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An award-winning poet, D. M. Spratley uses her storytelling experience to influence and challenge her class as the current writer-in-residence.

Michelle Traynum ’96, a teacher at Homeland Park Primary School in Anderson, South Carolina, was named a recipient of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Lenoir-Rhyne science students recently represented the university at the North Carolina Academy of Science annual meeting where they delivered oral and poster presentations that earned first and third place awards.

Instructional studies major and track and field athlete Lacey Triplett '22 has persevered through shoulder surgery last season to earn all-region honors in the pole vaulting event for the 2022 season. Now, she sets her sights toward graduate school through the Bridges to Dreams program.

Lenoir-Rhyne supporters showed the incredible strength of the Bear Family during the university’s annual giving day, Bears Give Back, setting an all-time high of $695,967 from 849 donors.

The university celebrates its first century of bands on the Hickory campus with a performance and reception.

The aim of the symposium, scheduled for March 30, 31 and April 1, is to address the national mental health crisis on a local level by targeting two vulnerable groups in the community — hospitality workers and students.

Alumni gathered for the second annual Day of Giving for Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne and the seminary’s annual Alumni Day on Thursday, Feb. 17.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Mars Hill University have partnered to ease the transition for Mars Hill undergraduate students and alumni who enroll in Lenoir-Rhyne master’s-level degree programs.

Geraldine Ledezma Garcia ’22 has truly made the most of her student experience at Lenoir-Rhyne. From her involvement in the Teaching Scholars program and as a founder of the Latin Hispanic Student Alliance to her leadership role as a resident assistant, she’s explored many opportunities to learn where her true passions lie.

Summer Kindley '24 isn’t afraid to push the boundaries. Her journey at Lenoir-Rhyne is different from the traditional student but defining moments have helped her push those boundaries toward her career goal.

According to the results of a First Destination survey administered by the Office of Institutional Advancement, 96 percent of 2021 LR graduates are employed or enrolled in higher education programs six months after graduation.