LRU Sorority to Host Annual Event for Local Child Abuse Prevention Efforts

Fri Apr 5 2013

Hickory, N.C. – In support of the Prevent Child Abuse America organization, the Gamma Chi chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority at Lenoir-Rhyne University will host the third annual Shamrock Zumbathon on April 20. This community event will take place on Shaw Plaza in the heart of the L-R campus from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. with registration beginning at 10:00 a.m.

The Zumbathon is open to the L-R campus as well as the Hickory community. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and free for children under ten years old. The event will consist of two 45-minute sessions of a fusion of Latin, hip-hop, and aerobic dance exercises taught by the certified instructors from Hickory Girl’s Fitness. Refreshments and door prizes will be available.

Kappa Deltas nationwide host “Shamrock Events” every year to raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America both on the local and national level. Eighty percent of the proceeds from the Shamrock event are donated to the Children’s Advocacy and Protection Center of Catawba County and the remaining 20 percent is donated to Kappa Delta’s national philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America. (more…)

Choirs from Lenoir-Rhyne to Present Concert

Thu Mar 28 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — The A Cappella Choir of Lenoir-Rhyne University, directed by Paul D. Weber, will present Carl Orff’s famously popular Carmina Burana on Saturday, April 13, 7:30 pm, at the Hickory Arts Center Auditorium (SALT Block).  This concert will feature the work in the two piano-percussion version arranged by the composer.

Pianists are Jeana Neal Borman, collaborative artist at Lenoir-Rhyne and accompanist of the A Cappella Choir, and Freda Herrell, accompanist of the Lenoir-Rhyne Youth Chorus.  Soloists will be drawn from the A Cappella Choir.  Boys from the Lenoir-Rhyne Youth Chorus will sing in two selections.  Admission to the concert is by ticket only:  $15 for general seating and students with proper ID are free.  Tickets may be purchased from members of the A Cappella Choir, at the Mauney Music Building Office, or by calling 828-328-7147.  Tickets will also be available at the door by cash or check only.

First premiered in 1937 in Frankfurt, Germany, Carmina Burana is a musical setting of texts by students and clerics from a 13^th century manuscript discovered in a Benedictine monastery in Bavaria.  (more…)

Tony and Margaret Jackson Named LRU Business Leaders of the Year

Thu Mar 28 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — The Lenoir-Rhyne University Business Council will honor Anthony “Tony” and Margaret Huss Jackson as Business Leaders of the Year at an awards luncheon on Wednesday, April 24 at 11:30 a.m. at the Lake Hickory Country Club in Hickory. This ticketed event is open to the public.

Tony and Margaret Jackson are founders and current chairpeople of The Jackson Group, Inc., a Hickory, NC based group of four companies providing survey services, multimedia productions, and leadership development / consulting services.  The Jackson Group was founded in 1976 as A. K. Jackson & Associates, a sole-practitioner firm, but over 37 years has grown to a firm with 45 employees serving over 280 clients in 38 states and Great Britain. (more…)

Italian Marine Archeologist to Speak on LRU Campus

Wed Mar 27 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — On Friday, April 12, Lenoir-Rhyne University will welcome to campus Dr. Dante Bartoli, a marine archeologist specializing in ancient Greek and Roman studies. This presentation will be held in room 115 of Mauney Hall on campus at 10:00am and is free and open to the public.

Born in Milan (Italy), where he studied Classical Literature at the Università Statale degli Studi, Dr. Bartoli received his degree in Classical Archaeology in 1999, with a B.A. thesis on the pottery production of Magna Graecia.

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Exploration and Creative Thinking at the Center of LRU Kids in College Program

Wed Mar 27 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — Applications are now being accepted for Kids in College, the Lenoir-Rhyne University summer enrichment program for students who have completed kindergarten through eighth grade this spring. This year, the program will focus on the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

Students will utilize 21^st century skills including critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. Kids in College is designed for teacher-recommended students who meet any of the following criteria:

• Identified as academically gifted
• Achieved a Level 4 on reading and/or math EOG
• Maintained an “A” average in math and/or reading
• Recommended by current teacher

The elementary school aged program will run June 17-21 and is open to students who have completed kindergarten through fourth grade. The middle school program will run July 29-August 2 and is open to students completing fifth through eighth grades. Both sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and lunch will be provided. (more…)

“The Little Read” Author Will Speak on Campus While her Book is Brought to Life On-Stage

Mon Mar 25 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — Lenoir-Rhyne University will hold its annual “The Little Read” event for youngsters and the community at 12:00pm on Saturday, April 13^th in the P.E Monroe Auditorium on campus. This event is free of charge and open to the community.

The 2013 Little Read author is Cynthia Lord. Lord has been active with the LR Visiting Writers Series and the Little Read program since the fall when she was on campus to discuss her book Rules with area 5^th grade school teachers and university education majors. These students and teachers worked together throughout the fall semester to develop curricular materials for educators teaching lessons with Rules as the central component. The curricular materials include information specifically for all 5^th grade students in Catawba and Alexander Counties.  All participating students have received their own personal copy of the book, thanks to the support of the Little Read sponsors and the local school systems.  (more…)

L-R breaks ground on new chapel

Mon Mar 25 2013

From left to right: Charles M. Snipes (Chair of Board of Trustees), Rosa Reyes ’13 (Student Government President), Dr. Wayne B. Powell (President) The Reverend Dr. Andrew Weisner (University Pastor)

$4.6 million chapel to be completed in 14 months

Its peaked roof will soar more than 56 feet in the air at its highest point; a rose window 12 feet across will illuminate the altar; it will stand in the heart of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s campus as testament to the school’s Lutheran foundation.

For 50 years the L-R community has wanted a grand and elegant chapel. On Friday afternoon the university took a giant step toward realizing that dream with a groundbreaking ceremony held to kick off the construction of the school’s newest, and most sacred building project. It’s going to cost $4.6 million to build the chapel – that includes a pipe organ, furnishings and a piano. And it’s going to take about 14 months to complete the project.  The new chapel will focus on serving the needs of L-R’s students and faculty, but it will also serve the Hickory community. (more…)

Accomplished Musician and Instructor to Perform at Lenoir-Rhyne

Wed Mar 20 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — Lissie Okopny, LRU faculty applied flute instructor, will present a recital on Saturday, April 6 at 3:00pm in the Mauney Music Building Choral Room on campus. Christy Wisuthseriwong will join her on piano. Works will include pieces from the Baroque, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary periods.

Okopny is the principal flutist of the Asheville Symphony (NC) and a member of the Western Piedmont Symphony (Hickory, NC). She maintains an active performance schedule as soloist and chamber musician as well as a teaching studio in Winston-Salem, NC. (more…)

Lenoir-Rhyne University Hosts Events for Abilities Awareness and Arts Festival

Tue Mar 19 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — Over a five-week span, Lenoir-Rhyne University will host the inaugural Abilities Awareness and Arts Festival (AAAF) on campus. This Festival, co-sponsored by the multiple offices on campus will include musicians, theologians, poets, films, and many other programs that shed light on various disabilities and how people have triumphed over them.

The entire Festival schedule is included below. All events are free and open to the public with the exception of the Playmakers performance of Rules that requires tickets to be purchased.

Lenoir-Rhyne University Abilities Awareness & Arts Festival Schedule of Events

All events co-sponsored by The Lineberger Center for Cultural and Educational Renewal at Lenoir-Rhyne University

• Friday, March 22 at 10am, Joshua Bennett, Belk Centrum, sponsored by Office of Multicultural Affairs – Joshua Bennett, award winning performance poet from Yonkers, NY. He has recited his original works at The Sundance Film Festival, The NAACP Image Awards, The Kennedy Center and President Obama’s Evening of Poetry and Music at the White House. (more…)

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet To Speak at Lenoir-Rhyne

Tue Mar 19 2013

HICKORY, N.C. — The next speaker in the Lenoir-Rhyne University Visiting Writers Series will be Philip Schultz. Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author of My Dyslexia will read on April 4 at 7 p.m. in the P.E. Monroe Auditorium on campus. No tickets or reservations are required.  The event is co-sponsored by the Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center.

One of American poetry’s longtime masters of the art, Philip Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the founder/director of The Writers Studio, a private school for fiction and poetry writing based in New York City. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Failure (Harcourt, 2007), winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. (more…)