Ernest Toney has driven for the Farmville Area Bus (FAB) for the last five years after his retirement from a 27-year long stint working in Piedmont Regional Jail. Similar to his current job, Toney worked with were college-aged inmates at the jail and said there were key ...
Some of the latest changes to Longwood University are not in the physical construction of the campus, but the new potential courses that are being made available to students. The Brock Experiences program was started in 2016 as a way of making traveling courses that will take trips all over the United ...
For the past decade, Longwood University has held an annual MLK celebration, ranging from a single day of service to an entire week to celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was on Monday, Jan. 15, the minister and civil rights activist's birthday. This year's ...
With less than a month until opening night for their upcoming musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," Longwood theatre's actors continue to prepare, breaking in their costume shoes and trying on their corsets. During the rehearsals, director Lacy Klinger is never too far from the ...
“We had a young lady, and this was 25 years ago. She was in Curry Hall. She was abducted by a student, or what we believe was a student, held captive for a couple of days, sexually assaulted multiple times and eventually stabbed,“ said Longwood Police Chief Col. Robert Beach. And the university ...
Sara Robertson was in a car accident in her early teens that left her paralyzed from the belly-button down. Taylor Thomas-Harris was born with cerebral palsy. Both women's disabilities have inspired them to seek degrees in social work. Sara: "I chose social work because I would like to ...
Carlos Robson smiled and laughed as one girl in the crowd was louder than the rest in applause for his last poem. Throughout the performance Robson thanked the audience for their participation during his poems through cheers, snaps or claps. In the Lankford Student Ballroom, Lancer Productions hosted ...
The Citizen Leadership and Social Justice Education (CLSJE) department is relatively quiet as the day comes to an end as a few students shuffle down the halls of Lankford Student Union where it is located. For Laura Parker, the assistant director of leadership development and programs, at times it seems ...
Even with the chandeliers off in the Lankford Ballroom in the Student Union the room still looks fancy enough for a dance or a formal speech. As J.R. de Guzman took the stage on Saturday evening, he said it was too fancy for his act and felt as though he should be giving a TED talk instead. During ...
Fiction author Chang-rae Lee is already a recipient of numerous literary awards, and he can now add Longwood University’s own Dos Passos Prize for Literature to his list of accomplishments. Lee is the 36th author to receive this recognition, and it is the oldest national literary prize in Virginia ...
In July 2017, the thrift store on Main Street opened up to the public, the store is owned by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Unlike most stores, this one doesn't have employees, but rather volunteers that belong with the VFW. With no employees all of the profit goes toward helping veterans, the co-founders ...
Longwood University is home to several religious campus groups, including Intervarsity, Chi Alpha and others. The only musical group, however, is the Brothers and Sisters in Christ (BASIC) Gospel Choir, a black gospel group. This past weekend, BASIC Gospel Choir hosted a show entitled “Back to the ...
To better understand the relationship women have with the internet and social networks, Longwood's Digital Education Center (DEC) brought nationally renowned speaker Dr. Josie Ahlquist to talk to students about technology and how to better themselves over social media. As the keynote speaker for the ...
The Greenwood Library at Longwood University now has a new addition to its facilities. The DIGILab, first unveiled in September this semester, brings new supplies and equipment to students using the library for projects. The lab is run by Longwood’s Digital Education Collaborative (DEC), which is ...
Longwood is different from many schools in a variety of respects, one of them being a predominately female institution, the current ratio being male to female is 40 to 60, according to College Factual. Naturally with the ratio there are bound to be some predominately female majors, but what is ...
After four years, Longwood University continues to host the Virginia Children’s Book Festival. The three-day event took place this past weekend, from Thursday to Saturday. Farmville native Juanita Giles is the founder and executive director of the festival. After growing up in this area, Giles ...
As the new dancers swayed, their lengthy skirts jingled when the elements of their decorated hip scarves happily clashed during the routine. Their midriff bare, the Longwood Company of Belly Dance wore sports bras, common practice regalia to save their "costume bras" for performances. The sports ...
Alzheimer’s, often referred to as senile dementia, is the sixth most prevalent cause of death in the United States, according to the statistics published by the Alzheimer’s Association. Each year, the Delta Nu Chapter of the Sigma Kappa Sorority at Longwood University holds a Walk to End Alzheimer’s ...
As the communication sciences and disorders students straggle out of phonetics class on Tuesday, junior Sarah Eggleston was easy to pick out. Of all of the students, she was the only one pushing a stroller. Eggleston's daughter, Joyce, was born in April. When most of her peers were overwhelmed about ...
Madeline Hunt revealed her story on what happens with patience, acceptance and communication in a loving relationship. Madeline currently works in the Dorrill Dining Hall as one of the people who will greet students and staff while swiping their Lancer ID cards or accept another form of payment. When ...
