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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

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

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.