Lenoir-Rhyne University

625 7th Avenue Ne, Hickory, NC 28603 -  View Map

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• As an institution of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the University holds the conviction that wholeness of personality, true vocation, and the most useful service to God and the world are best discerned from the perspective of Christian faith. By combining the liberal arts with professional studies, Lenoir-Rhyne offers a rich foundation in the arts, humanities, social sciences, language, religion, and natural sciences -- as well as the specific skills to live a purposeful life. L-R equips you with the attributes employers seek most: skills in writing, organizing, speaking, critical thinking, computer applications and foreign language.
• As a community of learning, the College provides programs of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing study committed to the liberal arts and sciences as a foundation for a wide variety of careers and as guidance for a meaningful life.
• L-R is a comprehensive liberal arts institution, enrolling some 1,500 students in more than 60 undergraduate degree programs and master's degree programs in the fields of business, counseling and education. With its Life Long Learning program, Lenoir-Rhyne strives to serve the non-traditional population. The primary concern of Lenoir-Rhyne is development of the whole person. To that end, all students regardless of major must complete 56 hours of
• Lenoir-rhyne University is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (www.sacs.org), The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (www.ncate.org), The National League of Nursing Accreditation Commission (www.nlnac.org), The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (www.aota.org), The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org), The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (www.acbsp.org).
• Profile last updated: 01/12/2009.

In the News:

• Lenoir-Rhyne alumn Lawing takes new position at Western Carolina (Hickory Daily Record)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 02:54:19 pm
  Todd Lawing, who spent the past seven years at his alma mater, Lenoir-Rhyne University has been named the new Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations at Western Carolina University.
• LRU offensive lineman makes pre-season All-America (Hickory Daily Record)
  posted on June 16, 2011 at 03:21:21 am
  Lenoir-Rhyne University offensive lineman Chandler Rearden is starting the football preseason much like he ended last season.
• Former East Gaston standout helping L-R into softball regional (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on May 11, 2011 at 04:04:17 pm
  HICKORY – After losing in the NCAA Division II softball playoffs a year ago, Lenoir-Rhyne University had clear ideas about what it wanted to accomplish this season. “We set high goals,” said former East Gaston High standout Tameron Sealey, a...
• Polish woman found a home at Lenoir-Rhyne (Hickory Daily Record)
  posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:00:00 pm
  For the past few years, Polish native Agnieszka Biczak has made Lenoir-Rhyne University her new home.Initially from Czestochowa, in southwest Poland, Biczak first came to America in 2003 when she was 18 to be an au pair in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a family with three children.“I wanted to learn English, because with that language you can communicate with anyone in the world. I was also really ...
• Wineka column: A cappella choir alumni right on key (The Salisbury Post)
  posted on April 30, 2011 at 05:56:47 am
  HICKORY — The Rev. John Stirewalt will always remember singing with the rest of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s A Cappella Choir around the tomb of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. After being secretly ushered in late at night, they sa ...

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