The University of Lynchburg’s popular LIFE@Lynchburg program returns for the spring semester on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Held weekly, LIFE@Lynchburg features a variety of engaging speakers and topics for adults ages 50 and older.
Knight-Capron Library receives 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine
The University of Lynchburg’s Knight-Capron Library has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine. The LEAD Award “honors academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support inclusive excellence and belonging across their campus. These include, but are not limited to, research, technology, accessibility, exhibitions, and community outreach.”
Exhibitions open at Daura Museum of Art
Three exhibits will open next week at the University of Lynchburg’s Daura Museum of Art.
‘Good Bones’ poet Maggie Smith to read at University of Lynchburg on Feb. 10
Maggie Smith, an award-winning poet, writer, editor, and teacher, will read from her work at the University of Lynchburg on Monday, Feb. 10. The event — part of the University’s Thornton Endowment reading series — will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. Admission is free, the public is welcome, and a Q&A session and book signing will follow the reading.
Criminology program ranked No. 2 in Virginia by PLEXUSS
The University of Lynchburg’s criminology program has been ranked second in Virginia by PLEXUSS Inc. The Walnut Creek, California-based technology company ranks undergraduate programs at four-year colleges and universities, using data from the U.S. Department of Education and what they describe as “prominent ranking sources.”
Lynchburg to hold second minority business expo on Feb. 28
The University of Lynchburg’s African American Affinity Group will host its second minority business expo, Building Communities Through Partnerships, from 2-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. The event will be held in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom.
English professor cultivates love of writing in local students
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in September at R.S. Payne Elementary School in Lynchburg and Dr. Chidsey Dickson, an English professor at the University of Lynchburg, has just arrived at Georgianna Cary’s fourth grade class.
Communication studies major gets real-world experience with pro soccer team
Jonathan Suarez ’26, a communication studies-public relations major with a minor in studio art-photography, spent last summer as a videography intern with Hartford Athletic, a United Soccer League championship team.
Mosaic Lounge opens in Schewel Hall
It’s 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Alexis Scott, assistant director of student diversity, is tying a sparkly ribbon into a bow at the entrance of the new Mosaic Lounge on the second floor of Schewel Hall.
History and English double major researching 19th century letters for Sandusky internship
In the Langhorne Research Room, on the second floor of the Historic Sandusky visitor center, Michaela “Mac” White ’25 is getting a head start on what she hopes will be a career spent working in historical archives.
