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Upcoming Piedmont Regional Basketball Tournament on Feb. 23: 300 Athletes, 300 Student Volunteers and Everyone is a Winner

By Monica Newell | January 30

On Feb. 23, Longwood University will be host to a Special Olympics event known as the Piedmont Regional Basketball Tournament. Longwood’s participation in the Special Olympics has been going on for at least 20 years. Longwood became a regional site around 10 or 15 years ago. Associate Professor of ...

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All Around The World Meet and Greet

By Nikki Chappelle | January 30

On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Office of International Affairs hosted a “Wel- come Reception” for new internation- al students in the Lancaster gallery. The event was held in order to give Longwood students the opportunity to meet and greet new international students and make them feel more at home. To ...

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Celebrating Heroes, Joining Communities, Impacting the Nation: The History of the Moton School Civil Rights Learning Center

By Michelle Goldchian | January 30

The Moton School Civil Rights Learning Center, previously known as the Robert Russa Moton Museum, serves as Virginia’s only civil rights National Historic Landmark. The Moton School Center honors the courage and tenacity of the movement towards the integration of schools in the Prince Edward County. Serving ...

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Bringing ‘The Global Community’ to Longwood’s Community

By Michelle Goldchain | January 30

The Longwood University community honored Martin Luther King, Jr. by presenting the words and vision of the Dalai Lama. On Wednesday, Jan. 23, a group of Longwood students, faculty and staff volunteered to read excerpts of the Dalai Lama’s speech, “The Global Community,” outside the steps of the ...

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A Job at Your Front Door, Your Future Right Around the Corner: The Academic & Career Advising Center Offers Students Comfort in Growing Up

By Michelle Goldchain Features Editor | January 29

While a college student's undergraduate career is very bried, the biggest mistakes a student can make during the short four years on campus are procrastinating and not planning enough until the diploma is in his or her hand and real life becomes a real problem. The Academic & Career Advising ...

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Living Off Campus: How Students Can Apply for the Upcoming Year

By Monica Newell Asst. Features Editor | January 29

This week, students who have credit hours starting at 48 or more by the end of the spring semester will be allowed to apply to live off-campus next year in order to move to a new stage of college life. Jean Wilwohl, associate director of Occupancy Management, said, “Starting Monday of next week to ...

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The History and Impact of the High Bridge Trail State Park

By Michelle Goldchain | January 23

This past year in 2012, the attendance numbers doubled at High Bridge Trail State Park from 86,110 to 188,467, as reported in an online article pub- lished on Jan. 14, 2013 by the WFLO radio station. The limestone-covered trail stretches 31 miles long through Cumberland, Nottoway and Prince Edward counties ...

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A Better You

By Michelle Goldchain | January 23

I know it’s pretty late news for me to be talking about New Year’s, but I think the resolutions we keep from there stay with us long enough for me to be irrelevant, if only for a moment.  Last year, when I wrote about resolutions, I didn’t hold back my opinion that the resolutions we resolve ...

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Historical Landmark: First Baptist Church

By Nikki Chappelle | January 23

The First Baptist Church of Farmville is a historic landmark only a pebble’s throw away from Longwood University. The First Baptist Church recently became a new addition to the Virginia Landmarks Register, a list of historic properties in the state of Virginia. According to the National Register of ...

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Two Day Workshop Pushes LU Theatre Department To the Future of Set Design

By Michelle Goldchain | January 23

 As paper becomes pixels and careers go digital, the Longwood Theatre department took one step closer toward the future of set design.  This past weekend, a two-day workshop was organized by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre David Griffith with help from the Longwood University Parents ...

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Where to Get Your Flu Shot and Other Ways to Stay Flu-Free

By Monica Newell | January 23

 This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated a rise in Influenza (the flu) in more than 10 states, including Virginia. Influenza, according to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), is “a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the ...

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LU Serves Community to Commemorate MLK Day

By Monica Newell | January 23

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, nearly 100 Longwood students signed up to carry on the eight- year tradition of giving back to the community through the MLK Service Challenge. To participate in the service, students signed up in the preceding fall 2012 semester before winter break and during a brief ...

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Longwood Legend Bolding to Retire in May

By Travis Lyles | November 14

Not many baseball coaches have won over 900 games, coached hundreds of student-athletes and had a stadium named after them. But not many coaches are Buddy Bolding. Since being named head baseball coach in 1978, Bolding has guided the Longwood program from its humble Division III beginnings into the ...

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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE:

By Jamie Clift | April 19

Jamie Clift, The Rotunda's longtime features editor, is studying abroad in Valencia, Spain at the Institute of Spanish Studies during the spring 2012 semester. Having stepped down from her position as features editor for the time being, Jamie Clift has charitably taken it upon herself to assume the ...

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Slow and Steady No Longer Wins the Race

By Michelle Goldchain | April 19

Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Tom Akre has been researching wood turtles since attending graduate school at George Mason University (GMU) for a PhD in environmental science public policy. Through his research, Akre continues to assess the challenges to the conservation of the organisms in a rapidly ...

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LU Art Department Senior Exhibition Opens to the Public at LCVA

By Michelle Goldchain | April 19

Art can take on different meanings to many different people, whether it be by having art for culture's sake, for the community's sake, for that spot on the wall you need covered up's sake, for one's own sake and even for art's own sake. The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) accepted 23 diverse ...

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A Taste of Vitamin D:

By Dani Roberts | April 19

*The following statements I make within this article are my own opinions. The statements made in this article are not the views of The Rotunda or Longwood University* This past weekend was one of Longwood's most celebrated weekends during the year: Spring Weekend. A celebration where the whole student ...

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Art History Comes Alive during Senior Lectures

By Corey Morris | April 19

Art history was the topic of the day on Wednesday, April 11 in Hull Auditorium as seniors Josephine Ziluca and Colleen Mac Murtrie both presented their art history lecture research projects. Assistant Professor of Art History Erin Devine opened the 4 p.m. event. Discussing the Art Nouveau period that ...

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The Fast, the Furious and the Automotive Enthusiasts

By Michelle Goldchain | April 19

Get ready to rev up your engines. Longwood University's newest club, Automotive Enthusiasts, is aiming to get on track for students and community members of Farmville alike to participate in an organization dedicated to the fast, the furious and any automotive enthusiast willing to hop on board. Longwood ...

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Now That There's a Ring on it, What's Next

By Nicole Dales | April 19

Last week we met several Lancer couples who have become engaged and are planning a wedding while in college. This week, they are back to talk about what it is like to be engaged. Some of the couples both go to Longwood, but several of the brides to be have grooms back home or at another school. Marissa ...

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