two new residence halls, named Whiteside and Wilson, in October 2015.
The campus includes an 18-hole disc golf course that is open to the public.
== Student life ==
Student enrollment was 666, as of fall 2024.
Lyon College has a Scottish Heritage program that provides scholarships and hosts the Arkansas Scottish Festival every October. 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. The pipe band has performed locally in Arkansas as well as in Scotland.
The college adopted a pet-friendly policy in January 2018 that allows students to own pets while living in the on-campus dormitories. It began offering obedience classes for animals and animal-friendly facilities, including a coffee shop and a dog park called the Schram Bark Park.
The college has a student-run honor code and a freshman orientation system that runs from before the start of freshman year until the end of the first year.
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