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Longwood awarded $250,000 grant to further enhance career readiness initiatives

Longwood’s Office of Alumni and Career Success was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) that will be used to further enhance and expand the university’s internship and work-based learning infrastructure.

  • Samantha Wootten '00 sits in a dressing room chair surrounded by mannequin heads with wigs. She wears glasses, a black leather jacket, and long pants, with hands folded in her lap. Lighted mirrors and styling tools line the workspace around her. Multiple wigs in various styles and colors are arranged behind and beside her.
    Alumna has a hair-raising job with Washington National Opera
    March 19, 2026

    Yak hair, cashmere or human hair? Chances are that question is routine only for Samantha Wootten ’00 and others working in the same career.

    Taylor Bauer '20, M.S. '21 (second from right) stands with Tongan friends, neighbors and fellow Peace Corps volunteers she's met during her time on the island of 'Eua.
    Life in the Peace Corps
    March 12, 2026

    Even after spending a semester abroad in Argentina as an undergraduate, Taylor Bauer ’20, M.S. ’21, knew acclimating to another new country and culture with the Peace Corps would be a challenge.

  • Master of logistics
    March 17, 2026

    Rebecca Jackson Powell ’08 has been named the 2024 Bernard Smith Award recipient at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, recognized for her leadership and technical expertise in delivering critical warfighting capabilities to the fleet.

  • Students and friends hanging out at Three Roads Brewing during Senior Week - Outdoor gathering at dusk beside a tall brick building with many windows. String lights hang over picnic tables and umbrellas on a patio area. People mingle and play games in the courtyard near an open bar entrance. A wooden fence and small trees frame the scene under an evening sky.
    Destination Farmville
    February 16, 2026

    Farmville may be America’s oldest two-college town, but Lancer alumni are discovering that their old stomping ground has much more to offer than it did in their days on campus—no matter how long ago that was.

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