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The Lindsey Wilson University team of, from left, Taylor Harvey of Columbia, Allee Harris of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and Grace Adams of Bethlehem, Kentucky, took first place in this fall’s Marketing Research Competition’s undergraduate division. The three business administration seniors proposed using the doll Barbie to help Lincoln Financial attract more clients from the Gen Z and Millennial generations.

Lindsey Wilson University Business Seniors Win National Marketing Competition

Three Lindsey Wilson University business administration seniors used one of the world's most recognizable popular culture icons to help them win a national marketing campaign for a major U.S. financial services company. The trio of Grace Adams, Allee ...

Dec 9, 2025, 3:36pm EST

Lindsey Wilson University's newly formed E-Club is focused on encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship on campus. From left are club officers at this year’s Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Lexington: Rebekah Stevenson ’27 of Russell Springs, Kentucky, E-Club secretary; Allee Harris ’26 of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, vice president; and Taylor Harvey ’25 of Columbia, president.

Lindsey Wilson University Students Hope New Club Encourages Entrepreneurship

A group of Lindsey Wilson University students hopes to be part of a campus movement that will encourage more young people to become entrepreneurs. That's one reason why they started the E-Club, which held its first meeting on Monday, Dec. 8, in the un...

Dec 9, 2025, 6:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University business administration majors Summer Ray ’27 of Stanford, Kentucky, left, and Emerson McKinnis ’28 of Auburn, Kentucky, have launched the podcast “That’s God,” which they produce in the university’s podcast studio in the J.L. Turner Leadership Center.

Friendship Leads to Podcast for Two Lindsey Wilson University Business Students

Two Lindsey Wilson University students have turned a friendship into a new podcast aimed at helping people "laugh, learn and grow together in faith." Emerson McKinnis '28 of Auburn, Kentucky, and Summer Ray '27 of Stanford, Kentucky, have launched the...

Dec 9, 2025, 5:03am EST

Lindsey Wilson University student Natalie Jones ’26 of Columbia discusses her research project, “Kindergarten Reading: Learning Letters, Learning Sounds.” Jones presented her research in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center during Lindsey Wilson’s 2025 fall semester Academic Celebration Week.

Lindsey Wilson University Spotlights Undergraduate Work during Academic Celebration Week

The final week of classes of the 2025 fall semester at Lindsey Wilson University was a time to celebrate student research, artistic achievements and academic accomplishments. Undergraduate students presented research projects from the disciplines of a...

Dec 8, 2025, 6:54am EST

Lindsey Wilson University student Lilly Campbell ’26 of Davenport, Iowa, takes graduation pictures of brothers Kaden Tibbitts, left, and Keegan, both of Simpsonville, Kentucky, on the afternoon of Dec. 3 in front of the L.R. McDonald Administration Building. Lindsey Wilson will award a record 974 undergraduate and graduate degrees at its 2025 winter commencement, to be held at 10 a.m. CT and at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Dec. 13.

Lindsey Wilson University to Hold Record Winter Commencement Dec. 13

Lindsey Wilson University will hold its 122nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13, in Biggers Sports Center. It will be Lindsey Wilson's first commencement ceremony since the school became Lindsey Wilson University on July 1, and it will also b...

Dec 8, 2025, 4:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University Chaplain the Rev. Tyler Brumfield leads “Scriptures & Songs of Christmas” on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the John B. Begley Chapel.

Lindsey Wilson University Community Celebrates Christmas Season

The Christmas season unofficially opened on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Lindsey Wilson University as one event celebrated the meaning of the season while another prepared to serve the community a big helping of holiday cheer. At the final weekly chapel serv...

Dec 4, 2025, 5:00am EST

Pictured are the new members of the Lindsey Wilson University Xi Psi chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association’s official honor society at four-year colleges and universities. The new members were inducted Wednesday, Dec. 3, in J.L. Turner Leadership Center. Inducted, alphabetically, are: Ta’Shya Cramer ’27 of Louisville, Kentucky; Noah Elkhiyari ’26 of Peachtree Corners, Georgia; Kyra Engel ’26 of Langgons, Germany Mine Iscen of Ankara, Turkey; Grace Lowther ’27 of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Sethaniel Ousley ’26 of Lancaster, Kentucky; Camryn Reece ’26 of Knob Lick, Kentucky; Makayla Wasson ’26 of Columbia; and Megan Whitson ’26 of East Bernstadt, Kentucky. Not pictured: Emily Cox ’27 of London, Kentucky; and Lindsay Cox ’26 of London.

13 Lindsey Wilson University Students Inducted into Communication Honor Society

The academic accomplishments of 13 Lindsey Wilson University students in the discipline of communication were celebrated Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the university's chapter of Lambda Pi Eta. The 13 students were inducted into the LWU Xi Psi chapter of Lamb...

Dec 4, 2025, 4:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University business administration seniors, from left, Taylor Harvey of Columbia, Lucas Pooler of Columbia and Abby Girdler of Somerset, Kentucky, placed second in a national business project sponsored by CapSource’s Live Case Competition.

Two Lindsey Wilson University Business Teams Place in National Competition

A pair of Lindsey Wilson University business student groups stood out in a recent national competition. The two groups placed second and third, respectively, in a business project sponsored by CapSource's Live Case Competition. The two three-student t...

Dec 3, 2025, 5:00am EST

Eleanor Harden of Louisville, Kentucky, holds a newspaper clipping that features the 1923-24 Lindsey Wilson high school girls’ basketball team that included her aunt, the late Eliza Burks Payne. Payne, who graduated in 1925 from the Lindsey Wilson high school program, is third from right.

1920s Scrapbook Sheds Light on Lindsey Wilson University's First Junior College Class, Campus Life

Lindsey Wilson University will hold its first commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13. It will be the 122nd commencement ceremony in the school's history, and it will be the largest class with a total of 974 undergraduate and graduate degrees to be ...

Dec 3, 2025, 4:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University football coach Phil Kleckler is congratulated by his wife, Randi, and son, Rory, following the Blue Raiders’ 57-31 win over Indiana Wesleyan University in the second round of the NAIA Football Championship Series on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Parnell Family Stadium. No. 7-ranked Lindsey Wilson advanced to the quarterfinals round against top-ranked Grand View (Iowa) University on Saturday, Dec. 6, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Record-Setting Day Advances Lindsey Wilson University Football Team to NAIA Football Championship Series Quarterfinal Round

Four record-setting performances by Blue Raiders keyed No. 7-ranked Lindsey Wilson University's comeback from a 24-point deficit in the first half to beat No. 10-ranked Indiana Wesleyan University 57-31 in the second round of the NAIA Football Champion...

Nov 30, 2025, 4:00am EST

About Lindsey Wilson University

Lindsey Wilson University is a vibrant liberal arts university in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey Wilson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The university's 29 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.