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Bausch + Lomb to expand, create 79 jobs in Lynchburg
Bausch + Lomb plans to invest more than $35 million to expand its contact lens products manufacturing facility in Lynchburg, creating 79 jobs over the next five years, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The new plant, which will be on 13.1 acres across from its existing facility on Graves Mill Road, will be the main […]
Meeting Professionals International Va. Chapter chooses board president
Lisa Meriwether, tourism sales manager for Lynchburg‘s Office of Economic Development and Tourism, has been named president of the board of directors of Meeting Professionals International’s Virginia chapter. Meriwether was installed as chapter president on June 30 and will serve on the board’s executive committee, responsible for working with the office of the president on [&hel[...]
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 […]
BWX Technologies lands $3.6M nuclear contract
Lynchburg-based nuclear fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) has been awarded a $3.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy‘s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the company announced Tuesday. The BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc. (a subsidiary of BWXT) will convert research reactors from high-enriched uranium. Research reactors are used to perform science ex[...]
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 […]
Flower Foods invests $25 million to expand Lynchburg bakery
Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods will invest $25 million to expand its Lynchburg bakery into an organic facility that will create 15 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Flowers Foods was founded in 1919 and opened its Lynchburg location 40 years ago. A publicly traded company with $4 billion in 2018 sales, Flowers Foods produces and […]
Lynchburg’s BWX Technologies promotes Rick Loving to senior VP
Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. promoted Richard “Rick” W. Loving to senior vice president and chief administrative officer, the company announced Thursday. Loving has 40 years of experience previously working for energy company Babcock & Wilcox Co. and engineering company McDermott International Inc. He worked for BWXT from 1997 to 2007 […[...]
