Lenoir Rhyne University Gets Its Own App

Available now in the Apple App Store is the official Lenoir-Rhyne University app. The free app is designed to provide an abundance of information to prospective students, current students, alumni, and the Hickory community. The app can be downloaded on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. The app is well timed as summer finds new students preparing to come to campus in August and they want to explore their new university. The L-R app puts everything you need to know on the go right into your hands. Whether it’s a prospective student wanting to take the self-guided tour or learn more about academic majors, a current student wanting to check out the discounts available from local businesses or the dining hall menu. Or a member of the Hickory community wants to see when the next concert, theater production or sporting event is, it can be found on the app. Text, photos, and videos give the user the sense of being right in the heart of campus. The app uses GPS navigation to mark buildings on the Google map to help users find specific places on

campus, to locate athletic complexes on campus, and to show the location of businesses offering discounts to current students. LRU will release a similar app for Droid devices in the fall that will include the same interactive features as the Apple version.

LRU and Southern Seminary joining forces

Following a feasibility study, the boards of Lenoir-Rhyne University and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS) have recommended that the institutions enter into a formal collaborative process leading to a merger. The plan calls for LTSS to become L-R’s school of theology and remain a seminary located in Columbia, SC. LTSS will retain its name and identity while integrating with the larger university system. The study leading up to this recommendation was coordinated and fully supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which supports and partners with both institutions. The process to move to a merger will begin immediately and will be completed in the summer of 2012.

LENOIR-RHYNE Alumni Newsletter Summer Edition 2011

HAPPENINGS

2011 Summer Youth Camps at Lenoir-Rhyne

The John Lentz (Basketball) Camp will be conducted by Lenoir-Rhyne men’s basketball coach John Lentz and will run from June 20 to 23 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The cost for the camp is $175 and is open to boys seven to 15 years old. For more information, call Coach Lentz at 328-7122.

Lenoir-Rhyne University women’s basketball coach Todd Starkey has announced the team’s summer camps for 2011. Three types of camps are available. For more information, please call L-R assistant coach and camp director Katie Pate at 328-7384. --June 12-15 -- Elite Camp is for current eight graders through current 11th graders and will run from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cost for the camp is $135 and only 24 campers will be allowed. --June 13-16 -- Day Camp is for seven to 15 year olds and will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost for the camp is $225. --June 16-18 -- Team Camp is for Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and will run from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The cost is $75 per player.

$300,000 Grant Received to Improve Campus Lighting

Lenoir-Rhyne University recently received a $300K grant from the Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trusts to be used for an improved Campus Lighting Program. As the enrollment at Lenoir-Rhyne University continues to grow, the safety of the students and crime prevention remain a top priority. Recent student surveys identified campus lighting as a priority. In response to these surveys, the university contracted with the design and engineering firm of Woolpert, Inc to conduct a survey of the current campus lighting and to make recommendations regarding additional and improved lighting. The consulting firm considered, among other criteria, the quantity of lighting, the type and quality of lighting, preferred pedestrian usage of areas on campus, crime prevention, and safety. The survey determined that consistency in the type of lighting would provide greater illumination, energy efficiency, and enhanced aesthetics. It also identified the high, medium and low priority need areas on campus. The current grant is the latest in a series of grants that have provided the Lenoir-Rhyne campus with numer-ous physical improvements to buildings and equipment. When the Campus Lighting Program is completed later this year, there will be increased energy efficiency, greater pedestrian safety, enhanced visibility and an improved campus appearance, and it will promote the increased use of selected corridors to frequently used campus facilities.

Join LRU for Summer Movies on the Lawn

Lenoir-Rhyne University is pleased to announce the inaugural season of the family Summer MovieFest held on the Russell House lawn on campus. The movies are free and offer a great opportunity for family and friends to enjoy some time together under the stars. Bring a blanket or low lawn chair, food, and drink to campus and watch a movie on the large outdoor screen. The movies begin at dusk, around 8 p.m., on Fridays, June 17 & 24; July 15 & 22. The Summer MovieFest movies are all rated PG.

The schedule is:

Friday, June 17 – “Up”Friday, June 24 – “The Game Plan”

Friday, July 15 – “Tangled”Friday, July 22 – “Remember the Titans”

In the event of rain or high winds, the movies will be moved indoors in the Cromer Center. Check the LRU website, www.lr.edu, or LRU Facebook page for weather updates on movie day.

Want to travel to an exotic land with other Lenoir-Rhyne alumni? How about being in the comfort of an experienced tour guide, air-conditioned motor coach, and the same hotel throughout your stay? Of course you do! Sign up today to be a part of the Lenoir-Rhyne Alumni Association Travel Program before all the seats are taken.

Itinerary includes:

Day 1: Depart the USA Day 2: Arrive in Montecatini - Italy Day 3: Tour Pisa & Lucca Day 4: Tour Florence Day 5: Tour Pienza Day 6: Tour San Gimignano and Siena Day 7: Tour Rome Day 8: Have a day of leisure in Florence and Montecatini Day 9: Depart Italy - Arrive in the USA

Call World Cultural Tours at 1-877-218-8687

to book a Bear-sized vacation.

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Leadership Council ($10,000 and over)Broyhill Family FoundationBurroughs Wellcome FundCharles A. Cannon TrustELCA FoundationELCA Vocation & Education Unit*George Foundation, Inc*The James M. Johnston TrustLettie Pate Whitehead FoundationThe Moretz FoundationNC Community Foundation, IncNC Synod of the ELCANorth Carolina Arts CouncilNorth Carolina Independent Colleges & UniversitiesPiedmont Educational FoundationThe Unifour Foundation North Carolina Community Foundation

Executive Council ($5,000 - $9,999)Century Furniture Co.E.J. Snyder Family FoundationHickory Furniture MartJames R. Alexander TrustThrivent Financial for LutheransUnited Arts Council of Catawba County

Directors Council ($2,500 - $4,999)ARAMARK - Facilities Management*Bank of Granite*Carolina Orthopaedic SpecialistsCatawba Valley Community CollegeCatawba Valley Medical Center*Corning Cable Systems*

Duke EnergyFrye Regional Medical CenterHBFLutheran Community FoundationPeoples BankPepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of HkyShurtape Technologies, Inc.

President’s Council ($1,500 - $2,499)A-1 Printing, Inc.ARAMARK - Food ServiceBB&TBlackwelder Properties, FLP*The Bolick FoundationCBSA Architects, Inc.CT ManagementDeloitte and Touche, LLPGreer LaboratoriesHickory Mechanical, Inc.The Jackson Group, Inc.Lenoir Mirror/Jonas FoundationLutheran Chapel ChurchThe North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline FoundationPRISM Development LLCResource Partners, LLCSchneider Mills Inc.Sherrill Furniture Co.Wachovia Bank (a Wells Fargo Company)

Associates Council ($1,000 - $1,499)A SignCoAdden FurnitureB & M MailingC. R. Laine Furniture Co.Capital Concepts Financial GroupCentury-LinkChair City Supply Co., Inc.Charlotte Paint Co., Inc.CommScope*Community One BankDavid E. Looper and CompanyThe Dickson Foundation, Inc.Dixon Hughes PLLCEdward Jones-Steve Reese and Mike Bell

First Citizens BankGastroenterology Associates, PAHambrick Memorial FoundationHancock & Moore, Inc.Hanes Industries, Inc.Hickory Construction CompanyHickory Daily RecordHickory Dickory DockHickory Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc.Hickory Sheet Metal Co., Inc.Hickory Springs Manufacturing*Larry’s Carpet InstallationMartin Starnes & Associates, CPAsMcCreary Modern, Inc.Meisner Appraisal & ConsultingMike Johnson’s Hickory ToyotaMitchell Gold + Bob WilliamsMountain 1st Bank & TrustNC Association of CPA’sPatrick, Harper & Dixon, L.L.P.Piedmont Natural GasRBC BankRecycling Equipment , Inc.Sign Systems Inc.Snyder Paper CorporationSt. Pauls Lutheran ChurchSt. James Lutheran ChurchSt. Johns ELCASystelTri-City Electronics, Inc.W & W ServicesWallace PrintingWells Fargo Insurance Services USAWindstreamYoussef 242

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Woman graduates at age 70

Katharine Crawley spent the last 18 years trying to get to where she is now. At age 70, she graduated from L-R on May 13 with a double major in psychology and human and community services and a minor in religion. Crawley’s road toward a bachelor’s degree began in 1993. She was working at Ellis Hosiery when a friend began encouraging her. She had a full plate, working during the day, picking up her 14-year-old daughter from school, taking care of her elderly mother and taking 12 credit hours of classes at night. Crawley was on target to finish in 2000, and was even completing a 150-hour internship in chaplaincy at

Frye Regional Medical Center, when she got injured. Walking to a restaurant, Crawley slipped on a patch of black ice in January 1999 and hit her head, damaging the front lobe

of her brain, she said. She sustained a concussion and a close-head injury.Although she continued going to L-R and even completed that semester, Crawley suffered from depression as a result, she said. Crawley left Lenoir-Rhyne only five classes short of a diploma. After a few years, though, Crawley decided she wanted that piece of paper with her name on it. Crawley also wanted to give some motivation for her family members, especially since she was laid off in 2008. The university will run a series of ads in the North Carolina magazine “Our State.” Each month’s ad focuses on a different theme, such as stretching yourself, L-R’s graduate program or the school’s master’s of public health degree. The August ad will feature Crawley in its continuing education theme, she said.

Article & photo courtesy of The Hickory Daily Record

Houston named new head football coach at Lenoir-Rhyne

Mike Houston has been named as L-R’s 18th head football coach. He replaces Fred Goldsmith, who announced his retirement last week after four seasons as coach. The 39-year-old Houston received a multiple-year contract, L-R athletic director Neil McGeachy said at a recent press conference. Houston was L-R’s assistant head coach last season and spent four years as the Bears’ defensive coordinator and secondary coach. L-R, once a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) power, went 7-4 last season for its first winning record since 1994. Houston will continue to serve as L-R’s defensive coordinator. The Bears led the SAC in total defense last season.