• Hurricane Helene Storm Updates

    UPDATE: Friday, Sept. 27, 5 p.m.
    Based on the latest conversation with Duke Energy, we do not have a timeline yet for power being restored to campus.

    As a result, we encourage students who can safely get home this weekend to do so.

    For those students who remain on campus, please note the following:

    • The Cromer Center dining hall will be open tonight for dinner and Saturday and Sunday for the following: Breakfast 9-10:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Dinner 4:30-6 p.m.
    • Minges Science Building, George Hall and the Rudisill Library will be open from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday. These buildings have power, air-conditioning and internet. You are welcome to go there to charge devices and gather.
    • Students who have medication that requires refrigeration should contact their area coordinator or RA for options.
    • Students are asked to be in their residence halls by 10 p.m.
    • Additional campus security will be patrolling campus to ensure the safety of our campus. Should you need to contact campus security, please call the Office of Public Safety at 828.328.7146 or if it’s an emergency call 911.
    • We will continue to send regular updates so please monitor your email and www.lr.edu. If you have questions, please contact your area coordinator or RA.
    • LR Athletics Event Updates [6:20 p.m.]: Visit the LR Athletics website for updates regarding athletic events scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28. 

    We thank you for your patience and understanding.

    Get updates on Hurricane Helene and its potential impact to Lenoir-Rhyne locations in Hickory, Asheville and Columbia. Be prepared for possible weather emergencies, keep devices fully charged, check safety conditions before travel and register for Rave Alerts if you are not already registered. 

    Hurricane Helene Updates

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Fletcher Tove speaks at a meeting
LR grad coordinating pandemic for Buncombe County

A lieutenant commander and surface warfare officer in the Navy, Tove returned to Asheville, North Carolina, to earn his MBA and become a preparedness and security officer for Buncombe County Health and Human Services.
Jordan Young student teaches remotely from her dining room
LR student teachers adapt to teaching remotely

Young was completing her undergraduate courses at LR and student teaching at HM Arndt Middle School when classes in both locations moved online due to the pandemic.
A laptop showing a nursing simulation
LR nursing students to simulators facing COVID-19

When classes moved to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LR nursing students were forced to complete their clinical rotations online using simulators.
LR DNP student Wendy Rash in a helicopter as a flight nurse
Flight nurse is LR student and professor

Rash has been a flight nurse for Wake Forest Baptist Health riding on helicopters to distant locations to treat injured patients.
Dr. Lesser with students around a table discussing stocks and the market
Finance students manage LR investments

The university gave the investment club a $50,000 endowment to manage, which the club used to buy stock in companies such as Amazon and Gilead. At one point, the club had more than tripled the initial investment.
World War II veterans at the showing of a documentary about D-day directed by an LR professor
WWII vets attend LR professor's D-day documentary

Professor Mark Hager directed and produced the documentary, which featured North Carolina World War II veterans Harold Frank, James Deal and Kenneth "Rock" Merritt, and he held a showing on campus at LR.
A solar-powered sailboat
LR grad builds, sails solar-powered boat to Cuba

Polich and his friends built their own solar-powered sailboat and sailed to the Caribbean to explore clean energy sites and communities working toward energy independence.
LR football players working in the engineering lab
NFL prospect, teammates engineer laser timer

Kyle Dugger, Demarius Hampton and Saaehim Brooks coded and engineered a laser-timed 40-yard dash machine for their research physics class project.
LR students Yer Vang, Chase Griffin and Lupita Sanchez Rojas in Washington, D.C.
LR students gain experience in Washington, D.C.

LCWS brings students together from across the country for experiential learning opportunities in Washington, D.C. Students intern four full days per week for 14 weeks, take classes and tour national monuments.
An LR student works on building a rocket
LR Rocket Team to compete in Spaceport America Cup

The LR Rocket team was selected as 1 of 150 teams across the globe to compete in the 2020 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico against teams from Russia, Brazil, Pakistan, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Switzerland and more.
A Hickory police vehicle with an LR decal
LR partnering with Hickory Police Department

Hickory Police Department officers will join LR's 10 security officers in providing 24-hour coverage to campus. The initial agreement between LR and the HPD features a three-year contract with up to four HPD officers assigned full time to the LR campus.
An LR student teacher smiles at children
LR's teacher prep program ranked Top 15 in U.S.

The National Council on Teacher Quality recognized LR as 1 of 15 schools out of 1,000 nationwide, and the only in North Carolina, for its ability to produce highly qualified teachers of reading.