At a socially distanced ceremony outside Hopwood Hall on Thursday afternoon, Associate Provost Dr. Chip Walton announced the winners of this year’s faculty awards.
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Westover Fellow turns interest in marketing into ‘Outstanding Student Scholarship’ award
Taylor Morgan ’24 recently placed second in the Sherwin-Williams Outstanding Student Scholarship Award competition. The program, administered by the Council for Retail Sales at DeSales University, challenged college and university students to create an executive summary and video presentation about “the future of the retailing industry.”
A ‘hidden treasure’: University mourns death of beloved criminology instructor
The University of Lynchburg was sad to learn of the death of Criminology Instructor Keith Smith, who passed away on Feb. 1 after a short illness.
Registration underway for virtual Westover Alumni Weekend, March 19-20
The University of Lynchburg’s first all-virtual Westover Alumni Weekend will be held Friday and Saturday, March 19-20. All alumni are invited to attend and registration is currently underway.
Professor remembered for dedication, kindness, humor
The University of Lynchburg community was saddened to learn about the death of Dr. Nancy Cowden on Saturday, Nov. 14. Cowden, professor of biology and associate director of the Westover Honors College, had taught at Lynchburg for more than 20 years.
Lynchburg legend scores 600th win and hall of fame honor
Surrounded by an entourage of more than a dozen former players, colleagues, and University of Lynchburg administrators, Enza Steele was immortalized in the field hockey world last winter.
Lynchburg names new dean of Westover Honors College
The University of Lynchburg’s Westover Honors College will soon have a new dean. Associate Professor of English Dr. Beth Savage, who has served as assistant director of the program for six years, will take over for Dr. Ed DeClair on July 1.
Lynchburg partners with online retailer Akademos to provide low-cost textbooks
Starting in May, University of Lynchburg students can purchase discounted textbooks and other course materials online, thanks to Lynchburg’s new partnership with Akademos.
Lecture will connect King’s ‘Beloved Community’ to the classroom
Dr. Owen Cardwell will open the Spring 2020 University Lecture Series with a discussion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beloved Community.”
Shakespeare’s connections to English maps and cultural shifts
Sixteenth-century England experienced a host of major changes all at once — King Henry VIII’s break with the Roman Catholic Church, a shift in land ownership, surveying technologies, mapping, and Shakespeare. Dr. Robin Bates will connect those changes in a lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, in Memorial Ballroom of Hall Campus Center. “Sixteenth […]
