A $400,000 planned gift from the late Hugh Scrogham ’66, ’69 MEd will support two University of Lynchburg scholarships that the alumnus and longtime staff member established in 2018.
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University of Lynchburg Announces 10% Alumni Discount for Graduate Degrees
In a move to empower its alumni community and extend the reach of its life-changing opportunities, the University of Lynchburg is offering a 10% discount on graduate degree programs for all alumni.
Lynchburg recognizes alumni contributions with annual awards
The University of Lynchburg Alumni Association honored several individuals at their Alumni Awards and Westover Society Dinner, held on Saturday, April 20 during the inaugural Founders Week celebration.
NASA’s next flagship mission stars physics alum
When Tom Magner ’75 arrived at Lynchburg College in the fall of 1971, he thought he’d be a math major. After all, the Queens, New York, native, who moved to New Jersey as a youngster, says he was “good at math.”
Professor emeritus turns 100
Dr. William Sherwood, a professor emeritus who taught biology at Lynchburg from 1969 to 1989, turned 100 on March 11, 2024.
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.
Alumnus named 2023 tournament chairman for The Players Championship
Houston Bowles ’94 has been named the 2023 tournament chairman for The Players Championship. The golf championship, held each March at The Players Club at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has been described as the “PGA Tour’s flagship event.”
Lynchburg alum receives prestigious Milken Educator Award at surprise assembly
Earlier this month, third-grade teacher Taylor Goodson ’12, ’14 MEd was sitting in a surprise school assembly at Coventry Elementary School, in Yorktown, Virginia. The impromptu event had been called — so she was told — in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week.
‘The Legacy Continues’ at Lynchburg’s Multicultural Gala
The University of Lynchburg’s Office of Multicultural Services hosted its fourth Multicultural Gala on Saturday, April 30. The popular, student-planned event — a rare opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to get dressed to the nines and literally walk the red carpet — was held in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. Two-hundred-twenty people from across campus and the surrounding community attended.
Lynchburg alumna to deliver Turner-Warren, Shumate lectures on March 27-28
The Rev. Kaye Edwards ’70 will deliver two lectures in Lynchburg this month, the Turner-Warren Lecture on Life and Faith and the Jenny Cutler Shumate Lecture.