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Protecting 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.
Read MoreGold Medal dining
Lynchburg College's Dining Services recently won gold for multiple concepts/outlets in the Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards Contest through the National Association of College & University Food Services.
This is LC's ninth award in the category of residence hall dining -- multiple concepts/outlets for small schools since 2000 and its second gold award; the first was received in 2003. Dining services in this category are judged on menu selection, presentation, marketing, nutritional soundness, and overall impression.
Read MoreCaps and gowns from plastic
Lynchburg College graduates will be sporting caps and gowns made from recycled plastic bottles during commencement exercises for the Class of 2010 at 10 a.m. May 15 in the Dell. A total of 531 degrees are to be awarded, including 419 bachelor's and 112 master's.
Oak Hall, a leading manufacturer of academic apparel based in Salem, Va., produced the eco-friendly caps and gowns made from 100 percent, post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. The "GreenWeaver" fabric is spun from molten plastic pellets. It takes an average of 23 bottles to make each gown.
Read MoreUpcoming Events
| 2 p.m. | Children's Art Workshop at the Daura Gallery |
| 8 a.m. | Conference on Aging: Aging Well in Mind, Body, & Spirit |
| Second Summer Term |
| 4:30 p.m. | Graduate Studies Information Session - 6/10 |
| 9:30 p.m. | Observatory Open House: 6/14/13 |
LC in the News
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.
Jillian McGarrity '14 is the only college student on Gov. Bob McDonnell's Task Force on School and Campus Safety. Check coverage in The News & Advance and on WSET and WDBJ7.
Helen Mundy Witt '67, '78 MEd, the first African-American to graduate from LC, is profiled in The News & Advance and her talk is covered by WSET.
