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Area high school students work on a suture exercise on Friday, Nov. 21, in the Lindsey Wilson University Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship. The students were among more than 150 area high school students who attended Lindsey Wilson’s nursing preview day.

Lindsey Wilson University Nursing Event Attracts more than 150 High School Students

More than 150 aspiring health care professionals were at Lindsey Wilson University on Friday, Nov. 21. The participants were part of the university's nursing preview day, which attracted high school students from area high schools as well as from Case...

Nov 26, 2025, 6:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University student Katie Saylor ’26, a psychology and human services and counseling double major from Louisville, Kentucky, presents her research, “Winterfell Wounds and Resilience,” at the 2025 fall symposium of the R.V. Bennett Honors Program, held Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the Keith Stearns Room of the Holloway Building. Saylor used the character Sansa Stark from the TV show “Game of Thrones” to study adverse childhood experiences.

Lindsey Wilson University Honors Students Explore Diverse Range of Topics, Issues at Fall Symposium

The TV show Game of Thrones might seem an unlikely way to study adverse childhood experiences, but that was but one of the creative research projects presented on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the 2025 fall symposium of the Lindsey Wilson University R.V. Bennet...

Nov 26, 2025, 5:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University English professor Kendall Sewell discusses Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; or, The Whale” in a recent meeting of his “American Literature I” survey class in W.W. Slider Humanities Center. Sewell is holding a copy of the novel that he used when he was a Lindsey Wilson undergraduate student and studied Melville under the late Mark Dunphy.

Paying Tribute to a Legendary Lindsey Wilson University English Professor

When Lindsey Wilson University English professor Kendall Sewell teaches students about one of the great American novels, he channels a bit of one of the great Lindsey Wilson professors. In Sewell's "American Literature I" survey class, students are in...

Nov 26, 2025, 4:00am EST

The Lindsey Wilson University Department of Theatre will present “A Holiday Cabaret” at 7 p.m. CT on Dec. 4-5 and at 2 p.m. CT on Dec. 7 at V.P. Henry Auditorium.

Lindsey Wilson University Department of Theatre to Present 'A Holiday Cabaret'

A Christmas classic will return to Lindsey Wilson University during the first week of December. A Holiday Cabaret will be performed Dec. 4-5 and Dec. 7 at V.P. Henry Auditorium. The 90-minute musical review will feature songs and music of the holiday ...

Nov 25, 2025, 5:01pm EST

Former Lindsey Wilson University Director of Library Services Phil Hanna, right, pictured with Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. in 2017. Hanna was involved with the Lindsey Wilson Cultural Affairs Series from 1996 until his retirement in 2017, serving as the series chair for all but four of those years. The university has renamed the series the Phil Hanna Cultural Affairs Series.

Lindsey Wilson University Announces Phil Hanna Cultural Affairs Series

For more than 20 years, the late Phill Hanna helped enhance Lindsey Wilson University's living-learning environment by leading the Lindsey Wilson Cultural Affairs Series. Now, thanks to several major gifts, the series he led will now bear his name -- ...

Nov 25, 2025, 5:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University Associate Athletics Director Chris Wells, left, and assistant flag football coach Garrett Koestel pack Operation Christmas Child on Friday, Nov. 21, in the LWU Athletics Office. The LWU Athletics Department contributed 384 shoeboxes to the Columbia-Adair County effort.

Lindsey Wilson University Athletics Department Contributes 384 Shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child

Lindsey Wilson University's intercollegiate athletics program is one of the most successful in the country. But Blue Raider student-athletes and coaches were not counting runs, points or goals on Friday, Nov. 21. Instead, they were focused on the succ...

Nov 22, 2025, 5:00am EST

Reagan Grider of Burkesville, Kentucky -- a 2022 Lindsey Wilson University graduate -- received this year’s Medical Student of the Year award by the University of Kentucky Bowling Green Campus chapter of the American College of Physicians.

Lindsey Wilson Alumna Reagan Grider Receives Medical School Award

Reagan Grider '22 is not one to embrace the spotlight. That's why the Lindsey Wilson University alumna was more than a little surprised when she was recently honored with the Medical Student of the Year award by the University of Kentucky Bowling Gree...

Nov 21, 2025, 5:00am EST

“Untitled,” photography by Mary Ford ’16, is featured in the Lindsey Wilson University art show “Then and Now,” which is on display through Dec. 13 in the university’s Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery.

Art by Lindsey Wilson University Alumni on Display Through Dec. 13

A diverse range of artistic expressions and mediums are on display through Dec. 13 in the Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery at Lindsey Wilson University. The show, "Then and Now," features 15 pieces of art by Lindsey Wilson alumni. The works of art inclu...

Nov 19, 2025, 6:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University’s winter graduates will receive a new diploma cover that will feature a black-and-white drawing of a campus mural by Dani Ford of Jamestown, Kentucky, that was unveiled earlier this school year. Legacy graduates whose parents and grandparents are Lindsey Wilson alumni will receive a special legacy stole to wear during the ceremony. LWU’s 122nd commencement will be held in two ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 13 -- at 10 a.m. CT and at 2 p.m. CT. Both commencement ceremonies will be held in Biggers Sports Center.

Lindsey Wilson University Winter Commencement to be Held Dec. 13

Lindsey Wilson University's first commencement weekend will also be its largest in school history. Lindsey Wilson is scheduled to award a total of 945 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees at its 122nd commencement, the most in the school's 122...

Nov 19, 2025, 5:00am EST

Lindsey Wilson University is one of only two schools in the nation that will be represented in all five NAIA National Championships from the 2025 fall season -- cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball.

Lindsey Wilson University Blue Raider Teams Set for a Busy Fall Postseason

Autumn is lingering for Lindsey Wilson University's fall athletics teams, and that's just fine with Lindsey Wilson Athletic Director Willis Pooler. Lindsey Wilson is one of only two schools in the nation that will be represented in all five NAIA Natio...

Nov 18, 2025, 2:51pm 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.