Embrace Your Full Potential

First-Year Advising


At Lenoir-Rhyne University, you can expand your world, make connections – intellectual and personal – and seek answers. We believe in your potential and the promising future you want.

We prepare you for a successful first year at LR through our programs and resources, whether you are a first-year student, transfer student or LR Online student.

Academic advising is a critical component of first-year success for undergraduate students, including first-year, transfer and adult students.

Our faculty and staff are committed to your success at LR. Our goal is to help you create and achieve your educational, career and life goals. Meeting with a first-year advisor is different than that with your high school guidance counselor. We want to learn about your interests to help you explore all options and personalize your academic experience at LR.

Advising & Academic Support Services


Learn more about LR's advising and academic support services, including academic advising, academic coaching and tutoring and disability services.

Bethany Perry examining a petri dish while working in biology lab on her student research Play video

LR offers a hands-on approach to learning. Unlike my friends at other schools, I had the opportunity to design and lead my own research project and see it through to completion.

Bethany Perry '24, Biology

News & Events

Scott Owens

Owens teaches creative writing at Lenoir-Rhyne and has mentored hundreds of student writers. Now he brings that same commitment to his new role as Hickory’s first poet laureate.

View More
Carly York author photo with her horse

Carly Anne York’s celebration of “silly science” has garnered national media attention, most recently earning a spot on Science News’ 2025 book list.

View More