LIBERTY STUDENT NEWS

The nation is facing a shortage in the nursing industry and nurses here locally are looking to change that. To help stay ahead of the shortage, Liberty University has started its nursing summer camp after a 20-plus year hiatus. The school had more than 30 middle and high school students on campus learning about the nursing industry and whether it’s a profession for them.

“It’s a manpower issue, it’s all the baby boomers are coming up and getting older and developing more chronic problems. We want to ensure that we’re bringing up a new generation that’s going to be fully committed to the profession,” Tracy Turner, chair of undergraduate BSN Program at Liberty University, said.

Source: https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/lynchburg/liberty-university-brings-back-nurse-summer-camp

A former student claimed she was threatened with punishment by Liberty University due to her friendship with a gay male student, but school officials claim the email she cited as proof was “fabricated.”

In a now-deleted Facebook post that racked up hundreds of shares, student Lauren Elizabeth Bouma shared an open-letter Sunday describing why she “chose” to leave Liberty University (LU) to attend the University of Lynchburg.

Source: https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11135

Liberty University junior Gabriel Lench of Lake Mary became only the third player in history to win both Florida’s two open championships in the same season as he put the finishing touches on a wire-to-wire performance on Sunday to win the Florida Open at 6-under-par 208 at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor.

Lench defeated another amateur, Joe Alfieri of Tampa (68) by two shots, 37 days after he won the Florida Amateur at the Ritz-Carlton Club in Orlando. Lench joined Chase Seiffert (2012) and Jacksonville resident Don Bisplinghoff (1955) in winning both tournaments in the same year.

Source: http://www.jacksonville.com/sports/20180715/lench-becomes-third-player-in-history-to-win-florida-open-florida-amateur-in-same-season