1780 – The Official Blog of Transylvania University
For institutions of higher learning, every presidential transition is a pivotal moment. Universities choose leaders based on their needs at the time, whether it’s a steady hand, a soaring vision or a stabilizing presence. When Brien Lewis was selected as Transylvania’s 28th president in January 2020, he could not have known that he would have to be all three and more.
Transylvania graduate Lexi Childers ’21 not only helped her softball team set records and win the conference regular season championship, but she also earned the highest GPA among the school’s student athletes.
A book on China’s Cultural Revolution was published earlier this month by Qian Gao, an associate professor of Chinese at Transylvania.
Transylvania encourages pre-health students to discover how they can best use their interests and talents to help keep the rest of us well.
Transylvania junior Jillian Shaw has been awarded a prestigious Gilman scholarship to study abroad next summer.
