April 30, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
For the first time since February 2020, Liberty University’s Convocation was held in the Vines Center Friday morning, featuring award-winning Christian music recording artist and renowned worship leader and songwriter Chris Tomlin as the main guest. In his time onstage, Tomlin announced that Senior Vice President for Spiritual Development David Nasser, who is leaving Liberty following seven years of serving as campus pastor, would be joining him in Nashville to become a part of the Angel Armies ministry founded by Tomlin two years ago.
Following an opening tribute video dedicated to Nasser, President Jerry Prevo thanked Nasser and his family for their dedication to ministering to Liberty’s student body and presented Nasser and his wife, Jennifer, with a framed resolution passed by the university’s Board of Trustees honoring Nasser and his family for their dedication and service.
April 7, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Steven Curtis Chapman and Mary Beth Chapman
Renowned contemporary Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth joined Liberty University’s Convocation Wednesday morning at the Center for Music and the Worship Arts Concert Hall, where they shared stories about their family, parenting, and the impact that adoption can have on children and families around the world.
Chapman began his decorated music career in the 1980s and has since been recognized as the most awarded artist in the history of Christian music. He has recorded more than 25 albums and 49 No. 1 hits, receiving 59 Dove Awards and five Grammy Awards.
February 4, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Wednesday night was the Vines Center’s first event since March, 2020.
After 11 months of being closed for construction on a new roof, Liberty University’s Vines Center reopened on Wednesday night for the first Campus Community of the semester.
The last event to take place in the building was March 8, 2020, when Liberty’s men’s basketball team defeated Lipscomb in the ASUN Conference Championship.
The new roof replaces the iconic silver geodesic dome, built in 1990, that had exceeded its life expectancy and was in danger of leaking. The new flatter, standing seam metal roof is 30 feet lower than the previous overall height, so the building now complements the architecture of the new adjacent Liberty Arena and other campus structures. Deconstruction on the old dome began in April and work continued throughout the summer and fall.