Around theDell


Spring 2010 once more demonstrated a range of academic strengths, helping spirits, and green initiatives around theDell.


LC’s second doctoral program


The College plans to offer an interdisciplinary ed.d. in leadership studies in fall 2011. It will be lc’s second doctoral level program, following the doctor of physical therapy, which begins this fall. The new programis designed to develop leaders who can work across


disciplines to have a positive impact on their schools, colleges, non-profit organizations, and community agencies. Coursework will include emphases on legal and ethical issues, economic


trends, public policy, governmental affairs, human resources, sustainabil- ity, community health, organizational change strategies, diversity, disabil- ity, and community dynamics. The three-year cohort programwill require aminimumof sixty-six


credit hours, including fourteen doctoral seminars and a dissertation.The first cohort will be limited to twenty-five students. All programcandidates must have completed amaster’s degree. Implementation of the programis contingent on approval fromthe Commission on Colleges of the South- ern Association of Colleges and Schools.


Plastic caps and gowns


LC’s graduates sported caps and gownsmade from recycled plastic bottles during commencement exer- cises for the Class of 2010. Oak Hall, a leadingmanu- facturer of academic apparel based in Salem, Va., produced the eco-friendly caps and gowns made from100 percent, post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. The “GreenWeaver” fabric is spun frommolten plastic pellets. It takes an aver- age of twenty-three bottles tomake each gown. Connecticut State Senator Robert Duff, D-Norwalk, a 1993 graduate of LC, delivered the com- mencement address. Duff is the assistant majority leader in the


Connecticut legislature.


Fun and games


Lynchburg College is one of the fifty best undergrad- uate institutions in the U.S. and Canada for studying game design, according to The Princeton Review’s “Top 50 Undergraduate Game Design Programs.” LC is one of only two schools in Virginia tomake the list; Old Dominion University is the other. LC’s gaming class is taught by Dr.Will Briggs, as-


sociate professor of computer science, who started the class in 2001 to introduce graphics work into LC’s computer sciencemajor.Most of the games cre- ated are 3-D shooters. “We learned how to implementmulti-textured


terrain generation, create a 3-D skybox, and perform collision detection with static objects on the terrain, as well asmoving objects like bullets coming from the player,” saidMatt Pietsch ’10, of Lynchburg, Va. Michael Holt ’09, of Evington, Va., a graduate of


LC’s computer science program, said the gaming class helped himprepare for life after college. He is now a software engineer at Video Gaming Technolo- gies (VGT) in Charlottesville, Va., working on the server side of gaming technology. He said the collab- orative work in Dr. Briggs’s class has helped themost in his new job.


MONITOR PHOTO BY COMSTOCK/ THINKSTOCK; GOLF GAME INSET BY ANDREWWILDS Fall 2010 LC MAGAZINE 3


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