A new scholarship honoring regional sportscaster Mike Hogewood ’76 extends his legacy of opportunity, helping future Bears pursue the possibilities that shaped his own life.
Loury Ollison Floyd, Ph.D., associate provost for faculty affairs, assessment and accreditation, received the 2026 NCACTE Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education Award on September 23.
After a decade building a professional writing career, Megan DeMatteo returns to Lenoir-Rhyne with her first published book and a new goal: fiction.
Lenoir-Rhyne ranks #1 among private universities in Western North Carolina and appears among the South’s Top 25 in the 2027 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings.
A new campus home for fraternities and sororities will provide a dedicated space for connection, leadership and community as Greek Life participation continues to grow.
Opening the 2026–27 season of the Visiting Writers Series, McCarthy talked about friends, writing, travel and the strange but beautiful afterlife of teen stardom.
Construction will begin in September 2026 on the new living-learning community for first-year students.
Interim university pastor Vern Kinard, M.Div. ’18, talks about finding his way back to Lenoir-Rhyne, creating a place of belonging, and the connections between music, faith and community.
Kevin Miller ’26 turned his love of riding in Western North Carolina into an entrepreneurial venture — with help from LR and a shot at $30,000 in a statewide startup competition.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø has surpassed the $90 million goal of its Charge Forward comprehensive campaign ahead of schedule, reaching a historic milestone in the largest fundraising campaign in university history.
First-year student Ethan Craig ’30 turned a summer internship at the Mitford Museum into hands-on experience in museum curation — and caught a glimpse of the places his passion for art might someday lead.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø will mark a milestone throughout the 2026-27 academic year, celebrating 135 years of educating leaders, serving communities and transforming lives.
