Bob Lemon ’98 MBA, chief financial officer at Meriwether Godsey in Forest, Virginia, is the new chair of the Board of Trustees.
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Lynchburg announces new MBA with sport management emphasis
The University of Lynchburg’s popular Master of Business Administration is gaining a new track. Starting this fall, students can enroll in an MBA with a sport management emphasis.
MBA grad named to New College Institute board
Treney Tweedy ’97, ’20 MBA was recently appointed by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to the board of directors of the New College Institute. The state-funded group, located in Martinsville, Virginia, offers degrees — bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate — through partnerships with colleges and universities across the commonwealth.
Lynchburg student tops leaderboard in global Business Strategy Game
“Best in the world.” That’s not something you hear every day. But recently, University of Lynchburg student Joel Rainey ’20 got word that his overall score in the Business Strategy Game, a global business simulation that involved undergraduate business students from 385 colleges and universities in 37 countries, had tied for first.
University of Lynchburg creates Direct Admit Pathways for graduate programs
As of summer 2022, this program is called Graduate Pathways. The University of Lynchburg is giving students a more clear path from high school through graduate school with eight Direct […]
Local CFO, Board of Trustees member to address Graduate Commencement
Bob Lemon ’98 MBA, a member of the University of Lynchburg Board of Trustees, will speak at Commencement for graduate students at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, in Turner Gymnasium. […]
Sociology majors explore ways to build community
Dr. Paul McClure’s Applied Sociology course is all about helping sociology students connect classroom ideas to community action. On Thursday, they got to sit down with three local leaders in community building movements and learn more about sociology in action.
Commencement Spotlight: Rayfurd Thompson
Rayfurd Thompson might never leave Lynchburg. In 2016, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in economic crime prevention and investigation, a program that draws on a number of disciplines, among them accounting, criminology, and computer science. In 2017, he finished a Master of Business Administration. On Saturday, he’ll don the mortarboard again for a master’s degree in nonprofit leadership studies.
MBA online program ranked by U.S. News & World Report
In only its second year of offering classes online, University of Lynchburg’s master of business administration program has earned a place in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of […]
Summers brothers, Lynchburg MBA grads, run global business
Since earning their MBA degrees at Lynchburg College, Ben and Brian Summers have helped their family archery equipment business excel and expand globally, despite economic downturns and a competitive business environment.
