On the weekend that marked the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, over 1,000 Longwood graduates heard words of wisdom delivered by two Commencement speakers with ties to legal cases centered in Farmville that changed the trajectory of the country and national civil rights history.
When Maggie Taylor ’24 was a young girl she played dress up, crafted cloth dresses for her Barbies, watched Project Runway religiously, and dreamed of one day working in the fashion industry.
Longwood University has announced that its Board of Visitors is expected to confirm in June modest tuition and fee increases for 2024-25.
Cumberland County Public Schools art teacher Emily Wilson Overstreet ’06 was named Region 8 Teacher of the Year last month,
Longwood University has joined a growing list of colleges and universities across the country in a consortium dedicated to preparing students to be engaged citizens and uphold free expression on campus.
Gerry Daniel Kruger ’67 recounts Charlie’s recovery from disabling injury, his multiple generations of offspring, and much more.
The Longwood office dedicated to helping students prepare for future careers—including supporting internships, alumni networking, job shadowing, career advising, job fairs and résumé building—is getting a refresh. It even includes a closet makeover.
Mamun, an accomplished scholar and associate dean of the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, has been appointed the next dean of Longwood’s College of Business and Economics, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs Larissa Smith announced Friday.
Longwood’s Office of Alumni and Career Services has been awarded two grants totaling $200,000 for initiatives that support and improve student participation in internships and experiential learning opportunities.
In a year of monumental legal milestones in national civil rights history, Longwood’s 2024 graduates will hear from two participants in court cases centered in Farmville that changed the trajectory of the country.
Novelist and short story writer Patricia Engel will visit Longwood University to receive the 42nd annual John Dos Passos Prize for Literature on Wednesday, April 10.
Longwood is making post-graduate success an emphasis over the next five years.
Jacinda Townsend's work explores themes ranging from the lives of young Black women in 1950s Kentucky to the contemporary complexity of mother-children relationships under modern patriarchy.
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. For Brian Mandeville '10, head brewer at Fine Creek Brewing Company in Powhatan, Virginia, that treasure is grape pressings, called pomace, from local Virginia wineries that would otherwise be discarded as waste.
Ryan Urban ’26, a sophomore physics major with ambitions of earning doctorates in theoretical physics and quantum computing, with the ultimate goal of pursuing a research career in the quantum realm, is Longwood’s 2024 nominee for the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
When a family friend suggested Jackson Ornoff ’24 apply for a summer internship in the IT department at a Virginia-based charity, little did he know months later it would lead him 9,000 miles around the world to Africa and one of the most memorable experiences of his lifetime.
Tia Javier, M.S. ’19 (speech-language pathology), started off 2024 with a $20,000 bang. In December, AT&T selected her as the national winner, from 6,700 applicants, of their She’s Connected grant program, which recognizes and rewards the efforts of women who have started trailblazing small businesses.
Community College Association (AACC) picks English graduate to lead marketing, communications
Stephen Parker ’07 was named the executive director of the National Independent Venue Association
Tess Robertson ’25, a junior with a passion for aviation and helping children in the domestic court system, is Longwood University’s 2024 nominee for the highly competitive Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
Prince Edward County Public Schools (PECPS), in partnership with Longwood University, received a grant totaling $24,000 for the development of the New Beginnings Mentor Program, a new teacher mentorship program that will provide holistic support to the district’s first-year teachers.
Can New Orleans—a city steeped in a unique history and culture, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina almost 20 years ago and grappling with the legacies of slavery, racism and segregation—escape its past?
Theatre and television actress Kerry Butler, whose illustrious career includes roles as an original cast member of many legendary Broadway shows, will visit Longwood’s campus in February for two special events.
Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,100 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2023 fall semester.
Longwood’s honors college chooses former honors student to fill senior director position
If all goes according to plan, William Perkins ’27 will walk across the Commencement stage on Wheeler Mall exactly 100 years after his great-grandmother Margaret “Peggy” Harvey Barham Wallace ’27 received her diploma from what was then known as State Teachers College.
"Educators, along with the friends I had at Longwood, not only taught me about the musician I wanted to be, but also helped me learn how to be the person I wanted to be.”
Tis the season for W-2s and 1040s. Tax season is upon us, and there’s free help available for many who are gathering the correct documents for their annual filing.
64 years after she was locked out of the Prince Edward County public schools, Martha Bailey Brown’s journey brings her back home and a scholarship to attend Longwood.
Nadia Mullins ’23, an integrated environmental sciences major, found her calling in Yellowstone National Park.
The Richmond Symphony Orchestra will return to the Jarman Auditorium stage at Longwood University on Feb. 9.
Jeremy Burns ’26, a business major from Bluemont, Virginia, competes in the eNASCAR College iRacing Series, the premier e-sports league for college students across the country, from his Lancer Park apartment.
Harry Caldwell ’22 hopes to land a job with the National Park Service.
Dr. Susan May, professor emeritus of English, finishes a lifetime of work on one of the most enduring Shakespearean plays
‘I developed my own sense of what I believe a healthy and inclusive democracy entails in my political science studies at Longwood.’ — Mike Burns ’05