Lenoir-Rhyne ranks #1 among private universities in Western North Carolina and appears among the South’s Top 25 in the 2027 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings.
A new campus home for fraternities and sororities will provide a dedicated space for connection, leadership and community as Greek Life participation continues to grow.
Opening the 2026–27 season of the Visiting Writers Series, McCarthy talked about friends, writing, travel and the strange but beautiful afterlife of teen stardom.
Construction will begin in September 2026 on the new living-learning community for first-year students.
Interim university pastor Vern Kinard, M.Div. ’18, talks about finding his way back to Lenoir-Rhyne, creating a place of belonging, and the connections between music, faith and community.
Kevin Miller ’26 turned his love of riding in Western North Carolina into an entrepreneurial venture — with help from LR and a shot at $30,000 in a statewide startup competition.
Lenoir-Rhyne University has surpassed the $90 million goal of its Charge Forward comprehensive campaign ahead of schedule, reaching a historic milestone in the largest fundraising campaign in university history.
First-year student Ethan Craig ’30 turned a summer internship at the Mitford Museum into hands-on experience in museum curation — and caught a glimpse of the places his passion for art might someday lead.
Lenoir-Rhyne University will mark a milestone throughout the 2026-27 academic year, celebrating 135 years of educating leaders, serving communities and transforming lives.
Who are the newest Bears? Get to know Lenoir-Rhyne’s record-breaking incoming class by exploring the facts about where they’re coming from, what they’ll study and more.
Record enrollment, historic fundraising and major campus investments set the stage for Lenoir-Rhyne’s 2026-27 academic year as the university builds for the future.
Nine days of events welcome Bears to campus with LR traditions, new activities and opportunities to connect with the university and Hickory communities.
