Six months before his retirement, Dr. Ken Garren had an interview interrupted by a loud, grinding noise above him. Like a dentist’s drill, times 100. The furniture hummed.
Magazine
Never half baked
“Last Word” column from University of Lynchburg Magazine by Bryan Gentry The best part of my job is getting to immerse myself in the worlds of Lynchburg alumni and students […]
Meet Associate Chaplain Nathan Albert
Nathan Albert is perhaps best known for hugging a man in his tighty-whities. Albert, the University of Lynchburg’s associate chaplain, became a viral sensation in 2010 when he and members […]
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Quinton Coe ’20 has inspired a lot of students to follow his lead in serving others. In fact, his dedication to serving at the Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia led dozens of students to volunteer more than 1,000 hours there.
The marathon that started in Lynchburg
Before she made history in Boston, Kathrine Switzer was inspired by a coach and classmates in Lynchburg.
Curtain Call video
What if someone wrote a song especially for you to sing? That’s what happens in the Curtain Up songwriters workshop. Members of the Curtain Call musical theatre group shared their […]
Softball ends 2019 with dream postseason run
By Mark Robertson The University of Lynchburg’s softball team’s postseason run came with mixed emotions this spring. On one hand, the Hornets were elated to hear their name called for […]
Using tech to build bridges, not walls
Thirty years ago, Francessca Spencer Vasquez ’00 went to watch the Berlin Wall come down. She lived in West Germany at the time, where her father was enlisted in the […]
Record set
By Mark Carpenter A new age has dawned for Lynchburg’s women’s tennis program. After posting losing records for 10 of the previous 11 seasons, the Hornets broke out of their […]
This map doubles as a time machine
By Bryan Gentry To see use the interactive history maps at Historic Sandusky, visit historicsandusky.org/lynchburg-history-map. On Lynchburg’s bloodiest days in the Civil War, Confederate soldiers marched uphill from the downtown […]
