Alexis Eckert ’25, a Westover Honors Fellow from Alton, New Hampshire, has been named the University of Lynchburg’s 2024-25 Richard Clarke Sommerville Scholar. The award, the University’s highest academic honor, was presented on Thursday, Nov. 14, in Drysdale Student Center’s West Room.
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Recent alumni estate gifts total more than $1.2 million
Over the past several months, the University of Lynchburg received two estate gifts totaling more than $1.2 million.
Honors student spends his summer fighting poverty, serving refugees
Jacob Jones ’25, a Westover Honors Fellow at the University of Lynchburg, spent his summer working with immigrants and refugees from all over the world at the New Arrivals Institute, a charity in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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.
Sommerville Scholar considers each class a ‘new opportunity for intellectual adventure’
Sophia Tully ’23, a philosophy-political science major and Westover Honors Fellow from Midlothian, Virginia, has been named the University of Lynchburg’s 2022-23 Sommerville Scholar. The award, the University’s highest academic honor, was presented on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Daura Museum of Art.
Documentary about Lynchburg alumna and her Hiroshima experience premieres online Aug. 8
“The Vow from Hiroshima,” a 2019 documentary that tells the story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow ’55 and her lifelong effort to abolish nuclear weapons, will be screened online at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8. The online event is the Canadian premiere of the film.
Collegiate NAACP chapter, first in area, formed at University of Lynchburg
A collegiate chapter of the NAACP has been chartered at the University of Lynchburg. It’s the first collegiate chapter in the Lynchburg area and the culmination of a dream that Davion Washington ’21 has had since his arrival on campus four years ago.
‘Voyage of discovery’ helps students, researchers ‘dig deeper … tell other stories’ at Historic Sandusky
Amanda Niebur ’24 didn’t know what she was getting into when she volunteered to participate in an archaeology dig at Historic Sandusky, a house museum owned and operated by the University of Lynchburg.
University of Lynchburg launches Africana studies major
The University of Lynchburg has announced a new, interdisciplinary program. Starting in Fall 2020, students can major in Africana studies.
Crime tied to race, gender, and season in Westover Honors Thesis
Race, gender, and season get a closer look this year in criminology major Caitlin Dorsch’s Westover Honors thesis. The senior and Sommerville Scholar finalist is studying how all three aspects play into criminal convictions in the City of Lynchburg.
