Lebanon Valley College
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| Motto | Libertas per Veritatem (The truth shall set you free) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | February 23, 1866 |
| Affiliation | United Methodist Church |
| Endowment | US $49.2 million |
| President | Lewis Evitts Thayne |
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Academic staff
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103 full-time |
| Undergraduates | 1,600 |
| Postgraduates | 150 |
| Location | Annville, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | Rural on 340 acres (1.48 km²) |
| Gender balance | 54% women, 46% men |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Nickname | Flying Dutchmen |
| Mascot | Flying Dutchman |
| Website | www.lvc.edu |
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Lebanon Valley College (also referred to as "LVC", "Lebanon Valley" and "The Valley") is a small, liberal arts higher education institution situated in the heart of Annville in Lebanon County, 19.5 mi (31.4 km) east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Lebanon Valley was founded on February 23, 1866, with classes beginning May 7 of that year and its first class graduating in 1870. Expenses at this time for a full year were $206.50 (equal to approximately $3,910 in 2016) and remained relatively unchanged for the next 50 years.
The College was founded by and initially associated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Today, Lebanon Valley College is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, which happened through a series of church mergers: The Church of the United Brethren in Christ merged with the Evangelical Synod of North America in 1946 creating the Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB), which subsequently merged with the Methodist Church in 1968 to create the United Methodist Church. 1 The ties to the Methodist Church are not as strong as they once were, which is evidenced by the lack of mandatory chapel services, but the church maintains a presence on the campus. Out of 34 colleges and academies founded by the United Brethren in Christ Church, Lebanon Valley was one of four to survive.
The campus began as a single building, the empty Annville Academy building, which was purchased for $4500 (equal to $74,000 in 2016) by five Annville citizens. They presented the building as a gift to the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church to settle the argument over where to establish a college. In a little over two months from its founding, 12 trustees were appointed, President Thomas R. Vickroy was elected, the building repaired and redecorated, a curriculum devised, faculty recruited, and classes begun. The college was entirely contained in that one building (class rooms, student residence, president's residence, and "dining hall") until 1868 when "North College" was opened at a cost of $31,500, equal to $567,000 in 2016. The Annville Academy building became known as "South Hall" or "Ladies Hall" as the North College building was now the home to the men's dormitories.
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