2005-06

Lynchburg College recently welcomed 142 rising high school juniors and seniors from across the commonwealth for the 2006 Governor’s School for Math, Science, and Technology.... [More]

Dr. Casey Clabough, assistant professor of English at LC, will give a lecture on “Why Read Regionally? Can Regional Writing Matter?” at the University of Virginia Library’s Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture on July 12.... [More]

Nathaniel Marshall, senior human resource specialist at BWX Technologies Inc., has been elected to the Lynchburg College Board of Trustees.... [More]

A. Boyd Claytor III, who put his 470-acre farm in a conservation easement in 1997 and then donated it to Lynchburg College in 1998 to establish the Claytor Nature Study Center for environmental study and research, has been awarded the first Barbara Hatcher Land Preservation Award.... [More]

Dr. Robert White, professor of French and instructor of music at Lynchburg College, is the 2006 recipient of the Shirley E. Rosser Award for Excellence in Teaching.... [More]

Dr. Priscilla J. Gannicott, associate professor of chemistry at Lynchburg College, has received the 2006 Award for Academic Advising. The award recognizes advisors who maintain and exceed standards of outstanding advising.... [More]

Ever since he was a very young boy, Neal Sumerlin has been enchanted by the night sky. The chemistry/astronomy professor at Lynchburg College hopes to see that passion transformed into an astronomical observatory at... [More]

Lynchburg College and five local school districts have received a $119,102 grant from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) for the 2006-2007 year to fund a variety of education initiatives.... [More]

A.J. Tinklepaugh Earns CoSIDA Academic All-American Honors. A.J. Tinklepaugh (Annandale, VA/W.T. Woodson) was recently named a 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in the college at-large division..... [More]

Dr. Heywood L. (Woody) Greenberg, professor of communication studies at Lynchburg College, has been awarded the 2006 Elsie Ervin Bock Faculty Citizenship Award.... [More]

Dr. Casey Clabough, assistant professor of English, has been presented the James A. Huston Award for Excellence in Scholarship.... [More]

Lynchburg College junior right fielder Caroline Cubbage (Bridgewater, VA/Turner Ashby) was recently named the Virginia State College Division Softball Player of the Year by the Virginia State Sports Information Directors (VaSID).... [More]

A record 4,222 freshmen applied to Lynchburg College for fall 2006, the fourth year in a row that applications have increased. In 2005, 3,961 students applied to LC.... [More]

Catherine German West ’82, a member of the Lynchburg College Board of Trustees, was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of JC Penney Co. Inc. on June 5.... [More]

James “Adrian” Wright ’08 will spend the summer at Oxford University studying Darwin and evolutionary theory.... [More]

Lynchburg College’s Caroline Cubbage (Bridgewater, VA/Turner Ashby) was named a first-team NCAA Division III Softball All-American Friday, capping an impressive spring of honors for the junior right fielder.... [More]

Dr. James J.H. Price, professor of religious studies at Lynchburg College, is the recipient of the 2006 T.A. Abbott Award for Faculty Excellence... [More]

The Lynchburg College softball team had three players honored recently with the release of the 2006 All-Atlantic Region team.... [More]

The Rev. Wayne Meisel, president of the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, told Lynchburg College’s 465 graduates Saturday that their community service is making a difference in the world.... [More]

A coffee table-style book, Lynchburg College: More Than Books and Bricks, provides an inside look at Lynchburg College – what it is today as well as a glimpse at the past.... [More]

The Westover Room won its first-ever gold medal for retail sales in the 2006 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, while the Burton Dining Room took a silver in residence hall dining.... [More]

Five Lynchburg College student-athletes were honored Monday with the release of the 2006 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women’s Lacrosse all-conference team.... [More]

Dr. Casey Clabough II, assistant professor in English, has received three competitive fellowships to fund research... [More]

Randy C. Krantz, Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney, was named Lynchburg College’s 35th Richard H. Thornton Scholar at an awards ceremony April 21.... [More]

Michael D. Schnur was recently named the 2006 recipient of the Sydnor Professorship Award for Teaching Excellence in Business.... [More]

Dr. Edward A. Polloway, dean of graduate studies, vice president for community advancement, and professor of education and human development at Lynchburg College, has been appointed the first Rosel H. Schewel Distinguished Professor in Education and Human Development.... [More]

Grace Rochfort, a Lynchburg College junior from Baltimore, recently won a student Silver Award from the 2005-2006 Western Virginia ADDY held in Roanoke.... [More]

Lynchburg College junior Ryan Holmes (Glenn Allen, VA/JR Tucker) was recently named the Division III Indoor Track & Field South/Southeast Region Male Athlete of the Year. Hornet mentor Dr. Jack Toms earned the South/Southeast Region Men’s Coach of the Year, his 24th national award.... [More]

Lynchburg College has been selected by the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation as one of 50 institutions nationwide to participate in the Bonner Leaders Program... [More]

Lynchburg College has been recognized for leadership in student character development in The Templeton Guide: Colleges that Encourage Character Development.... [More]

Lynchburg College recently earned a Silver Award in The National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) Loyal E. Horton Dining Award competition... [More]