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For a class project, Lowry developed an antibiotic stewardship program to optimize the hospital's use of antibiotics, which has resulted in savings of $250,000 in the first year alone.

A lieutenant commander and surface warfare officer in the Navy, Tove returned to Asheville, North Carolina, to earn his MBA and become a preparedness and security officer for Buncombe County Health and Human Services.

Young was completing her undergraduate courses at LR and student teaching at HM Arndt Middle School when classes in both locations moved online due to the pandemic.

When classes moved to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LR nursing students were forced to complete their clinical rotations online using simulators.

Rash has been a flight nurse for Wake Forest Baptist Health riding on helicopters to distant locations to treat injured patients.

The university gave the investment club a $50,000 endowment to manage, which the club used to buy stock in companies such as Amazon and Gilead. At one point, the club had more than tripled the initial investment.

Professor Mark Hager directed and produced the documentary, which featured North Carolina World War II veterans Harold Frank, James Deal and Kenneth "Rock" Merritt, and he held a showing on campus at LR.

Polich and his friends built their own solar-powered sailboat and sailed to the Caribbean to explore clean energy sites and communities working toward energy independence.

Kyle Dugger, Demarius Hampton and Saaehim Brooks coded and engineered a laser-timed 40-yard dash machine for their research physics class project.

LCWS brings students together from across the country for experiential learning opportunities in Washington, D.C. Students intern four full days per week for 14 weeks, take classes and tour national monuments.

The LR Rocket team was selected as 1 of 150 teams across the globe to compete in the 2020 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico against teams from Russia, Brazil, Pakistan, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Switzerland and more.

Hickory Police Department officers will join LR's 10 security officers in providing 24-hour coverage to campus. The initial agreement between LR and the HPD features a three-year contract with up to four HPD officers assigned full time to the LR campus.