The James spinymussel is hard to find for a few reasons. For one, it’s endangered. Also, its small, yellowish-brown shell looks very much like a rock, according to Wrenn Cleary ’20. Last week, Cleary and other University of Lynchburg environmental science classmates waded into the Pedlar River, about 18 miles from campus, to look for […]
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 and witness their passion for their work. One example is Tarsha Joyner ’13. Over the past decade, she has had a few different career paths, […]
Public health master’s students study tick-borne diseases
It’s not every day that you’re disappointed by not finding a tick. Students in the University of Lynchburg Master of Public Health program recently went “tick dragging,” an activity that uses a cloth to pick up ticks that are hiding in vegetation. They are studying tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, as a part of […]
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 of a progressive Christian group he was working with at the time were photographed hugging a man who, at the time, was wearing nothing but […]
Q
Quinton Coe ’20 could have taken a very different path than the one that brought him to University of Lynchburg “You could say I was ‘at risk’ because I had a lot of opportunities to do things that probably wouldn’t have benefited me at all,” Coe, a psychology major who wants to be a youth […]
The marathon that started in Lynchburg
Before she made history in Boston, Kathrine Switzer was inspired by a coach and classmates in Lynchburg.
Lynchburg professor shares Costa Rica water research on ‘Academic Minute’
Dr. Tom Shahady, a University of Lynchburg environmental science professor, was on several radio stations in the Northeast last week talking about water quality in Costa Rica. His work was featured on “The Academic Minute,” a daily program that highlights the research of college and university professors. The show airs on WAMC, a public radio […]
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 experience of working with the songwriters. Read the story about Curtain Call in “Bringing down the house.”
Free personal finance workshops offered to Lynchburg area families
Families in the Lynchburg area can learn about budgeting, investing, debt, and other topics in a series of free personal finance workshops from the University of Lynchburg College of Business. Business professors will teach six workshops in October and November. Although primarily created for parents of Lynchburg City Schools students, anyone is welcome. Each session […]
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 an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. On the other, they felt disrespected. Lynchburg, ranked in the top 25 for most of the […]
