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Liberty University names interim chairman
Liberty University announced Tuesday it has appointed the vice chair of its board of trustees, Allen McFarland, as the board’s interim chairman. He will serve in this role while Chairman Jerry Prevo serves as acting president and Jerry Falwell Jr. is on an indefinite leave of absence from his positions as the Christian university’s president […]
Liberty University chair Jerry Prevo appointed acting president
The executive committee of Liberty University‘s board of trustees has appointed its chairman as acting president while Jerry Falwell Jr. takes an indefinite leave of absence, which took effect Friday. Jerry Prevo, a retired evangelical pastor from Anchorage, Alaska, has been on the university’s board since 1996 and chairman since 2003. He oversaw the Anchorage […]
Falwell agrees to immediate indefinite leave of absence from Liberty
UPDATE: Board of Trustees Chairman Jerry Prevo has been appointed acting president during Falwell’s absence. Liberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. has agreed to immediately take an indefinite leave of absence from both leadership roles at the private Christian institution in Lynchburg, at the request of the university’s board of trustees Friday. According to [&[...]
Former Liberty football coach and player return as executive VPs
Liberty University announced Tuesday its former football coach, Turner Gill, and Liberty alumnus and former NFL player Kelvin Edwards will join its executive team in positions focusing on diversity and inclusion, as the Lynchburg institution has come under fire for what some former Black employees and students call a hostile environment. Gill and Edwards, who […]
Falwell voices support for renaming Lynchburg
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said he supports changing the name of the city of Lynchburg, calling it an “embarrassment to Liberty University ever since we started” because of perceived racist connotations. He also said in an interview Sunday that the university plans to reopen with “business as usual” for the fall semester and […]
Liberty University surpasses 100k online students
Liberty University announced Tuesday that it has surpassed 100,000 online students. The Lynchburg-based university’s previous online enrollment record was 98,000 students in 2014, and as of January 2020, it remained the state’s largest university by enrollment. “Liberty has been a leader in providing distance education as an alternative to the traditional classroom since the mid-1980[...]
Northam calls out Falwell for bringing Liberty students back to campus
UPDATED 6:40 P.M., MARCH 25 As Lynchburg city officials blasted Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., calling him “reckless” for inviting students back to campus after spring break, Gov. Ralph Northam weighed in on the brouhaha Wednesday, making a public request for the controversial conservative icon to reverse course in light of the growing COVID-19 […]
Liberty University slams Northam’s proposed cut to online tuition aid
Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposal to cut Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG) aid for online students would negatively impact more than 2,000 students per year at Liberty University alone, the state’s largest university by enrollment stated in a news release issued Friday. Currently being considered by the new Democratic-majority General Assembly, the governor’s proposed budget c[...]
Liberty University merges schools of communication, arts
Liberty University’s School of Communication and Digital Content and its School of Visual and Performing Arts are merging to create the School of Communication and the Arts, Liberty announced Friday. The newly combined school has more than 2,000 students and offer residential and online programs. Dean Scott Hayes will oversee residential students and Dean Kevin […]
