On Tuesday, Sep. 16, six eager, newly elected Freshman Class Officers were sworn in to the Student Government Association (SGA). Standing tall and looking classy after their induction, Alyssa Wright, Bailey Rice, Kaitlyn Pugh, Sarah Kensy, Dustyn Hall and Michael Moore proceeded to take celebratory ...
While driving on the main road past Wilkes Lake in Farmville, people from all over couldn’t help but recognize the giant Ferris wheel and a sky-high twisting and turning ride called Rainbow. As they looked to their lefts in awe, they soon recognized that they were looking at the annual Five County ...
Perfect weather, clear skies and family visits added together to make a great weekend. This past weekend, Longwood hosted their annual Family Weekend where students and families were reunited for a time of exploration, fun and food. My parents came up for the weekend and were able to experience Rock ...
After countless hours of layovers, flights and squishy, uncomfortable bus rides, a group of thirty-three Longwood University students, along with Dr. Goetz and Dr. Holliday, finally reached their destination of Valencia, Spain. For the next four weeks, these students would be embarking onthe journey ...
Integrating into different cultures has just been a normal lifestyle for international exchange student Many Pang. Originally from Cambodia, Pang moved to France in 2005 after her father got a new job. After having to start over after 12 years in Cambodia, she herself will tell anyone that that is why ...
Tuesday, Sept. 9, is not just another Tuesday for many Longwood University faculty, staff and students, especially in the Communications Department. Tuesday, Sept. 9 marked two years since the death of the beloved Communication Studies Professor Dr. Bill Stuart, affectionately known as “Dr. B.” ...
Lancer Productions made sure that students wouldn’t have a reason to be bored on this past Saturday night, by hosting a game night in the lounge of the Student Union. Late Night Director of Lancer Productions, Jessica Hamilton said, “This game night was intended for students to be able to come and ...
When asked to use one word or phrase to describe himself as a student at Longwood, first year Alex Dworetzky answered, “Alex is…at peace with himself.” Before coming to Longwood University, Dworetzky came from a small, Quaker K-12 school called, Virginia Beach Friend’s School in his hometown ...
When asked to use one word or phrase to describe himself as a student at Longwood, first year Alex Dworetzky answered, “Alex is…at peace with himself.” Before coming to Longwood University, Dworetzky came from a small, Quaker K-12 school called, Virginia Beach Friend’s School in his hometown ...
This year, the First Year Reading Experience Committee, under the umbrella of the Office of First Year Experience and Family Programs, chose the narrative The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. This riveting tale introduces the history of two young men bearing the same name and similar background, but ultimately ...
The first week of classes has come and gone, soon the semester will fly by, but freshman Kelsey McCormick was excited for her first week of classes to end and for her weekend to arrive. “It was extremely relieving when my classes ended; I was so stressed out during the whole week, I am extremely excited ...
It was a dreary and humid day as buses of honors freshman and their mentors pulled into the parking lots of Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, about an hour away from Longwood in Buckingham County. Little did they know as they stepped off the buses, eyes still groggy from the lack of sleep the previous ...
This summer I had the pleasure of interning at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. I interned in the center’s Office of Education working in public outreach. I coordinated center tours and events, worked in communication, wrote articles, and worked in broadcasting. NASA Langley Research ...
This year marks the first time in the history of Longwood University that a rider from the Equestrian team will be competing in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association’s (IHSA) National Championship. Junior Equestrian team Co-Captain Lauren Shires has beaten out 9,299 other riders, in the USA, ...
Last Wednesday, April 18, Student Educators for Active Leadership (S.E.A.L.) hosted their very first Pie a Professor Day. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., students, faculty and anyone walking down Brock Commons with a dollar to spare was able to purchase a pie and throw it into the face of one of their professors, ...
The Communication Studies department will lose a prominent member of their faculty staff at the end of this spring semester. Dr. Patricia Lee Bloxom will leave her position at Longwood when this semester comes to a close. Dr. Bloxom, a lecturer of Mass Media since Fall 2012, has taught five courses ...
“Are you going to the CHI Burning tonight?” Could be heard in countless conversations around campus this Wednesday as students anxiously prepared for the revealing of CHI 2014. By 9:00 P.M. Iler was dotted with students huddled on blankets and eagerly waiting for the CHI Burning to begin. Only fifteen ...
Stay tuned to the RotundaOnline over the summer to get updates about the rape case involving Gus Altschuler, as well as the arson case involving Briana Person. Even though we will not be in print, we will update our website and social media sites for students and faculty. If you have any questions in ...
After eight semesters, countless nights in the office, more than 300 articles and obscene amounts of pizza, my time with The Rotunda has come to a close. When I stepped into my first general meeting almost four years ago, I just wanted to get involved with the student newspaper. I did not know that ...
Although Farmville can hardly be described as a place that “breeds lilacs out of the dead land” as Eliot imagined the postmodern world in “The Wasteland,” it is not exactly idyllic either in the month of April. Yes – the darkest patch of winter sludge has expired in the thickened heat, the ...
