

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.

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.

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.

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.