First-year PA Medicine student Adriane Strawn ’24 MPAM had never experienced virtual reality before she enrolled in the Master of PA Medicine program at the University of Lynchburg. Since her first month on campus, however, she and other students in her cohort have been using VR simulations to learn how to treat their future patients.
Bonner Leaders partner with The Listening to host panel discussion with Lynchburg City Council candidates on Oct. 4
In advance of Election Day, the University of Lynchburg’s Bonner Leader Program will partner with local nonprofit The Listening to host a panel discussion with Lynchburg City Council candidates.
Thornton Reading series opens with novelist Wiley Cash
Novelist Wiley Cash will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, at the University of Lynchburg. The reading, to be held in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom, will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. Admission is free and the public is invited.
Fall theater season kicks off Sept. 16
The University of Lynchburg’s fall theater lineup features five performances throughout the semester. “Curtain Call and Dance Works,” the first show of the year, will be presented on Friday, Sept. 16, in conjunction with Families Weekend.
Lynchburg students dig into archaeology at field schools
Halfway through his summer archaeology field school in Maryland, Luke Wyatt ’25 had a bit of an epiphany. “I was not expecting to enjoy the actual field work and excavation as much as I have,” the liberal studies major said in June.
Lynchburg receives $7.7 million in gifts during FY22
It was a stellar year for giving at the University of Lynchburg, with gifts to the University totaling $7.7 million dollars over the course of Fiscal Year 2022.
University partners with Centra to bring The Basics to Lynchburg-area families
Dr. Owen Cardwell first heard about The Basics when a mutual friend introduced him to Dr. Ron Ferguson, the Harvard University professor who developed the educational program that helps prepare children, ages 0 to 5, for kindergarten.
Hornet Days to include hazing prevention presentation by Love Like Adam Foundation
On Saturday, Aug. 20, the Love Like Adam Foundation will give a hazing-prevention presentation at the University of Lynchburg. The presentation, to be held at 1 p.m. in Turner Gymnasium, is part of the University’s annual Hornet Days, a three-day orientation for new students and their families. It is not open to the public.
Lynchburg receives grants to launch Good Gangs program
Dr. Owen Cardwell had been pondering what could be done about gun and gang violence in his hometown. A pastor in Lynchburg, Cardwell also is the University of Lynchburg’s Rosel Schewel Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Development and co-director of the University’s Center for Education and Leadership.
Semester opens with exhibits at Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center
Two exhibits, “Cultural Witness: Art, Artifacts and Social Order, Selections from the Daura Museum Collection” and “The Beauty of the Land: Watercolor Landscapes of Pierre Daura,” will open Monday, Aug. 22, in the University of Lynchburg’s Daura Museum of Art.
