The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and other news outlets are asking Dr. Lindsay Parks Pieper, a sport management professor at the University of Lynchburg, to speak up as the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team competes in the Women’s World Cup. On Tuesday, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Dr. Pieper and Tate Royer ’19 about […]
VCIC honors Dr. Sally Selden with Humanitarian Award
Dr. Sally Selden, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Lynchburg, received a 2019 Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities Thursday. The award honors individuals who have demonstrated dedication to promoting respect and understanding among people of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. The University of Lynchburg hosts […]
University of Lynchburg president leads NAICU committee
University of Lynchburg President Dr. Kenneth R. Garren is now the chair of a national committee that impacts higher education policy. Last week, Dr. Garren accepted an invitation to chair the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Committee on Policy Research and Public Affairs. This committee guides NAICU’s priorities for researching issues related to […]
Lynchburg history professor debunks slavery myths for Virginia newspaper
Dr. Adam Dean helped The Virginia Mercury, an online newspaper, examine and debunk several myths about slavery and the Civil War this week. Journalist Rex Springsteen wrote the article to address a wide range of incorrect ideas about slavery, including beliefs that are sometimes used to dismiss criticism of slavery. Dr. Dean is one of […]
University brand video earns three Telly Awards
A video celebrating the University of Lynchburg experience won three honors at the 40th Annual Telly Awards. “Here, You’re Home” received bronze Telly Awards in categories for writing, use of music, and general university promotional videos. The video expresses the University of Lynchburg brand through the experiences of several students, with activities including art, […]
Graduate Commencement encourages students to “serve with a sense of gratitude”
About 480 graduate students celebrated the completion of their master’s and doctoral programs in the University of Lynchburg’s Graduate Commencement on Friday, May 17. It was the University’s first separate Commencement ceremony for graduate programs. Graduates and their friends and family members filled Turner Gymnasium. Bob Lemon ’98 MBA, the Commencement speaker, encouraged the graduating […]
“Take the next step,” iconic marathoner tells graduates
Graduating from college is like the beginning of a race, Kathrine Switzer told University of Lynchburg graduates Saturday. “Most of you already are thinking, ‘I’ve done it. I’ve graduated at last,’” Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, said. “Actually, you’re like an athlete who is walking naively to the start of […]
‘Solution-oriented, people-driven’ senior hopes to build bridges for inclusion
Marc Propst ’19 wishes that he, as a freshman, could have seen the person he’s become today. Propst said he’s more mature, less stubborn, and better at building bridges than he was four years ago . He’s also found a second family at the University of Lynchburg, and he’s spent the past few years working […]
After internship with alumni, senior plans on dental school
Chris Blake ’19 cut his teeth on dental work with the help of two alumni during his senior year. The baseball player and biomedical science from Hartfield, Virginia, interned at Forest Dental Center with Dan and Vicky Yeager, two dentists from the Lynchburg College Class of 2008. Blake said a career in dentistry caught his […]
MSAT student in line for a national research award
On Friday, C.J. Rosenborough will graduate with his Master of Science in Athletic Training. Eight weeks later, he’ll be in Washington, D.C., presenting research for a national conference of strength and conditioning professionals. His MSAT research project about lacrosse athletes was selected as one of ten finalists for a research award at the National Strength […]
