Award-winning TEDx speaker Alycia Anderson will visit the University of Lynchburg at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. The event is part of the annual Rosel Schewel Lecture in Education and Human Diversity.
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Lynchburg alums leading National Blue Ribbon Schools
Two Pittsylvania County, Virginia, elementary schools, both led by University of Lynchburg graduates, have been named 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.
Best-selling author and illustrator Jan Brett to ‘cozy up’ at Lynchburg on Nov. 28
Jan Brett, internationally acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator, will visit the University of Lynchburg at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. The reading is part of Brett’s Winter Wonderland Bus Tour, her first one since 2019.
University launches Call Me MISTER Program for aspiring teachers
A popular, highly competitive scholarship program for aspiring teachers is coming to the University of Lynchburg this fall. Call Me MISTER is designed for male students from diverse, underserved, or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. The program includes a scholarship of $5,000 that is renewable each year.
University launches Hornets in Recovery with $50K grant
The University of Lynchburg has received a $50,000 grant, paid out over two years, to launch Hornets in Recovery, a program that will help students living in recovery from substance use disorders.
A deep desire to educate neurodivergent students: Meet Laurence Walker ’24
Special education major Laurence Walker ’24 is a parent, a stroke survivor, and a cancer patient. He’s also a poet, the student representative for the Neurodiversity Alliance, and previously earned a degree in divinity.
Students travel to South Korean ‘sister school’
For Sykethia Findley ’19, who goes by the nickname “Keke,” going to South Korea was a dream come true. “Studying abroad has always been a dream of mine, ever since I found out what ‘study abroad’ meant,” Findley wrote in an application to the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, who awarded her a $2,000 Experiential Learning Scholarship for the trip.
Grant will have ‘huge’ impact on School of Education, Leadership Studies, and Counseling
Lynchburg College will revamp its teacher education programs by the fall of 2019, becoming the first higher education institution in the country to integrate a mentor/coaching model championed by the New Teacher Center of Santa Cruz, Calif. The Jessie Ball DuPont fund recently awarded an $86,500 grant to the Lynchburg College School of Education, Leadership Studies, and Counseling to help redesign the teacher preparation programs and integrate evidence-based practices using the New Teacher Center model.
Faculty, students, and alumni contribute to special education publications
Several members of the University of Lynchburg community are sharing their expertise on special education with professionals around the world this year. Pearson recently released the 11th edition of Strategies […]
Faith-based leadership institute will provide training for solving community problems
Download the Leadership Institute for Faith-Based Community Engagement registration form. University of Lynchburg and a group of local ministers and activists are organizing a leadership institute to help leaders of […]