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2010 News Releases

December

Longwood Police Department ranked 10th in nation by magazine (11/30)
Two from Longwood assessment office elected to offices in statewide group (11/29)
Longwood’s Design Lab creates new logo for Southside SPCA (11/16)
Longwood ROTC cadet receives national scholarship (11/13)
Longwood computer science professor helps revise national exam (11/12)
Three fallen members of Longwood family remembered in Veterans Day ceremony (11/12)
Business professor part of team to study emotional intelligence and job performance (11/12)
Longwood University to test Siren Alert System on Monday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m. (11/10)
Longwood’s CSDS graduate program earns ASHA accreditation (11/3)
Longwood professor to speak on masculinity issues in TV show "Lost" (11/2)
Longwood's annual Roy Clark Benefit Concert to be Dec. 18 (11/2)
Longwood launches Civil War Sesquicentennial Podcast (11/1)

Longwood business professor receives regional teaching award (10/25)
Longwood "cluster" computer expands research possibilities for students and faculty (10/21)
Lancer Productions receives six regional awards (10/15)
Jarman officially re-opens (10/8)
Another Longwood student chosen for math study-abroad program in Hungary (10/8)
175-year old American Elm tree to be removed (10/7)

Writer Percival Everett to receive Longwood’s Dos Passos Prize (9/27)
Noted anthropologist to speak at Longwood on international influences on Southern identity (9/24)
Longwood junior chosen for math study program in Hungary (9/24)
Longwood's ITTIP awarded Catalyst Initiative grant to foster global collaboration among educational institutions (9/22)
Dissertations and books donated to Longwood’s College of Education and Human Services (9/21)
Longwood Mortar Board chapter receives national award (9/20)
Design Lab gives students experience in design jobs (9/20)
Longwood officially opens Bridges at Lancer Park (9/16)
Fiction author and quilter Emilie Richards to lecture at Longwood (9/16)
Longwood’s ITTIP receives Governor’s Technology Award (9/14)
Summer Literacy Institute earns national recognition (9/14)
Longwood Board of Visitors approves naming of new Clinical Simulation Lab for Dr. Edward I. Gordon (9/14)
Longwood Convocation 2010
President Finnegan urges seniors to "build a better, more caring world" (9/13)
Longwood to honor wounded veterans with weekend of sports events (9/8)

Longwood retreat fosters faculty/staff collaboration (8/26)
Longwood students in summer take General Education course in international setting (8/25)
Construction fire in Bedford addition extinguished (8/23)
A Moving Experience (8/22)
Longwood ranks with the best in USN&WR and two other major college reports for 2010-11 (8/17)
Longwood included on Forbes’ America’s Best Colleges List for 2010 (8/13)
Research by Longwood business professors examines sex offenders’ effect on home sales (8/6)
Longwood listed again among Princeton Review’s Best Southeastern Colleges (8/4)

69 high school students learn video game design in Longwood project (7/23)
National Night Out set for August 3 (7/23)
Longwood Summer Literacy Institute draws 175 from around the state (7/22)
Longwood signs exchange agreement with second Chinese university (7/22)
Three appointed to Longwood Board of Visitors (7/16)
Longwood radio station again receives statewide award for sports coverage (7/14)
Longwood University’s Relay for Life tops $50,000 in donations (7/13)

John Adams elected rector of Longwood Board of Visitors (6/30)
Longwood nursing program receives $150,000 grant (6/22)
New street into Lancer Park named for President Cormier (6/17)
Longwood work-study students tutor adult learners (6/14)
Longwood students recognized for excellence at LCCLL (6/10)
Longwood to receive national exposure for flu prevention efforts (6/1)

LCCLL to host summer learning camps (5/24)
PBS warfare episode to have Longwood connection (5/18)
Longwood appoints Dr. Ken Perkins as interim vice president for academic affairs (5/18)
Barry Case receives Longwood’s highest honor (5/17)
Longwood awards 994 degrees at Commencement 2010 (5/8)
Longwood team earns high ranking in international math contest (5/3)

Longwood sophomore Crystal Peoples receives GEICO Achievement Award (4/28)
Longwood's NSSLHA chapter raises funds for Operation Smile (4/28)
Presidential Gala raises $150,000 for the Cormier Honors College (4/26)
Outgoing Longwood President Cormier to be Commencement speaker (4/26)
Trees planted on campus in memory of Longwood professor (4/23)
Longwood math student receives two first-place awards at regional conference (4/23)
Longwood’s Peggy Agee earns State Clinical Achievement Award (4/20)
Longwood student among winners in statewide art competition (4/16)
Longwood faculty member organizing international cyberlaw conference (4/14)
Longwood Supervisor of the Year and Student Employee of the Year chosen (4/14)
Area educators honored for integrating technology into the classroom (4/13)
Longwood student chosen for NSF-funded math program (4/9)
Three retiring Longwood faculty members honored (4/8)
Longwood establishes leadership training center based on "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" (4/5)

Longwood junior chosen university’s McGowan Scholar (3/31)
Longwood Board of Visitors approves tuition & fees for 2010-11 (3/30)
Longwood professor to speak about education research in Faculty Colloquium Lecture (3/24)
Longwood biology professor named SENCER Leadership Fellow (3/19)
Black Hawk Helicopter Lands on Iler Field (3/18)
Four Longwood students present research at statewide graduate student research forum (3/13)
Longwood University to participate in statewide tornado drill on Tuesday, March 16 (3/11)
Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan selected as 25th president of Longwood University (3/2)

Longwood University to announce new president on Tuesday, March 2 (2/25)
Longwood faculty & staff star in Virginia State Parks TV commercials (2/18)
Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s to present conference keynote address (2/18)
Article by Longwood professor & students published in physics journal (2/4)
Health care reform summit to be held at Longwood (2/1)

Farmville Chick-Fil-A featured on cover of national marketing catalog (1/28)
Richmond company owners to be Executive-in-Residence speakers at Longwood (1/27)
Dr. Mano Talaiver commended by Virginia Senate (1/27)
Longwood’s ITTIP earns $1,049,777 grant from the NSF (1/26)
Longwood professor serves as technical adviser for episode of forensic science TV show (1/26)
Longwood to host French Film Festival (1/21)
Longwood University to test Siren Alert System: Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m. (1/19)
Longwood student Darian Batten stars in Call Me MISTER commercial (1/15)
New MBAdvantage program provides opportunity to earn bachelor’s and MBA degrees in five years (1/14)
Pedestrian bridge in Lancer Park project now in place (1/5)