December

• Angel Tree gifts benefit Infant and Toddler Connection families (12/18)
• Longwood University Police Department ranked 24th in nation by magazine (12/8)
• Longwood Board approves mid-year tuition increase (12/7)
• Longwood to observe MLK Day with panel discussion, reading of Barbara Johns’ diaries and Service Challenge (12/1)

November

• Women’s lacrosse team collecting shoes for Uganda (11/19)
• Longwood breaks ground for Bedford Hall addition/renovation (11/18)
• Paper by Longwood business professor receives national honor (11/17)
• Apartment fire at Longwood Landings extinguished (11/17)
• Delta Zeta “Turtle Tug” benefits the LCCLL (11/16)
• President Cormier selected to receive 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award (11/6)
• New Longwood cookbook to raise money for two new scholarships (11/4)
• Dr. Ripon La Roche II appointed to Longwood Board of Visitors (11/4)
• Longwood to hold several events for International Education Week (11/3)
• New nursing students welcomed (11/3)
• Longwood receives grant for study on increasing campus energy efficiency (11/2)
• Novelist Robert Bausch receives Longwood’s Dos Passos Prize (11/2)

October

• Panel of fiscal experts to present Longwood Simkins Lecture (10/29)
• Longwood English professor to speak on NASCAR’s role in American culture (10/29)
• Longwood offering $1,000 reward for information related to vandalism to Joan of Arc statue (10/27)
• Waterworks Players’ production has several Longwood connections (10/20)
• Two Longwood faculty members are curators of national gallery exhibition (10/20)
• Site of Cormier Honors College vegetable garden has historical connection (10/15)
• Campus Sustainability Day to be October 21 (10/14)
• New Longwood stormwater pond continues sustainability efforts (10/12)
• Longwood building two bridges for Lancer Park vehicle and foot traffic (10/12)
• Longwood’s trayless dining benefits FACES (10/8)
• Infant and Toddler Connection receives donation of children’s books (10/5)

September

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• Longwood Dining Services opens sushi bar (9/30)
• Two Longwood Alumni Appointed to Board of Visitors (9/28)
• Memorial Services for Dr. Debra S. Kelley and her daughter Emma Niederbrock (9/24)
• Longwood professor among multiple murder victims in Farmville (9/22)
• Center for Communication Studies and Theatre officially opened (9/17)
• Longwood Board approves additional funding for Nursing program (9/17)
• Seniors encouraged to be both revolutionary and evolutionary at Convocation (9/14)
• Longwood history professor chosen for Fulbright Scholarship (9/14)
• Research paper by Longwood professors receives national award (9/3)
• Longwood University to test Siren/Voice/Text Alert System on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. (9/2)
• Anhui officials visit Longwood (9/2)
• Longwood Fishing Club places team in regional tournament in only its second competition (9/2)

August

• Longwood professor starts baseball program for local youths with challenges (8/28)
• A New Year begins with "Move-in" at Longwood (8/26)
• Longwood listed again among Princeton Review's Best Southeastern Colleges (8/24)
• Longwood alumnus to speak at Convocation (8/21)
• Longwood moves up in 2010 U.S. News rankings (8/20)
• Longwood University opens Moe’s Southwest Grill bringing fun, food and attitude to Farmville (8/18)
• Longwood health officials prepare for H1N1 virus (8/17)
• LCCLL combines fun and learning at summer camps (8/17)
• Longwood alumnus participates in the Journey of Hope (8/12)
• Longwood designated a Virginia Green site (8/6)
• Graduate of Longwood MBA program is president of regional retail organization (8/6)
• Dr. Edward I. Gordon gives $1 million to Longwood Nursing Program (8/6)

July

• Longwood alumna and CVW director co-author report on marine litter (7/29)
• William H. Baxter named director of Longwood’s McGaughy Professional Development Center (7/20)
• Call Me MISTER Institute provides leadership development skills and training (7/17)
• Melody Eaton named chair of Longwood's nursing department (7/15)
• Longwood radio station receives statewide award (7/7)

June

• Leadership on Campus: Girls State meets at Longwood (6/29)
• Longwood University endorses Grow By Degrees campaign (6/22)
• Dr. Helen Warriner-Burke elected to Chair of Longwood Board of Visitors (6/18)
• Longwood student chosen to perform with international music ensemble (6/15)
• Longwood to hold literacy institute July 16-17 (6/11)
• CREW lab will enhance writing skills for elementary students (6/11)
• Longwood University honored with Virginia PRSA awards (6/8)
• Longwood’s Chick-fil-A to open at Midtown Square on June 18 (6/8)
• Camp JumpStart offers learning and fun for preschoolers (6/8)

May

• Longwood Small Business Development Center celebrates 20th anniversary (5/27)
• Longwood selects Presidential Search Firm (5/21)
• Two projects of Longwood technology institute chosen for statewide awards (5/21)
• Summer dig by Longwood Archaeology Field School to again be open to public (5/19)
• Longwood Board of Visitors approves 4.79% tuition and mandatory fees increase (5/18)
• Commencement 2009 (5/9)
• First group of Longwood students to graduate from program at New College Institute (5/7)
• May designated as Early Intervention Awareness Month (5/20)
• Longwood students receive first-place award in regional honors conference (5/6)

April

• Longwood student’s poster receives award at Washington art show (4/30)
• May is Better Hearing and Speech Month - LCCLL to offer free speech-language and hearing screenings (4/29)
• Longwood class surveys accessibility of Farmville sidewalks (4/21)
• Longwood earns National Wildlife Federation video award for sustainability efforts (4/10)
• Poet Nikki Giovanni to appear at Longwood (4/8)
• Former Longwood basketball star Jerome Kersey to speak at Commencement (4/8)
• Céline Cousteau to address “People and the Natural World” (4/3)
• Longwood Board approves design for new University Center (4/1)
• Longwood sorority to host "Buying Black Friday" event for local businesses (4/1)

March

• Longwood Board of Visitors appoints presidential search committee (3/31)
• EarthFest celebration will promote Longwood’s sustainability efforts (3/31)
• Three retiring Longwood faculty members honored (3/31)
• Janisse Ray to present Woodrow Wilson Lecture (3/27)
• Longwood student veterans to hold support meeting (3/26)
• Longwood Small Business Development Center receives statewide award (3/25)
• Longwood’s Greenwood Library Celebrates National Library Week (3/24)
• Longwood University Relay to be held April 3-4 (3/20)
• Longwood-affiliated Briery Creek Press awards Liam Rector Prize to Garrett J. Brown (3/19)
• Longwood junior has poster accepted into national juried show (3/19)
• Longwood launches The Cormier Honors College for Citizen Scholars (3/16)
• LCCLL class to focus on adults with hearing loss (3/13)
• Longwood dining hall actively involved in sustainability (3/12)
• Longwood University to host Virginia Forum (3/11)
• Longwood University to participate in statewide tornado drill on Tuesday, March 17 (3/10)
• Longwood to participate in nationwide community service project called The Big Event (3/10)
• Longwood president and rector announce plans for presidential transition period (3/6)
• Boston University scholar to address international sustainability issues (3/4)
• MEDIA ADVISORY: Special Presidential Presentation (3/3)

February

• Longwood professor of criminal justice is new director of Homeland Security minor (2/27)
• Pam Petty, storyteller, to present Sankofa Lecture at Longwood (2/26)
• Dr. Mano Talaiver of Longwood’s ITTIP receives national award (2/17)
• Longwood forms Parents Council (2/16)
• Longwood geographer creates web site with smoke-free restaurant data (2/16)
• Dr. Deneese Jones to address public policy and education issues during H-SC forum (2/13)
• Longwood graduate students present research at statewide forum (2/12)
• Longwood professor appointed to Governor’s Council (2/11)
• Longwood outdoor education class meets in Chile (2/9)
• Longwood University nursing program to begin in fall 2009 (2/2)

January

• Longwood senior is university’s William McGowan Scholar (1/30)
• National environmental leader Jerome Ringo promotes change during Martin Luther King program (1/28)
• Longwood to hold mini-symposium for African-American History Month (1/26)
• President Cormier authors chapter for book to aid stressed institutions (1/26)
• Dr. Patricia Lust to direct Longwood’s Liberal Studies program (1/22)
• 2007 Longwood graduate receives award for master’s thesis from Dutch university (1/14)
• Longwood is a 'Must See' for travelers on I-95 (1/9)
• Longwood alumna receives award for book (1/5)