2007-08

The 97th Regimental String Band will present a program of music from the Civil War Era at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in Sydnor Performance Hall located in Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall.... [More]

The LC softball team added more laurels to its impressive season by sweeping all three major awards voted on by the Virginia Sports Information Directors.... [More]

Former Lynchburg College baseball player Ronnie LaBrie (Vinton, Va./Staunton River) was recently selected by the Washington Nationals in the 38th round (1,141 overall pick) of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft.... [More]

Ryan Cranston has been drafted by the San Francisco Dragons of Major League Lacrosse. Several lacrosse and baseball players have been named to All-State Teams.... [More]

Lynchburg College is offering a summer graduate course in astronomy aimed at teachers, but open to anyone interested in the solar system and universe beyond.... [More]

The Daura Gallery's Pink Panther exhibition - "Indelible (P)ink: The Pink Panther and Popular Culture" - is going on the road for nearly two years.... [More]

Dr. Kirt von Daacke, assistant professor of history at Lynchburg College, is one of only 35 faculty nationwide accepted for the Gilder Lehrman Institute's Slave Narrative Seminar at Yale University in June 15-18, 2008.... [More]

Classes in Costa Rica, Europe, and Korea this summer look at everything from how wars end to rainforest ecology and global management.... [More]

Dr. George Miaoulis Jr., Donaldson Brown Professor of Marketing in the School of Business and Economics, is the 2008 recipient of the James A. Huston Award for Excellence in Scholarship.... [More]

Lynchburg College President Kenneth Garren is chair of the 2008 Lynchburg Humanitarian Awards Dinner for the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities slated for May 29.... [More]

A softball player, a pole vaulter, a runner, a baseball player, and five men's lacrosse players receive national recognition for their 2008 efforts.... [More]

Dr. Neal Sumerlin, professor of chemistry, has been awarded the 2008 Elsie Ervin Bock Faculty Citizenship Award for outstanding contributions to the College and the greater Lynchburg community.... [More]

A 1964 graduate of Lynchburg College, Mays has been named the 2008 Richard H. Thornton Scholar for making significant contributions in his field of expertise.... [More]

Dr. Jong H. Kim will direct the Washington Soloist Ensemble in its spring concert, "Songs of Hope," at 7 p.m. June 7 in Vienna, Va.... [More]

Nancy Schneider, professor of accounting, received the 2008 Sydnor Professorship Award for Teaching Excellence in Business. She also received the award in 2002.... [More]

Richard Pumphrey, professor of art, has received the 2008 Shirley E. Rosser Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2008-09 Thomas C. Allen Award for Excellence in Academic Advising.... [More]

The Hornets will compete in their first NCAA World Series in program history, with a chance at the Division III Title.... [More]

Lynchburg College will host information sessions for prospective graduate, transfer, and Access students on May 13 and 14.... [More]

Lynchburg College's annual two-day Conference on Aging to be held May 22 and 23 in Rosel & Elliot Schewel Hall will feature 25 workshops, five guest speakers in the field of aging and health, and more than 30 exhibitors.... [More]

The Lynchburg College men's lacrosse team defeated Virginia Wesleyan College Sunday afternoon 12-6 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship game and will now advance to the NCAA Tournament.... [More]

Thirty-eight Lynchburg College students will be traveling to St. Lucia this summer for a service learning opportunity to match their interests in education, nursing, and international relations.... [More]

Cantate, the Children's and Youth Choir in Residence at Lynchburg College, will present, "It's All about Singing!," on May 4 at 3 p.m. at Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church.... [More]

The softball team took an early lead and held on Sunday to defeat Virginia Wesleyan College 4-1 in the championship game of the 2008 ODAC Tournament.... [More]

The last forum before the May 6 Lynchburg City Council elections is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Sydnor Performance Hall in Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall.... [More]

While the forecast looks favorable for Saturday, the College is making plans to move commencement events indoors if necessary.... [More]

At the end of each year, students leave behind furniture, clothes, and other items. LC is stepping up its efforts to gather discarded articles and donate them to Goodwill.... [More]

Slated to launch this fall, the Economic Crime Prevention and Investigation major seeks to equip students for entry-level financial forensic investigation positions.... [More]

Lynchburg College Dance Works will present "Disney: The Child in All of Us" April 25-26 at 7 p.m. and April 27 at 2 p.m. in Dillard Fine Arts Center Theatre.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Choral Union and Festival Orchestra will present Beethoven's "Mass in C Major" and "Gospel Mass" by Robert Ray April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.... [More]

Writer Janisse Ray will be at LC Monday night to talk about growing up in a junkyard in rural Georgia and developing a passion for the longleaf pine ecosystem.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Wind Symphony and Orchestra will perform two major symphony works Friday night.... [More]

Lynchburg College music students and members of Cantate, the Children’s and Youth Choir in residence at Lynchburg College will appear in Opera on the James’ spring production of Puccini’s La Boheme this weekend.... [More]

"Rock the Dell '08" will feature a cleanup along College Lake, several bands, a rock wall, tree climbing, educational booths, a dumpster dive, volleyball, kickball, and ultimate Frisbee.... [More]

Cellist Zuill Bailey will discuss three of Tchaikovsky's masterworks at Lynchburg College on Wednesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in Snidow Chapel.... [More]

Proof that Mom was right when she told you to eat your breakfast will be one of the projects highlighted in Lynchburg College's Eleventh Annual Student Scholar Showcase on Wednesday.... [More]

The new master's program will provide advanced training for conducting professionals in schools, churches, and community organizations, as well as those preparing for doctoral programs in conducting.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Concert Choir and the Lynchburg Singers will present a concert featuring the music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Johannes Brahms on April 13.... [More]

Lynchburg College is ranked 59th in a national competition to reduce waste on college and university campuses, just behind Harvard University and ahead of Brown University.... [More]

LC soccer star Lauren Askey is one of 13 women athletes nationwide to receive the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics.... [More]

Dr. Kevin L. Cope, specialist in Enlightenment theory, will give the Ida Wise East Memorial Lecture Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Sydnor Performance Hall.... [More]

Find out how LC used to "protect" its women students as four faculty members talk about varying aspects of women's history on March 31.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Communication Studies Program is offering an official 2008 Graduation DVD set for only $35.... [More]

The Rev. William Lee will give the 2008 Jennie Cutler Shumate Lecture on Christian Ministry, "The Black Church's Critique of the Ecological Crisis" March 31.... [More]

Dr. Casey Clabough, associate professor of English at LC, will be one of the featured authors at the Virginia Festival of the Book March 27-28 in Charlottesville.... [More]

"Archaeology at Freedmen's Cemetery in Alexandria" is the subject of the Turner Lecture in the Humanities by Dr. Pamela Cressey at 7:30 p.m. March 24.... [More]

National Public Radio reporter John Burnett will present "Pages from an NPR Reporter's Notebook" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center.... [More]

Lynchburg College will host an information session for prospective graduate students on Monday, March 17, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Alumni House Lounge.... [More]

Dr. Beverly Tatum, author of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and other Conversations about Race," will speak at LC March 20.... [More]

Dr. Mei Zhong, associate professor of music at Ball State University, will present a guest artist voice recital at Lynchburg College on Friday.... [More]

C. Michael Curtis will speak on "Living with Rejection: The State of the American Short Story," on Thursday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni House Lounge.... [More]

Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Preston Bryant will speak Wednesday on "Using Market Forces to Foster Environmental Protection."... [More]

Lynchburg College's Beard Center on Aging will present community conversations on topics of interest to an aging population.... [More]

Jennifer Hamlet, a junior at Lynchburg College, will receive the Southern District Future Professional Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD).... [More]

The Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College will open three exhibitions depicting various aspects of Japanese culture beginning March 10 and continuing through April 13.... [More]

Lynchburg College's recently renovated playing field received one of six merit awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia.... [More]

Hornet sophomore Chris Word (Lynchburg, VA/E.C. Glass) earned the Men's Most Valuable Performer of the Meet honors.... [More]

Dr. Sally Selden and four of her students helped gather data for "Grading the States 2008: One-of-a-Kind Report on State Performance."... [More]

Lynchburg College will be hosting a week of activities March 8-15 to shine a light on genocide, violence, and health crises in much of the world, particularly Africa.... [More]

Jessica Burkey, assistant professor of music at Lynchburg College, will present a faculty recital on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Sydnor Performance Hall.... [More]

About 30 Lynchburg College students will be leaving for an 11-day spring break study abroad trip to France on February 28.... [More]

LC alumnus Charles Tooley, one of the first 50 volunteers trained by Al Gore, will present a graphic depiction on global warming on Monday, Feb. 25.... [More]

Four bands will perform at the Invisible Children Benefit Concert in the College's Westover Room, Burton Student Center, at 7 p.m. February 24.... [More]

William Feasley will perform pieces by French composers on Sunday, February 24 at 2 p.m. as part of the Select Sundays series in the Daura Gallery.... [More]

Lynchburg College’s team excels in this year’s Wachovia Ethics Bowl Competition, held at Marymount University in Arlington February 10 and 11.... [More]

Rob Lebow, one of the top leadership development experts in the country, will answer this question at Lynchburg College at 7:30 p.m. February 18 in the Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center.... [More]

Lynchburg College Theatre will present Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical February 21-24.... [More]

Dr. David Richards, assistant professor of political science at Lynchburg College, will speak on "Latin America: Shift to the Left," at 3 p.m. today at the Lynchburg Public Library.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Wind Symphony, Orchestra, and Jazz Band will present “A Night at the Movies” featuring music from movie favorites on Feb. 14.... [More]

Carolyne Wright, Thornton Writer-in-Residence at Lynchburg College, will give a reading at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13.... [More]

Lindsey Berman, outreach director for Rock the Vote, will be the keynote speaker at the Anderson Leadership Conference at Lynchburg College at noon on February 9.... [More]

John F. Haught, senior fellow of science and religion at Georgetown University, will present this topic at 7:30 p.m. February 8 in Snidow Chapel.... [More]

Lynchburg College will host an information session for prospective graduate students on Tuesday, February 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Alumni House Lounge.... [More]

Lynchburg College will join more than 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states to ask professors to focus at least part of their classes on climate change.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Beard Center on Aging is offering a Life Course Series exploring healthy living, maintaining a healthy brain, living with grief, and coping with caregiving.... [More]

The College's crisis management plan is under review in the wake of a fake hostage call in one of LC's residence halls.... [More]

A Saturday morning campus incident proves a successful test for the campus crisis alert system.... [More]

Lauren Askey '08 has been awarded first-team All-American accolades, becoming the first LC women's soccer player to achieve academic and athletic All-American in the same season.... [More]

The open house will feature a campus tour, guest speakers from the campus community, academic sessions, student panel, and a financial aid session for parents.... [More]

Dr. Mike Robinson will present a lecture Friday, January 25, on this popular 1960s icon.... [More]

"Nationalism as portrayed in the Mazurkas of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin" will be the topic of the first Esther C. Olin Lecture Recital Series on Piano Performance.... [More]

Twenty-five students in this Caribbean nation have earned their master's degrees in educational guidance and counseling from Lynchburg College.... [More]

Hornets will host showcase with 47 teams this weekend.... [More]

The Pink Panther is coming to the Daura Gallery.... [More]

Time to consider a career in teaching? Come to this free session January 12.... [More]

Steve Koudelka, head lacrosse coach at Lynchburg College, and his staff will be presenters at the 2008 US Lacrosse National Convention.... [More]

VFIC/Verizon Foundation provide $22,500 grant.... [More]

The Lynchburg College athletic department is tied for 25th in the nation in the most recent Division III U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup standings.... [More]

New recycling trash cans and bins will greet students returning to campus in January as LC unveils campus-wide recycling.... [More]

Lynchburg College will continue testing its new early alert warning system on December 27.... [More]

Jacquelyn Fox of Chesapeake, Va. and Lydia Nilsen of Moyock, N.C., both accounting majors and Westover Honors Fellows, were selected in the statewide competition.... [More]

Senior soccer player Lauren Askey became just the seventh student-athlete in LC history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors.... [More]

Kristen Cooper was recently honored with the Pam Winfrey Outstanding New Professional of the Year Award.... [More]

Fifteen LC students will be traveling to Rome during winter break to study "The Eternal City as Art and Museum" from December 28 to January 14.... [More]

Dr. Delane O. Karalow will present a lecture Sunday at 2 p.m. in the College's Daura Gallery.... [More]

Cantate, the Children's and Youth Choir in Residence at Lynchburg College, will present a holiday concert, "Voices of Good Cheer," Sunday.... [More]

LC will test its new early warning siren Wednesday afternoon and it will likely be heard in surrounding neighborhoods.... [More]

Nursing professor to lecture Dec. 5.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Wind Symphony and Orchestra will perform December 7.... [More]

Mary S. Elcano became interim president and CEO of the American Red Cross on Tuesday.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Concert Choir, Handbell Choir, and Brass Ensemble will perform on Monday.... [More]

LC basketball players Jason Early and Sean Sutherland continue their recoveries at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, in the wake of last Wednesday's plane crash.... [More]

LC students will dance in "Winter Wonderland" on November 30-December 2 in the Dillard Fine Arts Center Theatre.... [More]

Richard Pumphrey was awarded a competitive commission over the summer to create a bronze portrait bust.... [More]

Thirteen Lynchburg College students represented Great Britain in the 15th Annual Mid-Atlantic European Union Simulation in Washington, D.C.... [More]

Alan "Al" Adams Burgess '60 has been named to the Lynchburg College Board of Trustees.... [More]

Shellenberger Field will play host to a four-team NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship Tournament sectional this Saturday and Sunday.... [More]

The Lynchburg College Choral Union and Festival Orchestra will present its sixth annual performance of Handel's "Messiah."... [More]

Lynchburg College will host an information session for prospective graduate students on Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Alumni House Lounge.... [More]

Barbara J. Johnston, adjunct professor of art history at Virginia Commonwealth University, will speak on the social history of still life painting.... [More]

Twenty-six Lynchburg College students joined 5,000-plus other students from around the nation at the first national youth summit on the climate crisis.... [More]

Lynchburg College students are participating in a number of events including a Hunger Banquet and a Sleep Out to draw attention to hunger and homelessness.... [More]

The Live Lightly Tour comes to Lynchburg College in an eco-friendly RV.... [More]

The Rev. Pat Watkins will give the Snidow lecture at 7:30 p.m. November 19 in Snidow Chapel.... [More]

LC has received a state grant to help with tuition for teachers pursuing advanced study in special education.... [More]

Daniel Laufenburg, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial, will give the lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday.... [More]

Jack Merryman '40 leaves $100,000 to his alma mater.... [More]

Recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education Foundation.... [More]

Thirty Lynchburg College students will join thousands of other students from around the nation this weekend at the first national youth summit on the climate crisis.... [More]

LC will provide the chorus for this Opera on the James production at 3 p.m. November 3 at E.C. Glass Auditorium.... [More]

Several alumni receive awards at homecoming.... [More]

Author and journalist Susan Jacoby will speak October 29.... [More]

Two new exhibitions come to the Daura Gallery.... [More]

Frank B. Gibb III and Charles B. White are newest members.... [More]

More than 120 students will descend on LC this weekend.... [More]

Dr. Ken Garren is leading the charge for state support of nursing.... [More]

The Margaret G.L. Gilbert Telescope has landed safely in LC's new observatory.... [More]

Three Pygmies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo will attend conference.... [More]

LC hosts session for prospective graduate students October 18.... [More]

LC Theatre presents saga of life after small-town murder.... [More]

Daphne Kalotay will read from "Calamity and Other Stories" Wednesday.... [More]

October 15 is the last day to register.... [More]

Afro-Colombian woman tells students about losing her home to guerillas.... [More]

One student visited the DMZ in Korea, while another studied Arabic in Morocco.... [More]

They will sing, strum, and otherwise make joyful noises at a concert Friday.... [More]

Leslie Ann Harris is this year's Sommerville Scholar.... [More]

LC is one of 440 private colleges participating in a new on-line resource guide.... [More]

Andrea Torrice to deliver John Turner Lecture October 4.... [More]

They have chosen to turn off the lights, unplug their cell-phone chargers, turn off their computers when not in use, and even hang their clothes on the line.... [More]

LC Theatre professor Jeff Wittman will narrate a Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra performance of "Peter and the Wolf."... [More]

The effects of coal mining on the environment will be explored in "The Story of Virginia Coal: From Cradle to Grave."... [More]

Paul Kelbaugh '71, formerly with the Central Intelligence Agency, will give a lecture on "A Strange Bond: The CIA and the Cinema" September 26.... [More]

LC musicians will present "A Musical Salute to Leroy Anderson" and "Songs of Nature" for Parents and Family weekend.... [More]

Some Lynchburg College students will soon find themselves up a tree.... [More]

Lynchburg College will formally kick off its Year of the Environment on September 16 for students, faculty, and staff in the Dell.... [More]

Lynchburg College students performed better than 90 percent of their peers at other four-year institutions in a new Collegiate Learning Assessment.... [More]

Lynchburg College is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review's 2008 edition, The Best 366 Colleges. Only about 15 percent of the four-year colleges in America and two Canadian colleges were chosen for the book. LC is one of the 146 colleges named a "Best Southeastern College" by The Princeton Review.... [More]

U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2008" ranks Lynchburg College in the top tier of southern colleges that offer a full range of undergraduate programs and master's degrees in the "Best Universities - Master's" category.... [More]

Cantate, formerly The Children's Choir of Central Virginia, has a new home, a new director, and a new name.... [More]

U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2008" ranks Lynchburg College in the top tier of southern colleges in the "Best Universities - Master's" category.... [More]

Dr. Ed Polloway, dean of Graduate Studies at Lynchburg College, has published the ninth edition of Strategies for Teaching Learners with Special Needs, as well as the fifth edition of Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings.... [More]

Dr. Barry Lobb has been named dean of the School of Sciences at Lynchburg College to succeed Dr. Julius Sigler '62, who is now vice president and dean for academic affairs.... [More]

Denise Scruggs has been named director of the Lynchburg College Beard Center on Aging and the Life Course.... [More]

Frog skeletons and purple-headed sneezeweed are featured in two exhibitions at the Daura Gallery as part of Lynchburg College's Year of the Environment: "A Greener Tomorrow Today."... [More]

More than 600 freshmen are expected to enroll at Lynchburg College this fall for a school record.... [More]

The World Vision Korea Children’s Choir will perform on Monday, August 20, at 7 p.m. in Snidow Chapel, Lynchburg College. The performance comes in response to an invitation from music professor Dr. Jong Kim.... [More]

Dr. Julius Sigler ’62 has been named vice president and dean for academic affairs at Lynchburg College, while Dr. Tim Laurent has been named associate dean for academic affairs.... [More]

Lynchburg College has dubbed 2007-08 the Year of the Environment with a theme of “A Greener Tomorrow Today.” The College is undertaking a yearlong campaign to make the campus and its inhabitants more aware of their impact on the Earth, and to make changes that will lessen that impact.... [More]