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.
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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.
Thornton Reading to feature Melissa Scholes Young, author of ‘The Hive,’ ‘Flood’
Novelist Melissa Scholes Young will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The reading, sponsored by the Richard H. Thornton Endowment in English, will be held in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. Admission is free and the public is invited.
Lynchburg alum helps lead fundraising efforts for National World War I Memorial, which celebrates ‘First Illumination’ on Sept. 13
At sunset on Friday, Sept. 13, Phil Mazzara ’70 will join a select group of dignitaries, major donors, and other VIPs for the “First Illumination” of the National World War I Memorial’s centerpiece sculpture, “A Soldier’s Journey.”
English professor’s YA novel selected for Center for the Book’s ‘Great Reads for Great Places’
“Robin and Her Misfits,” a young adult novel by Dr. Kelly Ann Jacobson, assistant professor of English at the University of Lynchburg, has been named Virginia’s 2024 “Young Readers” selection for “Great Reads for Great Places.”
Turner Lecture on March 29 welcomes trans studies scholar
Renowned trans studies scholar Dr. Sawyer Kemp will speak at the University of Lynchburg at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom.
Special fund named for beloved English professor to send Westover Fellows abroad
A new fund named for Professor Emeritus Dr. Richard Burke may send two Westover Fellows abroad for the first time: graphic design major Isaiah Romsdahl ’24 and history major Jacob Jones ’25. Romsdahl is planning to join a spring break trip to Europe, while Jones hopes to travel to Mexico this summer.
Emma Bolden to open spring Thornton Reading series at Lynchburg
The first Thornton Reading of the semester will feature poet and essayist Emma Bolden, who will give a public reading at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19, in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. A Q&A session and book signing will follow the reading, and select copies of her work will be available for purchase while supplies last.
Lynchburg presents Wes Anderson-style holiday film ‘The Grand Hopwood Hall’
If you’re into quirky Wes Anderson-style movies, you’ll love the University of Lynchburg’s 2023 holiday video, “The Grand Hopwood Hall.”
Westover Honors Fellow with ‘passion for helping others’ named Sommerville Scholar
Kelsey Spickler ’24, a Westover Honors Fellow from Bridgewater, Virginia, has been named the 2023-24 Richard Clarke Sommerville Scholar. The award, the University of Lynchburg’s highest academic honor, was presented on Nov. 13 at the West Room in Drysdale Student Center.
