Lyon College

[24] In 2019, the college was listed at #50 on the "Top Performers of Social Mobility" published by U.S. News & World Report.

[26] The Derby Center for Science and Mathematics was completed in December 2003, followed by the Kelley Baseball Complex, in January 2004.

[32] The program also started a campus pipe band that includes Lyon College students, faculty, and staff, along with volunteer musicians from Batesville and surrounding areas.

[32] The college adopted a pet-friendly policy in January 2018 that allows students to own pets while living in the on-campus dormitories.

[32] In 2019, Lyon College initiated an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program and Military Science and Leadership concentration.

[34] From 1976 through 1981, the then-Arkansas College operated a low power "Class D" educational FM radio station, KGED, transmitting on 88.1 MHz.

Broadcasting was sporadic over the years and an attempt was made to revive operations in the fall semester of 1981 by freshman station manager Kevin Manzer.

However, operations ceased permanently later that same year when the transmitter failed and was deemed not repairable by the station engineer, Dick Treat.

[45] Football was added in 2015, which prompted the construction of new residence halls and a 5,500 sq foot field house.

[36] The Lyon College football team competed in the Sooner Athletic Conference of the NAIA from the 2018 to 2022 fall seasons.

[46][47] As of 2024, the Lyon Scots football team competes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC).

[50] On February 8, 2022, the school announced that it planned to transition its athletic programs from the NAIA to NCAA Division III, with any conference home yet to be determined.

[51] On August 22, 2022, Lyon received an invitation to join the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC), starting in the 2023–24 school year.