Bradley Lingo begins work as Grove City College's new president

GROVE CITY, Pa., July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bradley J. Lingo '00, Grove City College's new president, wants students to get the same Christian, conservative, excellent, and affordable education that profoundly shaped him when he was a student.

During his four years on campus, Lingo said he learned about the value and values of Western civilization and how to recognize what is good, true, and beautiful, connected with mentors who believed in him, and made friends who encouraged him in his faith.

The College's distinctive learning and living experience provided a foundation that served Lingo well as he earned a degree from Harvard Law and achieved legal and academic success, and it promises to guide him in his new role.

"Fidelity to our mission is not just our sacred responsibility – it's also the magnet that will draw outstanding students and scholars to Grove City," he said. "We want to be a place where students are known, loved, and discipled. I hope to see Grove City establish itself as the premier Christian college in this nation. And I expect that to happen. But if we disciple students, inspire them to pursue excellence, and launch them to serve and lead across this country, that's success."

Lingo comes to Grove City College from Regent University, where he was the dean of Regent Law. Under his leadership, the law school set records for enrollment, median incoming GPA and LSAT scores, U.S. News rankings, and employment outcomes. The "discipleship-based" approach to higher education he developed at Regent Law will be instructive in his new role, Lingo said.

"We serve a God who leaves the 99 to rescue the one and who knows the number of hairs on our heads. When the faculty, staff, and administrators commit themselves to knowing and caring for students the way God knows and loves each of us, strong outcomes follow," he said.

Lingo was selected as the College's 10^th president in March after the College conducted a nationwide search. "Brad brings a vibrant commitment to Christian orthodoxy, tight alignment with the College's conservative vision and character, extraordinary professional experience and sophistication, and a keen understanding of higher education and the challenges and opportunities facing Grove City College," said Edward D. Breen '78, chair of the College's Board of Trustees.

Lingo graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Business Economics from the College in 2000 and earned his J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School, where he served as executive editor of The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Before joining the Regent Law faculty in 2019, Lingo was a litigation partner at King & Spalding LLP and practiced law in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn.

Lingo's academic research and advocacy focus on constitutional law and religious liberty. He has filed briefs on behalf of Campus Crusade for Christ, Young Life, the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, and other religious organizations, and in the U.S. Supreme Court, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health and Groff v. DeJoy. Lingo also litigated many pro bono and religious liberty matters while in private practice.

Grove City College (gcc.edu) is a highly distinctive, nationally ranked comprehensive Christian liberal arts college that equips students to pursue their unique callings through a Christ-centered, academically excellent, and affordable learning and living experience. The College is grounded in permanent ideas and conservative values, committed to the foundations of a free society, and develops leaders of the highest proficiency, purpose, and principles to advance the common good. Established in 1876, the College is a pioneer in independent private education and accepts no federal funds. It offers degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate programs on a 180-acre residential campus north of Pittsburgh, Pa. U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, and others identify Grove City College as one of the country's top colleges based on academic quality, overall value, and superior outcomes.

SOURCE Grove City College