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Liberty University receives mattresses from the Virginia Industries for the Blind

(LU 2024)

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Workers at Virginia Industries for the Blind in Charlottesville are making sure students at Liberty University can get a good night’s sleep.

The organization, which is a division of the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, made mattresses for the university’s new residence hall, Commons IV.

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The division of the department employs and develops Virginians who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf/blind to achieve their desired level of employment through the manufacture and delivery of quality products and services.

Commons IV is Liberty’s fourth Residential Commons high-rise residence hall, a 10-story, 166,908-square-foot expansion of Residential Commons III.

Residence halls open to students starting Aug. 14, and classes begin Aug. 19.

On Thursday, Aug.1, at 11 a.m., Liberty University will host Dr. Rick Mitchell, Commissioner of the Virginia Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired, to mark the delivery of mattresses at Liberty’s newly constructed residence hall, Residential Commons IV, which opens to students for the first time this month.

The mattresses were manufactured by Virginia Industries for the Blind in Charlottesville, a division of the Department that employs and develops Virginians who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf/blind to achieve their desired level of employment through the manufacture and delivery of quality products and services.

Commons IV is Liberty’s fourth Residential Commons high-rise residence hall, a 10-story, 166,908-square-foot expansion of Residential Commons III. The project features a 2-story connector to Commons III and adds 654 beds and two new resident director apartments.

Residence halls open to students starting Aug. 14, and classes begin Aug. 19.

Please RSVP by 9 a.m. on Aug. 1.


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Duncan Weigand joined WSLS 10’s digital team in June 2024, weeks after graduating from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s in communication studying multimedia journalism and a cognate in marketing.

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