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Women's basketball coach resigns
Stephanie Tobey announced her resignation as the Lynchburg College head women's basketball coach Thursday to assume an assistant position at Division I Fordham University in New York state.
Tobey will return to the Northeast after a basketball and lacrosse collegiate career at Bryant College in Rhode Island and a two-year head coaching stint at Lasell College in Massachusetts. She completed her master's of education from Lynchburg College in the spring of 2009.
Read MoreSculpting an inconvenient truth
Art professor Richard Pumphrey is featured on today's Chronicle of Higher Education website about the controversy surrounding the bust of Stalin he sculpted for the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia.
Check the Chronicle story and learn more about all seven pieces Pumphrey did for the D-Day Memorial.
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Making math and science fun
About 160 of the state's top high school students will be studying the computer as a tool, experimental math, and the science of strength among other topics at the 2010 Governor's School for Math, Science, and Technology at Lynchburg College.
This is the 15th year Lynchburg College has hosted the program, which is directed by LC mathematics professor Danny Cline. The school provides intensive, hands-on learning experiences in classes offered by Lynchburg College faculty and a core of faculty recruited from high schools and colleges.
Read MoreDr. Goff repeats in Wall Street Journal
Dr. Eric Goff has become the go-to guy for The Wall Street Journal when it needs to understand how athletes do what they do. He has helped with two recent stories on the World Cup.
Read MoreESPN The Magazine All-American
Ricky Flynn has earned first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American men's track & field/cross country honors as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Read MoreA bit of sunshine
Lynchburg College is now getting a bit of a boost from the sun with a solar array installed on the roof of Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall, one of several changes being made this summer as part of LC's $4.65 million plan to reduce its energy consumption and associated costs.
The solar output can be checked in real time on the College's website.
Read MoreNature writing
English MA graduate students Santina Knight and Jen La Plante read from their work alongside Dr. Casey Clabough, associate professor of English, at the John Burroughs Nature Writing Conference held recently at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
Knight's reading focused on the advocacy work of Monacan poet Kareen Wood while La Plante's took as her subject environmental elements in the novel Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.
Read MoreLC player signed by Cincinnati Reds
Baseball star Jeff Taylor Jr., who holds the ODAC record for stolen bases, was recently signed by the Cincinnati Reds.
"I'm very excited to continue to play baseball at a competitive level, and I think that LC has prepared me to take the next step," said Taylor, who is scheduled to graduate in August. "This is an opportunity for me to show what I can do, and I am grateful to the Reds for giving me that shot."
Read MoreSeventh heaven
The storybook career of runner Ricky Flynn ended this season with his seventh All-American honor. Flynn finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Championships to earn All-American honors for the seventh time. The event was hosted by Baldwin-Wallace College just outside Cleveland, Ohio.
Connor Kamm from Williams College won the 5,000 in 14:28.06, with Nick Karwoski from Dickinson College second in 14:29.45, while Flynn's time of 14:41.50 was good for fifth. Flynn also placed fourth in the 10,000 meter to earn his sixth All-American title.
Read MoreBringing history to life
Capturing Charles de Gaulle's naturally exaggerated features without making him look like a caricature was a challenge for Richard Pumphrey as he finished his seventh and final sculpture for the National D-Day Memorial.
Read MoreGood advice
Two LC staff members have contributed a chapter to a new handbook on career advising that has been praised as one of the best resources available for advising college students.
Heidi Koring, director of academic advising, and Beverly Reid, director of career development, contributed a chapter to The handbook of career advising (2009) ( Hughey, K. F., Nelson, D. B., Damminger, J. K., McCalla-Wriggins, B. (Eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass and the National Academic Advising Association).
Read MoreProfessors honored
Four LC professors were recently honored for their teaching, advising, scholarship, and service: Dr. Sabita Manian, Dr. Virginia Cylke, Dr. Maria Nathan, and Nina Salmon.
Dr. Sabita Manian, professor of politics and international relations, received the Shirley E. Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College's top teaching honor presented each year in recognition of personal and inspirational teaching, consistency of course preparation, current study in one's field, and encouragement given to students to be active and lifelong learners.
Read MoreProtecting our watersheds
"Watershed Management: Preservation, Conservation, Mitigation" is the subject of a public forum from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, in Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center, at Lynchburg College.
The forum is sponsored by The Center for Water Quality at Lynchburg College, directed by Tom Shahady, associate professor of environmental science.
Three speakers will address the following topics:
Read MoreMixing poetry and astronomy
Dr. Laura Long, associate professor of English at LC, has been awarded a Mednick MemorialFellowship to do research in Bath, England this summer for a book on the first female professional astronomer.
Dr. Long will work on her book-in-progress, A Path Between the Stars: Poems about Caroline Herschel. Herschel (1750 to 1848) and her brother William Herschel did groundbreaking research in Bath, and the house where they lived and worked is now the Herschel Museum.
Read MoreCollege to offer second doctoral program
Lynchburg College plans to offer an Interdisciplinary EdD in leadership studies beginning in the fall of 2011. This will be the College's second doctoral level program, following the doctor of physical therapy, which begins this fall.
An information session will be held June 2 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Lynchburg College Alumni House Lounge. Program Director Dr. Roger Jones will be on hand to answer questions and explain requirements. Financial aid information will also be available.
Read MoreA nice guy
Lynchburg College President Kenneth Garren received a Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities Wednesday night.
Dr. Garren was one of six honorees at the 43rdannual Lynchburg Humanitarian Awards Dinner, held at LC. Formerly known as the National Conference for Community and Justice, the organization also honored Fred Fauber'67, 70 MEd,his wife Dolores "Dodie" Fauber, Hermina Walthall Hendricks, James H. Mundy, and James H. Taylor.
Read MoreAging Well
The Annual Conference on Aging, "Aging Well in Mind, Body, & Spirit," will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 8 in Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall with speakers, workshops and an exhibit hall.
Keynote Addresses:
8:30 a.m. "Stages of Senior Care," Paul Hogan, co-founder, Home Instead Senior Care, and co-author, Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Care Decision. Choosing the best care for aging parents or ourselves is complex, and multiple options, highly personal and often emotional, are available.
Read MoreBusiness Scholar Wins College Research Award
The James A. Huston Excellence in Scholarship Award is given annually to a professor who has made noteworthy scholarly contributions to his or her field of endeavor. This year's Huston Award went to Dr. Maria Nathan, who has achieved a national reputation for her research on crisis management, organizational learning, and strategic planning in both profit and non-profit organizations. A research colleague writes: "Her research is both academically insightful and highly practical, a relatively rare combination among scholars today."
Read MoreGreen Building Expo
Lynchburg College is hosting the Lynchburg Green Building Initiative's "Green Building Expo" May 22 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and May 23 from noon to 5 p.m. in Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center, at Lynchburg College.
Learn from more than 30 eco-friendly exhibitors about energy efficiency, recycling, green building products and services, protecting natural resources, and becoming better stewards of the environment.
Read MoreLC men win ODAC Commissioner's Cup
Lynchburg College took home its second straight Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Men's Commissioner's Cup Tuesday, and finished just shy of capturing the combined men's and women's trophy as well.
"It was an outstanding year for Lynchburg College athletics," said Dr. Jack Toms, Lynchburg's director of athletics. "Winning the men's commissioner's cup for the second straight year is an impressive achievement. The overall success of our program is the direct result of committed student-athletes, coaches and administrators. We look for more of the same in the years to come."
Read MoreLC receives $100,000 Walmart award
Lynchburg College is one of 20 colleges nationwide and the only one in Virginia to receive a $100,000 Walmart College Success Award to assist first-generation college students, who comprise about 35 percent of the LC student population.
Read MoreProfessor to read at Riverviews
Laura Marello, associate professor of English, will read from her first novel, Claiming Kin, at 7:30 p.m. May 20 at the Third Thursday Poetry and Prose Event at Riverviews Artspace, 901 Jefferson St.
Read MoreDistinguished alumna
Carolyn Austin Eubank, a 1967 graduate of Lynchburg College and assistant vice present for public relations, recently received the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award.
In 1985 the Lynchburg College Alumni Association established the award for alumni who have made outstanding contributions to one or more areas of society. Contributions include professional, academic, and personal achievements, and service to the College.
Read MoreFrom Australia to Uganda
About 70 LC students will be studying abroad this summer in programs exploring Australia, Costa Rica, the European Union, Quebec, South Korea, St. Lucia, and Uganda.
Read MoreGive it to Goodwill
As LC students prepare to leave for the summer, they often have clothes, food, and furniture that they no longer want or cannot haul home. Goodwill is the solution.
For the third year, Lynchburg College is partnering with Goodwill Industries to collect unwanted items. There are boxes in the residence halls for donations and volunteers lined to help the weekends of May 8-9 and May 15-16.
Over the last two years of this partnership, LC has collected 1,040 30-gallon bags of clothes and 862 pieces of furniture and electronics.
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LC in the News
Graduate students in history are unearthing relics at Historic Sandusky. Check out front-page coverage in The News & Advance.
The Beard Center's Annual Conference on Aging received extensive coverage in The News & Advance, including a sidebar, as well as a spot on WSET.
The Washington Post picked up The News & Advance story about LC's partnership with Centra to create a nursing simulation lab, which was also covered by WSET.
LC and CVCC sign a dual enrollment agreement, covered by The News & Advance and WSET. It also elicited a local editorial.
The rain held off for commencement. Check coverage in The News & Advance and on WSET.
Check out local news stories on 2013 graduates Natalie Lombardo and John Pastorius.
Dr. David Perault weighs in on Lynchburg's excellent air quality. Check the WSET story.
The upcoming golf tournament to honor Frazier Sizemore '52, '81 MEd is featured in The Altavista Journal.
LC breaks ground on a new, expanded Student Center. WSET does preview; check out coverage in The News & Advance.
Break the Chains: Human Trafficking Awareness Week is featured in The News & Advance and on WDBJ7 and WSET.
LC's Bonner Leaders are the backbone of Puppets Alamode. Check out the story in The News & Advance.
Climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann spoke at LC April 8. Check out coverage in The News & Advance and on WSET.
Civil War historian Dr. Bud Robertson will speak at LC April 1. Check out this preview in The New & Advance.
Children's author Julia Cook gave the Rosel Schewel Lecture in Education and Human Diversity on March 21. Check out this article in The News & Advance.
Drs. Clifton and Bundy Potter received Mayor's Awards of Excellence for their work to bring the history of Lynchburg to life. Read The News & Advance story.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Douglas Blackmon's talk on the continuation of slavery after the Emancipation Proclamation was covered in The News & Advance.
President Kenneth Garren struts his stuff to engage students. Check out this WDBJ7 report.
Dr. Gerald Prante, assistant professor of economics, was quoted in The New York Times for his study on marginal tax rates for all 50 states. He was previously interviewed by The Sacramento Bee and on Sacramento Public Radio.
