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By William Masselli ~ Editor in Chief

The University of Lynchburg’s Accounting Department scheduled an office visit with Brown Edwards to give its students a chance to see accounting concepts occurring in action. 

Madeline Corbett, a double major in business and accounting, talked about the benefits of students attending this visit, stating, “Before the Brown Edwards’ visit, I mainly looked at accounting mostly through books, but this gave me an opportunity to view accounting happening in the real world.” 

Kevin Arrington, an associate professor of accounting at the University of Lynchburg, said, “Brown Edwards (BE) is one of the largest regional accounting firms in the Lynchburg area, and a visit to BE offers students the opportunity to see the workplace and, most importantly, ask questions to the staff accountants and managers/partners. Public accounting is a desirable first job for accounting graduates, and conversations at site visits can lead to internship and/or employment opportunities.”

By Alla Daniel ~ Guest Writer

For summer 2022 the University of Lynchburg will be offering international study abroad trips for the first time in two years due to COVID-19. 

Iceland will be one of the many trips that the University is offering to students.

Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Dr. Marek Payerhin said, “Every student in just about every major is likely to find something of interest there.”

Payerhin continued, “If you are the adventurous type, we will be traveling all around the Island, literally, with many stops along the way but that’s the plan for now.”

 Payerhin will be the lead faculty member taking students to Iceland. 

Students will have the opportunity to learn about climate change on the environment, society, and politics of Iceland.

Director of the Center for Global Education, Declan Pratt said, “Hopefully we can do it, and hopefully we can make it affordable.” 

By Alyssa Wilson ~ Assistant Editor

Photo of Terry McAuliffe smiling for crowd. Photo retrieved from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/terry-mcauliffe-projected-winner-virginia-democratic-governor-nominee/ . 

Gubernatorial Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe has been on the campaign trail across the state and his next stop will be to the University of Lynchburg’s campus to speak students about his campaign and tell students to get out to vote on Nov. 2. 

The Student Government Association (SGA) and University of Lynchburg Democrats club are partnering together to bring McAuliffe to campus on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The event will take place outside of the first floor lobby at Drysdale Student Center at 3:45pm.