Lebanon Valley College Opens with Nearly 500 New Students

The Class of 2028 and new transfer students represent 14 states and three countries.

The LVC community welcomed 446 first-year students and 46 transfer students (from 25 colleges and universities) to start the fall semester this week. The top programs of choice for the new cohort were the nationally recognized six-year Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (55) and the recently launched Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program (44).

Four first-year students received full-tuition scholarships for their four undergraduate years through the College's Dr. John "Jack" Bowman Allwein '56 Scholarship, which also provides honorees with three $2,500 stipends during their time at LVC for research, travel, or study expenses associated with study abroad, internships, and/or collaborative research. Seven others were awarded $20,000 LVC Kaleidoscope Scholars, committing to participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion programming.

At least three of the first-year students were featured in their hometown newspapers for extraordinary accomplishments and career goals: Zachary Schrader(Physical Therapy; perfect attendance for his entire academic career, K-12), Tegan Engle(Business administration; helped build a home with classmates to benefit their building trades class), and Kristi Griffiths(Communication Sciences & Disorders/Speech-Language Pathology; Cerebral Palsy advocate, Miss America Teen PA competitor, children's book author).

Finally, 54 first-year students were accepted into Lebanon Valley College's Honors Program, a living-learning experience for a select group of curious, passionate, and action-oriented students; five were high school valedictorians, and three were high school salutatorians.