rugratksmith@gmail.com

For 40 years, the Liberty Champion has been telling Liberty University’s story one article, one page and one copy at a time.  The Liberty Champion provides students of any major with an opportunity to practice their writing, graphic design, photography and social media skills and contribute to a paper that’s distributed each week to 13,000 […]

Liberty University gained a new faculty member when it announced the induction of former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as the distinguished chair of the Helms School of Government during Convocation Oct. 11.  Pompeo will bring a wealth of knowledge to Liberty from his background in public policy and international relations, as well as

Liberty University’s School of Law is continuing its long-standing tradition of providing students and community members with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) services by partnering for the second year with the School of Business’ Center for Financial Literacy. School of Law students David Thomas, Donovan Newkirk and Amber Solberg will work as the program’s site

Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer, blogger and outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died at the age of 47. Navalny was serving a 19-year sentence for charges of extremism against the Russian government and had recently moved from a former central Russian prison to a remote penal colony, the highest security level of prison

In 1999, a group of Christians in Lynchburg, Virginia, banded together to establish a crisis pregnancy center to promote the cause for life. Ever since, the Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center has been serving families in central Virginia. “We exist to save lives and comfort those involved in unplanned or undesired pregnancies while furthering the gospel

Liberty University announced during a press conference March 31 that Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dondi E. Costin will be appointed as the sixth president of Liberty University and Pastor Jonathan Falwell will become the third chancellor of the University. Dr. Costin served in the U.S. Air Force for 32 years, eventually rising to the rank of

Convocation began Wednesday with worship from LU Praise, Liberty University’s multi-ethnic gospel choir, as well as the Worship Collective.  Following worship, Chancellor Jonathan Falwell introduced brothers Jonathan and Ido Lulu-Shamriz, survivors of Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct. 7. The brothers were also joined onstage with former Liberty Campus Pastor Johnnie Moore, who serves as a

Students in a graduate class in the School of Communication and the Arts, Politics and Media, had the opportunity to interact with former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a virtual visit through Microsoft Teams Nov. 14. Pompeo began working in politics when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Kansas’s