WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2024 – The Hon. Patrick Adderley, Bahamas Consul General to Washington, D.C., and Consul Tami Ferguson Culmer, as well as the delegates from the Ministry of Education Scholarship Division — Chairman Ms. Robyn Lynes, Deputy Permanent Secretary Mrs. Chilean Rolle Burrows and Consultant Dr. Sophia Rolle — attended a special luncheon on Thursday, January 25, 2024, hosted by the staff of Liberty University and Bahamian students who attend the university.
“This trip was to strengthen the partnership between the Ministry of Education and Liberty University,” Consul General Adderley said. “We were able to meet with the Deans of various departments along with the Provost and College President. We are hopeful that following this meeting an MOU will be signed between the Ministry of Education and Liberty University, increasing the opportunity for more Bahamian students to be enrolled for tertiary education.”
Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, Liberty University is a private evangelical Christian university that is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty is among the world’s largest Christian universities and the largest private non-profit university in the United States by total student enrollment. Most of its enrollment is in online courses. In 2020, the university enrolled about 15,000 in its residential program and 80,000 online.
Liberty University consists of 17 colleges, including a school of osteopathic medicine, a school of law, and a seminary. Liberty’s athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Liberty Flames. Their college football team is an NCAA Division I FBS Independent, while most of their other sports teams compete in the ASUN Conference. Their athletics program will join Conference USA as a full member in 2023.
Described as a “bastion of the Christian right”, the university played a prominent role in Republican politics under Falwell and his son and successor Jerry Falwell Jr
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