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Lincoln Memorial University’s (LMU) Mountain Heritage Literary Festival (MHLF) is coming up soon – June 10-11, 2022. Scholarships are available for anyone seeking financial assistance to attend, and contests are open as well. Organizers are excited to host the MHLF in person again after holding virtual events for the past two years. It will be held on the LMU main campus in Harrogate.

LMU Vice President for Academic Affairs W. Mark Tew bestowed the University's prestigious Houston Award for Teaching Excellence on Professor of History Michael Toomey, PhD. The award was presented during LMU's annual Awards and Student Recognition Ceremony on April 19.

Choral and instrumental performances are coming up to continue the year-long 125th Anniversary celebration of Lincoln Memorial University’s (LMU) founding. During April there will be two consecutive evenings of musical performances. The LMU Concert Choir will hold its 125th Anniversary celebration on Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center in the Duke Hall of Citizenship. The LMU Jazz Band and Concert Band will perform on Tuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. – also in the Duke Hall of Citizenship.

Lincoln Memorial University’s (LMU) Arts in the Gap (AITG) and Women of Service, along with Guardians of the Gap, are hosting Fine Art Friday during April 2022. This event is a community art contest, with art entries from residents of the Tri-State region displayed. The contest is being held in honor of LMU’s 125th Anniversary celebration. LMU’s Women of Service, AITG and Guardians of the Gap want residents of the region to show what the milestone 125th anniversary means to them.

The LMU Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and The LMU Players will present a theater production of “Clue: The Musical,” Thursday through Saturday, April 7-9, 2022. The production will take place at 7:30 p.m. each day in the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center at Duke Hall of Citizenship on the main campus of LMU.

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) will celebrate Social Work Month throughout the month of March. Observing the national theme “The Time is Right for Social Work,” the University hopes to highlight how social workers have enriched our society for more than a century and how their services continue to be needed today.

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) is hosting a week-long event featuring 25 speakers on topics including political science, psychology, criminal justice, law and religious studies. The event, called Zoom-A-Palooza, will be available via Zoom for anyone who wants to participate during the week of March 28 through April 1. Some topics for Zoom-A-Palooza include “Crisis in Ukraine,” Introduction to the FBI,” and “Plucked from the Headlines: How Jesus Consumed the News.” The speakers will be presenting via Zoom from a variety of places, ranging from Knoxville, Tennessee, to the United Kingdom. Each day will feature a welcome speaker followed by five one-hour presentations.

The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host pianist Tammy Miller for an upcoming performance. The recital will be Monday, March 7, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Hall of Citizenship, Sam & Sue Mars Performing Arts Center. Her program is titled “The Romantic Pianist: Evocative Piano Pieces.”

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) has launched two writing contests in conjunction with the University’s celebrations to honor its 125th Anniversary. The contests challenge writers to recognize and explore the bond between the University, Abraham Lincoln, and East Tennessee. The contests, for poetry and writing, will run through April 12, 2022, and celebrate the bond that has lasted for 125 years.

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) is debuting a new fight song in celebration of the 125th anniversary of LMU’s charter and founding. The LMU Pep Band will perform the song for the first time in public during halftime of the LMU women’s basketball game on Saturday, February 19, 2022. The Lady Railsplitters will welcome Queens University to Harrogate, with the game beginning at 2 p.m.

The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host harpist and composer Joseph Rebman in recital February 16, 2022. The recital will take place in the Duke Hall of Citizenship, Sam & Sue Mars Performing Arts Center from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Award-winning author Dr. William Turner will be reading from his memoir “Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns” on the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) campus February 4, 2022. The reading will be held from 6-7 p.m. in the Duke Hall of Citizenship, Sam & Sue Mars Performing Arts Center. The event will include the reading, a brief conversation with Patrick Wensink, assistant professor of English and director of the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, audience questions, and a book signing.

The Master of Criminal Justice (MSCJ) program at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) has been ranked among the top programs in the nation in the 2022 edition of U.S. News and World Report Best Online Programs ranking.

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Communication and Media (CAM) 2021 graduate Katelin Chadwell had the opportunity to assist on a video project commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The commemoration was in honor of the tunnel opening in October 1996, a huge milestone in the history of the Tri-State area and beyond.

UPDATE: This event has been cancelled due to Covid protocols. The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Music Program in the Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host the acclaimed jazz duo of Peter H. Bloom, flute, and John Funkhouser, piano, on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center at Duke Hall of Citizenship. The performance is free to anyone who wishes to attend.

Sports highlights gathered by students in the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Communication and Media (CAM) program were broadcast by television stations across the region. Their work became news as the students worked with local high schools and regional network affiliates to provide high school football footage.

Several Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) students ended the semester by creating books of poetry as the final project for their upper-level poetry writing course.

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Vice President for Academic Affairs W. Mark Tew, ThD, presented Landon Margetjak, of Rogersville, Tennessee, with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at the LMU Fall Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, December 11, 2021.

Several Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Honors Program students and their advisor attended the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) annual conference in Orlando, Florida, and returned with recognition and wins, including one national award.

The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Art Program is hosting an art exhibition and reception at the LMU Center for the Arts in Cumberland Gap. “Field Work” by artist John Allen is currently on display through Dec. 10. There will be an artist’s reception Thursday, Dec. 2, from 5-7 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing are encouraged during the reception and exhibition.

A Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) student recently got the opportunity to job shadow several news and sports staff members of the ABC affiliate in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Live music continues to make a comeback as the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Jazz Band and the LMU Concert Band are scheduled to perform Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. The performances will take place in the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center in the Duke Hall of Citizenship.

LMU alumnus Larry Thacker, Jr., appears in the Netflix reality show, “Swap Shop.” The show is scheduled for a premiere date of Tuesday, November 9.

The Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host the acclaimed vocal ensemble “Cantus” Wednesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center at Duke Hall of Citizenship. The performance is free to anyone who wishes to attend.

the LMU Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences recently hosted the annual LMU Regional High School Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibition, which showcases talent of regional high school students, was held at the gallery in the LMU Center for the Arts in Cumberland Gap.

The LMU Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and The LMU Players will present a theater production of “The Glass Menagerie,” Thursday through Saturday, November 11-13, in the Cumberland Gap Convention Center (601 Colwyn Street).