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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.

An LR student looks in a bird box in the nature preserve

Campus nature preserve offers field opportunities

With more than 40 acres available with a wide range of habitat, biology students at Lenoir-Rhyne have an opportunity to gain experience in field research.

LR adds sports teams for 2020-21

The university is adding women's triathlon as a varsity sport, while men's triathlon and men's and women's weightlifting will launch as club sports.

LR student studies a chimpanzee at the North Carolina Zoo

LR student blazing trails with North Carolina Zoo

Fox studied chimpanzee behavior for the zoo to document how they interact within a group structure in order to help the zoo better care for the animals. One chimp he studied had actually appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show prior to arriving at the zoo.

Former LR basketball and volleyball standout Jackie Denny.

LR star beats 3 torn ACLs, stars in 2 sports

Jackie Denny overcame three torn ACLs to star in two sports for the Bears. Denny ranked second in the conference averaging 1.21 blocks a game for LR's volleyball team, while her 56.3 percent shooting from the floor led the women's basketball team.

LR expands half-off tuition program to whole state

The university now offers 50 percent off tuition to any North Carolina resident who is a first-year undergraduate student with a 3.5 or higher high school GPA or to a transfer undergraduate student with more than 30 earned credit hours from an accredited North Carolina community college and a 3.5 GPA.

LR students laughing and talking sitting on the lawn

LR earns status in Carnegie, achieve national rank

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognized LR as a larger program due to its conferring 249 graduate degrees in 2016-17.

Students eating Chick-fil-A at the new campus restaurant

Chick-fil-A, Sandwich Shack among upgrades at LR

Chick-fil-A is taking the place of Subway and Grille Works, and Sandwich Shack will be located in Fritz-Conrad Residence Hall.

Athletic Director Kim Pate speaks at a podium unveiling the center

LR unveils $3 million sports performance facility

The 14,000 square-foot sports performance center features a weight room, nutrition bar and indoor turf training area, dedicated team meeting rooms, additional coaches' offices, and an enclosed pavilion and outdoor courtyard for Bears Club hospitality and engagement space.

LR welcomes new AVP for digital strategy

Minor will lead the university's marketing and communication efforts, which connect LR with various audiences through an integrated and expanding platform of digital and social media channels, digital marketing and media relations.