The Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task Force arrested three men and one women in relation to an ongoing drug investigation that resulted in a search warrant at a residence in the 500 block of Hill Street in Farmville, Va., according to a press release by the Virginia State Police. On Monday, March ...
With a goal to receive community feedback, the Farmville Downtown Partnership hosted its third annual SOUP event on March 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with about 190 people, according to John Burton, program manager for the Farmville Downtown Partnership. According to Burton, the SOUP program ...
Several versions of white nationalist flyers were found in the Midtown Landings and outside of Ruffner Hall by students and a Longwood police officer March 22 and 23, according to Longwood Chief of Police Col. Robert Beach. When asked about any previous signs of white nationalist material, Vice President ...
After two years of brainstorming and planning, Wayfast Delivery started serving Farmville on Feb. 14, according to Wayfast Delivery owner Jacob Jamerson. The business initially was designed to deliver groceries to homes from the stores. After some research on the delivery service industry, Jamerson ...
With of a goal of bringing 1,090 students in fall 2018, Director of Admissions Jason Faulk said the office added campus recruitment opportunities with bringing more students to campus, texting with students via signal and shortening the decision wait time to 21 days. “We are really going to manage ...
Located at 119 N. Main Street, One19 is set to open in early April, according to Bill McKay, the owner of One19. According to McKay, there will be a soft opening in April and a grand opening in May. “I plan to open early April, first a couple of soft openings for a lot of our friends and family who ...
After moving the Longwood Barnes and Noble bookstore in November 2017 from the Midtown Landings, focus groups and plans have been made for a grocery store, according to Sheri McGuire, associate vice president of the office of community and economic development. The Longwood Real Estate Foundation began ...
Since removing the washing and drying units from each Longwood Landings apartment units to a centralized laundry facility in fall 2017, residents have voiced complaints in the form of a petition that had 110 signatures calling the attention of Resident and Commuter Life (RCL), the Lancer Card ...
Student Government Association $900 - Allocation would be for blue books to become free for students and given through SGA office - SFC approved the allocation The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) allocated money to the Student Government Association on Thursday, March 15 to fund their attempts to provide ...
Recently, The Rotunda conducted an unscientific survey of student opinion relating to parking with 86 respondents. Students were asked if there is enough parking at Longwood, if there is enough regulations for parking, if this was enough parking specifically for commuters, main campus residents and ...
Following department budget cuts in response to a predicted revenue shortfall, the Faculty Senate raised concerns regarding the reliance on summer and winter intersession monies to supplement their low base budgets to the Board of Visitors in a letter on Nov. 30, 2017. Due to low summer course enrollment, ...
Set to open in fall 2018, the Upchurch University Center is 75 percent complete according to Kim Bass, deputy director for capital design and construction and the project manager for Upchurch University Center. According to Susan Sullivan, director of the university center and student activities, the ...
Originally opening in 1924, The Weyanoke Hotel has been renovated to open in “mid to late March (and) certainly by April” of 2018, according to John Shideler, general manager of The Weyanoke. The hotel was formerly used as apartments for Longwood University students prior to its closing in 2016, ...
In the fall of 2017, the washer and dryer units in each apartment were removed from the Longwood Landings "due to high maintenance costs of keeping the laundry units in the apartments," according to Jean Wilwohl, director of housing. The communal laundry area serves all of the Landings residents, which ...
A new parking enforcement unit has been created consisting of four students, according to Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) Chief of Police Col. Robert "Bob" Beach. These students are currently being trained to enforce parking regulations on Longwood's campus. These students will ...
Accounting Association, CBE Advisory Board, Epsilon Eta and Delta Sigma Pi $2,060 -Funds will be used to bring in speaker Summer Rayne Oakes, a model, media host and entrepreneur who works on environmental changes. -Oakes will speak in Jarman Auditorium on March 22. -The money will come out of the Education ...
With a goal to bring awareness to mental health and suicide awareness, student organization Promise 16 was approved by the Student Government Association (SGA) on Jan. 30 according to Haleigh Pannell, a sophomore psychology major, the founder and president of Promise 16. The group aims to help supplement ...
After the senate's first sweeping tax legislature in over 30 years passed on Dec. 20, 2017, Longwood University Vice President for Administration and Finance Ken Copeland called the new bill “a long time coming." The bill passed 51-48 with Vice President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote, according ...
With the completion of Upchurch University Center and Brock Hall Student Success Center opening dates nearing, there are two renovation projects being planned and two with designs waiting for approval, according Louise Waller, the associate vice president of campus planning and construction. The plans ...
Over the past five years, Longwood University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has seen a 57 percent increase in students utilizing services, according to Dr. Maureen Walls-McKay, director of CAPS. “CAPS serves as a primary resource for emotional or mental health issues,” Walls-McKay ...
