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Jolly Old St. Nick

"So be Good for Goodness' Sake: St. Nicholas in Art and Legend" is the topic of a lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, at the Daura Gallery to celebrate the annual Feast of St. Nicholas. The talk will include an overview of imagery and iconography informed by St. Nicholas' life and legend by Dr. William A. McIntosh, retired professor of English and art history at the United States Military Academy.

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Holiday Fair

Forty vendors will participate in a Holiday Fair from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center. The fair is open to the public.

Jewelry, crafts, gifts, photographs, clothing, handbags, toys, and paintings are among the items for sale. All proceeds will go to Student Activities at Lynchburg College.

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Lecture cancelled

Today's Senior Symposium lecture, "WATER IN MIND: Exploring narratives, perceptions, and responses to unprecedented climate change for Sakha of northeastern Siberia, Russia," has been cancelled due to illness of the speaker. 

Next Monday's lecture, "Single sex colleges: a valuable use of resources?," is still scheduled for noon in Memorial Ballroom.

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Regional Coach of the Year

Men's cross country coach Doug Thomasey '05 was named the Coach of the Year in the South/Southeast Region recently by the U. S. Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

This was the second year in a row that Thomasey has been named regional coach of the year. He has also won the ODAC Coach of the Year award in back-to-back seasons.

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Winners at EU

Lynchburg College students, representing France, won five of eight top recognition awards at the Mid-Atlantic European Union Simulation in Washington, D.C., Nov. 18-19: Natalie Armel '12 received the Outstanding Commissioner Award, Kaleigh Giles '12 and Jillian Gates '13 won Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards; David Warner '12 (as President Nicolas Sarkozy) won the Outstanding Head of State or Government Award, and Kyle Ewald '13 won the Outstanding Parliamentarian in Plenary Session Award.

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Upcoming Events

Sunday, June 2, 2013
2 p.m. Children's Art Workshop at the Daura Gallery
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
8 a.m. Conference on Aging: Aging Well in Mind, Body, & Spirit
Monday, June 10, 2013 to Friday, June 28, 2013
Second Summer Term
Monday, June 10, 2013
4:30 p.m. Graduate Studies Information Session - 6/10
Friday, June 14, 2013
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.