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Lindsey Wilson and Red Onion State Prison have launched a partnership to expand educational opportunities to employees at the state institution. The agreement makes the prison’s full-time and part-time employees and their immediate family members eligible to receive scholarship opportunities through Lindsey Wilson. Pictured, front row, from left: LWU Assistant Vice President of Educational Outreach Tommie Saragas; LWU Enrollment Coordinator Leanna Perkins; Lindsey Wilson Director of Enrollment Ryan Vitatoe; Red Onion Warden David Anderson; Red Onion Senior Mental Health Clinician Edward Richie Creech; Red Onion Warden Amee Duncan; and LWU Regional Academic Director Kimberly Brown. Back row, from left: LWU counseling professor Richard Carroll; LWU Enrollment Coordinator Jason Weaver; Red Onion State Major Steve Franklin; and LWU criminal justice professor Dennis Souther.

Lindsey Wilson University Creates Scholarship for Red Onion State Prison Employees

Lindsey Wilson University and Red Onion State Prison have launched a partnership to expand educational opportunities to employees at the state institution. The agreement makes the prison's full-time and part-time employees and their immediate family m...

Jul 23, 2026, 9:33am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University professor of sport performance Courtney Carter has received a grant from the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation to study why companies and organizations have initiatives to hire former college student-athletes.

Lindsey Wilson University Professor to Study Why College Student-Athletes are Attractive to Prospective Employers

A Lindsey Wilson University professor has received a grant to study what makes former college student-athletes attractive to prospective employers. Lindsey Wilson professor of sport performance Courtney Carter has received a grant from the Commission ...

Jul 21, 2026, 5:00am EDT

Yayi Sonnabend, a 2023 Lindsey Wilson alumna, has been named director of the university’s Bonner Scholar Program and civic engagement and leadership. This school year, Lindsey Wilson will have about 50 Bonner scholars, who will work with community partners in Adair, Russell and Taylor counties.

Yayi Sonnabend '23 named Lindsey Wilson University Director of Bonner Scholar Program and Civic Engagement and Leadership

You would be hard-pressed to find a person more passionate about service than Yayi Sonnabend '23. And now Sonnabend has been named to lead Lindsey Wilson University's flagship service program. Sonnabend has been appointed the university's director of...

Jul 20, 2026, 5:00am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University graduate student David Browne of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, recovered from a life of addiction and imprisonment to one of education, recovery and service. As part of his graduate work, he has been an intern at Time to Surrender in Elizabethtown.

'The Pain to Change has to be Greater than the Necessity to Remain the Same'

Lindsey Wilson University graduate student David Browne is as relentless as he is focused. His determination comes from a life shaped by hardship, addiction, incarceration, recovery and ultimately transformation. From addiction and incarceration to ed...

Jul 20, 2026, 4:00am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University alumnus Bill Straus ’70 of Lexington, Kentucky, has started the Bill Straus Endowed Scholarship to support members of the Lindsey Wilson Singers.

Scholarship Honors Legacy of Lindsey Wilson University Singers

Bill Straus '70 did not come to Lindsey Wilson College to sing. But singing became a big part of his Lindsey Wilson experience after he joined the Lindsey Wilson Singers shortly after arriving on campus in the spring 1968 semester. Straus wants futur...

Jul 15, 2026, 5:00am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University students McKenzie Melton ’29 of Lily, Kentucky, and Brandon Grider ’28 Columbia consult instructions for assembling a cabinet on the set of “Crimes of the Heart” on Monday, July 13, in V.P. Henry Auditorium. Beth Henley’s award-winning play will be presented at 7 p.m. CT July 30-31 and at 2 p.m. CT Aug. 2 in V.P. Henry Auditorium.

'Crimes of the Heart' to be Presented July 30-31, Aug. 2 by Lindsey Wilson University TheatreFest!

Members of Lindsey Wilson University TheatreFest! hope that lightning will strike twice when they present Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart." The award-winning play will be presented at 7 p.m. CT July 30-31 and at 2 p.m. CT Aug. 2 at Lindsey Wilson's...

Jul 14, 2026, 5:00am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University student Macey Poindexter ’30 of Burkesville, Kentucky, finalizes her registration in the Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center during the university’s July 9 New Student Orientation day as her mother, Kristy Flowers Williams ’03, and sister, Londyn, 8, look on. More than 400 students and family members attended Lindsey Wilson’s second New Student Orientation days of the summer on July 9-10.

New Lindsey Wilson University Students Prepare for New Adventures

Gracie Orr has been getting up most mornings this summer around 6 a.m. for her job as a lifeguard. But on Thursday, July 9, the Marion, Kentucky, resident and Lindsey Wilson freshman woke up an extra 30 minutes early so that she and her father, Josh, ...

Jul 11, 2026, 7:00am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University athletics administrator Chris Wells, who has 25 years of experience leading college athletics, has been named commissioner of the Mid-South Conference.

Veteran Kentucky College Athletics Administrator Chris Wells Named Mid-South Conference Commissioner

Longtime Kentucky college athletics administrator Chris Wells has been named commissioner of the Mid-South Conference. Wells, who has served as the conference's interim commissioner since May 2025, is the sixth person to lead the Mid-South Conference,...

Jul 1, 2026, 5:00am EDT

Higher Education Veteran Courtney Carter to Lead Lindsey Wilson University Sport Performance Program

Courtney Carter, one of Kentucky's leading voices in college sport and higher education, has been named to lead Lindsey Wilson University's sport performance program. Carter - who brings nearly two decades of experience in higher education, sport mana...

Jun 23, 2026, 11:00am EDT

Lindsey Wilson University theatre professor Robert Brock portrays Mark Twain at the inaugural Mark Twain Storytelling Festival, held Saturday, June 20, at Lindsey Wilson’s V.P. Henry Auditorium. The event celebrated the art of storytelling, along with Mark Twain’s Columbia roots.

Inaugural Mark Twain Storytelling Festival Celebrates Adair County's Literary, Historical Roots

Area residents had the rare opportunity to hear from a Revolutionary War hero, a medical pioneer and one of the greatest American authors on Saturday, June 20, at the inaugural Mark Twain Storytelling Festival. Held at Lindsey Wilson University, the e...

Jun 21, 2026, 10:30pm EDT

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.