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University of the Cumberlands (UC) recently announced receipt of a $5 million grant from the Grover Hermann Foundation to renovate the university’s library into a 21stCentury Learning Center for students, faculty, staff and community members. “This is an important milestone for...

The University of the Cumberlands is formally cutting ties with the Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC), and with that will be losing $1 million in annual funding through the KBC Cooperative Program. UC said in a recent news release that it is working with KBC leaders to take steps...

A nine-hole disc golf course will soon be opening at Briar Creek Park in Williamsburg thanks to a partnership between the city of Williamsburg and the University of the Cumberlands. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

The University of the Cumberlands’ attempt to get its name into the Guiness Book of World Records has come up short. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Appalachian Ministries (AM), an outreach program run through University of the Cumberlands (UC), recently hosted its annual Shoes 4 the Soul event on UC’s campus. Each year, just as a new school year begins, students and staff from University of the Cumberlands assist hundreds of...

At a time when state legislatures are cutting budgets for state universities, which in turn is causing tuition costs to rise at many of those institutions of higher learning, the University of the Cumberlands is taking the opposite approach. The Williamsburg-based institution...

University of the Cumberlands (UC) is awarding $19 million in scholarships to its undergraduate student body this academic year. Additionally, though this year’s undergraduate student body is the largest in Cumberlands’ history, 99 percent of them are receiving financial aid. “We...

The University of the Cumberlands announced Tuesday that it will be cutting tuition by 57 percent beginning in Fall 2019. Tuition for on-campus, undergraduate students will be reduced from $23,000 to $9,875. University President Dr. Larry Cockrum has named this tuition reduction...

Tom Petty once sang, “The Waiting is the Hardest Part,” but that is what more than 200 University of the Cumberlands students are doing following their attempt to set a new world record for most hot dogs lying end to end, Thursday afternoon. The results of the effort will be...

Faculty, staff and students at the University of the Cumberlands are joining together Thursday to attempt to set an official world record. The record in their sights involves placing 3,000 cooked hotdogs end to end. The current record is 2,496. Andrew Underwood, Dean of Student...