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LR Live


Upcoming Live Steams


Hickory Commencement
Friday, May | 6 p.m | Moretz Stadium

We invite you to join us for this energizing celebration as we come together to honor this year’s graduates and celebrate their future endeavors to pave the way, make their mark and improve our world.

Past Live Steams


Baccalaureate Service
Wednesday, April 29 | 10 a.m | Grace Chapel
Graduating seniors, their families and guests and Lenoir-Rhyne faculty and staff are invited to attend baccalaureate, a Christian worship service celebrating the graduating class. The 45-minute service includes hymns, music, student readings and a cap-and-gown procession by faculty and undergraduate degree candidates.

LTSS Alumni Day - Yost Lecture
Belk Centrum | 1 p.m.
Hear from Vance Blackfox, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, ELCA Director for Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations. This event will be live streamed for those unable to attend in person.
Yost Lecture Event Page | YouTube Live Stream

LTSS Alumni Day - Afternoon Forum
Belk Centrum | 2:15 p.m.
Includes presentation of Bedenbaugh Award to the Rev. Brad Bellah ’03 and a conversation with LTSS faculty that continues the topic from the Yost Lecture. This event will be live streamed for those unable to attend in person.
Afternoon Forum Event Page | YouTube Live Stream

 

 

News & Events

Red and black streamers fly over smiling graduates on stadium field

Across ceremonies held in Hickory, Asheville and Columbia on May 7-9, LR celebrated 578 undergraduate and graduate students earning their degrees and stepping into their next chapters as alumni.

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Student explaining a display at 2026 SOURCE Day.

SOURCE 2026 highlighted student excellence across a range of disciplines, featuring Honors Thesis Competition winners and the inaugural Bears Engage awards.

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