The mission of the Big Siblings program at Longwood University is to “touch the lives of children who may need encouragement and support otherwise offered by older siblings.” The program pairs Longwood students with children at Prince Edward County Elementary School. In previous years, Big ...
Dr. Robert Lynch, an English professor of American literature and a variety of writing courses, is one of Longwood’s most senior professors. “I have had the unbelievable pleasure of working with people for 26 years,” he said. Lynch went to Michigan State University twice, receiving degrees in ...
It’s difficult to raise awareness for the sensitive subject of sexual abuse and assault. On Thursday, Madeline’s House hosted a slam poetry event at the Farmville Library to raise awareness during sexual assault and abuse awareness month. Madeline’s House, established in 1999, is a non-profit ...
On Wednesday night, over 300 guests attended the third annual Longwood Hearts Basketball game. Music played throughout the Jerome Kersey Court in Willett Hall during the entire event as students danced in the stands cheering on the two teams. Students anticipated the different prize giveaways, including ...
Marija Venta transferred to Longwood University this past semester. She didn’t transfer from NOVA or Virginia Beach, though. Venta hails from Slovenia, a country whose capital is a cool 4,554.47 miles away from Farmville. The flight from Slovenia to the Richmond International Airport would take ...
“Being trans at Longwood … I think this is a safer place to be trans because everyone around here is accepting – I’ve only run into one person who has not been accepting – and it’s even better because we have some other people who are also trans on campus who can help to mentor you. It’s ...
Multiple professors put together a debate each year at Longwood as a way for students to experience real world problem solving. The debate is about which professor should survive the fictitious shipwreck they went through, now only one professor can survive on a raft with enough supplies to get away. ...
For three days, six Longwood students attended their first Model United Nations (UN) conference together in Charlotte, N.C. The group was assigned to represent the country Iraq. The conference began Thursday, March 30 and ended Saturday, April 1. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Flagler College, ...
Dr. James Jordan sits in his office, which is decorated with various animal skulls and collected bones displayed in showcases and on shelves surround by books. Jordan notes it’s unusual for him to be in his office, as most of his time studying is spent outside in the “real world” at historical ...
The owner of Charley’s Waterfront Café, Tommy Graziano, partnered up with pastry chef Melissa Helm to open up a new pastry shop, which will be placed on Main St. where The Bakery used to be next to Uptown Coffee Café. Graziano hopes to open the shop for the good of the town and also to sell the ...
Jacob Long, Longwood sophomore, describes the artistic statement he made when applying to the Honors College as a rising freshmen. “Ever since I was a wee little laddie, I used to play a whole lot of Mario Sunshine. When I was 14, I didn’t have any friends or anything to do, so I would just play ...
This year, Longwood University will be hosting bands Bowling for Soup, Cheat Codes and Small Pools as entertainment during the University’s annual Spring Weekend celebration. Many students were excited to hear that Bowling for Soup, which produced the iconic 2000s hits “1985” and “Stacy’s ...
In August, Vellie Dietrich-Hall, owner of Vellie’s Boutique in Charlotte Courthouse, Va., celebrated six years of business by opening a new location in downtown Farmville. It’s no ordinary boutique; all of Vellie’s merchandise has a backstory. “I only buy things that have causes for it,” said ...
The English and Modern Language Department featured films from different cultures and languages around world. The showings started on March 20 and will end on the 29, switching between Blackwell Ballroom around Hull Auditorium On March 20, the first film, La Gran Familia Española (Family United), a ...
"The easiest path for me that I'd still be happy taking (would be working in a pet store). I really like animals, but I would not want to be a vet or anything because I don't like seeing them in pain, and I feel like the best way that I am able to help animals is to educate owners, and I (would) have ...
Nearly a year ago, Longwood University’s faculty senate passed a student-proposed diversity statement, the first of its kind. This semester, the statement hangs in the student union ballroom on a banner, adding a subtle accent to the room. Students from organizations like the Black Student Association ...
Longwood has participated in Alternative Breaks for a little over a decade helping communities with food justice, environmental justice, social justice and more. For a week during spring break, two different groups travelled to New Orleans and St. Louis to serve the communities in different ways. In ...
Poet and author Teresa Svoboda dropped in on different classes to talk with students during her four-day visit last week. On her first day, Monday, Feb. 20, she held a presentation in addition to her classroom discussions at 7:30 p.m. in Wygal Auditorium. “I’m really a poet, I’m in love with words,” ...
This past Tuesday, Feb. 21, was “Love Your Longwood Day,” an online 24-hour event designed to raise money for the university. Love Your Longwood Day is just one of a week-long series of fundraising events for Longwood from Feb. 21-28. “Love Your Longwood Day” featured two spots for collecting ...
This past Saturday, Feb. 18, Longwood University presented the Social Justice in Action Leadership Summit, in Blackwell Hall. The summit, centered around race and politics, hosted keynote speakers Erica Wallace of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Ariel Cochrane-Brown of Georgia ...
