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Longwood professor’s play selected for film adaptation in national search
It’s a boy-meets-girl story, but that description barely scratches the surface of this charming short film adapted from Riding Lessons, a 10-minute play by Longwood creative writing professor Dr. Brett Hursey.
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Students’ deep dive into horror literature nets invitation to speak at international conference
March 04, 2026
The seminar itself was scary enough: the analysis of a psychological horror novel and the classic ghost stories that formed the book’s backstory. But what grew out of the seminar was also a little scary—or at least verging on fantastical.
Friendship forged at Longwood leads to life-saving living donor gift
March 02, 2026
In the spring of 2024, Amy Pruett Buchanan ’08 and Katherine Lusk ’10 met for lunch to catch up. During the conversation, Amy shared some family news that had not yet become public: Her husband, Ryan Buchanan ’08, was in urgent need of a liver transplant, and a living donor was one possible solution.
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Karen Mitchell Schinabeck, Hon. '25
August 14, 2025
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2025 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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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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