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Scholarships for Leaders

Nigel C. Word '14 has received a 2012-2013 VFIC/Altria Leadership Scholarship administered by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.

Word is a business administration major with a minor in communications with an emphasis on social influence from Gretna, Va.

Tristan L. Boysaw '13, an accounting major from Wytheville, Va., received the scholarship last year.

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"The Laramie Project"

LC Theatre will present The Laramie Project April 12 - 15 in Dillard Theatre. The Laramie Project was written by Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project following the kidnapping, beating, and death of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was attacked because he was gay.

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Ida Wise East Lecture

"Edward Young and Samuel Richardson's Correspondence" is the subject of a talk at 7:30 p.m. April 5 in Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall by Dr. James E. May, associate professor of English, Penn State University. The talk is co-sponsored by the Ida Wise East Memorial Lecture and Phi Beta Kappa and is free and open to the public.

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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.