It has already been an action-packed summer for members of Liberty University’s Liberty Belles flight team as they prepare for the June 20-23 Air Race Classic, a 2,685-mile trek from North Dakota to southern Florida. Early Thursday morning, the schedule.
Liberty University School of Aeronautics is leading the way in using the latest technological advancements to transform pilot training as it sends out graduates well-prepared to meet the industry’s growing.
Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics recently launched its first residential course that gives mission-focused students the opportunity to receive their flight training requirements directly from instructors with a mission aviation organization. Last week, the school welcomed representatives from JAARS, a.
February 12, 2021 : By Ted Allen - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Dr. Julie Speakes brought impressive credentials into her role as Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics’ first online dean when she arrived in July 2019. (Photos by Ellie Richardson)
Were it not for a phone call to Liberty University from a Ph.D. student in Mississippi, two of Liberty’s newest aviation online programs the Master of Science in Aeronautics and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Aviation Management might never have gotten off the ground.
Julie Speakes was pursuing her Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi 20 years ago when she called Ernie Rogers, Liberty’s executive director for enrollment management, at a time when Liberty was establishing itself as an early innovator in online education.