reelected in January 2017, according to his official bio. Scott launched […]
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Students from Specialty Markets (FACS 324) and Event Planning (FACS 351) came together to plan, execute and participate in the second Maker’s Market event April 20. Students in both FACS classes began their semester conducting a gap analysis in an area of their interest to come up with a unique idea for their business. Throughout the semester, they gained practical […]
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Liberty University’s figure and synchronized skating teams came together to entertain the community during their final major event of the semester, Praisefest, which took place April 20 at 7 p.m. Students have been preparing for the event throughout the semester, with many opting to come up with their own choreography and song choices for their routines. The event was themed […]
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Liberty University’s Emergency Management and Community Engagement (EMCE) department was designated as Virginia’s Region 3 Coordination Center during a signing ceremony April 8 at its new headquarters on Mayflower Drive. Speakers at the ceremony included Liberty President Dondi Costin, Vice President of Security and Public Safety Marcus Tinsley, Mayor of Lynchburg Stephanie Reed and National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist […]
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“I stand here today as a Liberty University-trained champion for Christ, and I cannot wait for Vickey and me to get here and invest our lives into others so that they can go and do the same things that God has allowed us to do,” Dondi Costin said in a press conference March 31, 2023. Soon after that press conference, […]
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Liberty University’s annual Student Government Association (SGA) election for the 2024-2025 school year officially kicked off March 22 with a debate between the two candidate teams running for office. The first candidate team, Isaac Kantola and Abbye Morgan, will run for president and vice president against the second candidate team, Silas Pearson and Adam Diehl, respectively. Current SGA leadership Chief […]
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Liberty University students learned more about future government job opportunities through Project 2025 at a Careers in the Executive Branch event March 18. The event was co-hosted by the Leadership Institute and the Heritage Foundation and coordinated on campus by Vice-Provost for Engagement and Public Relations Dave Brat, Special Projects and Events Coordinator Gian Castillo and Executive Event Coordinator Christy […]
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Liberty University’s Office of University Compliance is continuing to make strides to enhance Liberty’s compliance with both state and federal standards and requirements. Ashley Reich, senior vice president of University Compliance, has been working in the Office of Equity and Compliance (OEC) since October 2022. She took over her new role in the Office of University Compliance during its formation […]
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Kristi Noem, South Dakota governor, spoke to attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 23. Noem began her speech by introducing herself as a farmer and rancher who is “now blessed to be the 33rd governor of the great state of South Dakota.” She then spoke about the current state of the 2024 election […]
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Lara Trump, former television producer and daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Feb. 22 where she urged attendees to support her father-in-law’s 2024 presidential campaign. Lara began by discussing the current state of politics in the United States. “The party of JFK is dead, now replaced by an ideology that stands against […]
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The energy was high at the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as former President Donald Trump was welcomed to the stage for the event’s keynote speech Feb. 24, where he spoke about the upcoming election to a packed room. Trump began his speech by thanking CPAC’s chairman, Matt Schlapp, and his wife, Mercedes Schlapp, along with […]
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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2024 in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21-24 brought together attendees and speakers from different nations. CPAC describes itself on its website as the “largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world.” This year, thousands of attendees came dressed in anything from casual attire supporting their favorite conservative candidate to ballgowns. Wednesday night kicked […]
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When Mark Hine, executive vice president for Student Affairs, came to Liberty University as a student in 1973, he was handed a small stack of papers with Liberty’s guidelines for students. The guidelines ranged from requirements for women to wear dresses or matching pantsuits, males and females not being allowed to communicate past 6 p.m. and only double-dating until students […]
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Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer, blogger and outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died at the age of 47. Navalny was serving a 19-year sentence for charges of extremism against the Russian government and had recently moved from a former central Russian prison to a remote penal colony, the highest security level of prison in Russia, according to AP […]
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A team of 10 Liberty students and two staff members returned Feb. 10 from a seven-day mission trip through LU Serve Now to Bucharest, Romania. LU Serve Now partnered with international organizations Greater Europe Mission and UBC22 (United Beyond Cause) for the trip. According to UBC22’s website, the organization is a Christian-social-humanitarian endeavor that looks to aid refugees who have […]
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