Expand your understanding of educational systems.
The educational studies minor is designed for those students who are interested in learning how to work with children of school age. This minor introduces students to an understanding of student diversity, how students learn, how schools work, and how to work with families, agencies, and others. This minor does not lead to a teaching license.
Program requirements for the following can be found in the undergraduate catalog.
Athletics is getting a big boost from former trustee Charles “Chuck” P. Collings ’73 and his wife, Elizabeth “Liz” S. Collings. The couple’s recent gift of $100,000 is helping to establish the Men’s Soccer Endowment, which will “support the needs and operations of the men’s soccer program at the University of Lynchburg.”
As the saying goes, “it took a village” to get Shukria Rezayi ’27 from her home in Afghanistan to the University of Lynchburg for the Fall 2023 semester. But if you ask Alissa Keith ’14 MA, she’ll tell you it took “a thousand little miracles.”
At 9:41 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, the University of Lynchburg’s GiveDay total sat at $219,677. Most of the challenges and matches — everything from the Afghanistan Student Education Fund to the tennis team — were on their way to being met.
Dr. Kelly Ann Jacobson considers herself “one of those people that always knew they loved writing.” She was 5 when she wrote, illustrated, and published her first book in her elementary school library. Book two, about a teddy bear, followed in third grade.
Dr. Annette Vee, associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, will give a lecture at the University of Lynchburg on Monday, March 17. The lecture, “Androids, Spirits, and Chatbots: Historicizing AI Writing,” will be held at 6 p.m. in Schewel Hall’s Sydnor Performance Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Tanisha Brewster ’26 was honored Thursday, April 17, with The Frances W. Cloyd Dining Services Student Leadership Award. The award honors the legacy of Frances Cloyd, a longtime dining services employee who was affectionately known on campus as “Mom.”
