Farmville Police, Longwood Police and Virginia State Police officers responded to a shooting on South Main St. this afternoon, resulting in one minor injury, according to an Oct. 16 press release from the Farmville Police Department. There is no current threat to the public, said the release. Suspect ...
Longwood’s third alleged sexual assault of the semester occurred on Friday, Oct. 14 in an off-campus residence and is currently under investigation by the Longwood Police Department, according to the Jeane Clery Act-mandated timely warning released at on Sunday, Oct. 16 afternoon. The second occurred ...
The Longwood University Barnes and Noble bookstore will be moving to the corner of Main St. and Third St. in downtown Farmville in summer 2017. The space will host a larger square footage than the previous location at Midtown Landings, according to Louise Waller, executive director of campus planning ...
Over the past few weeks, one topic that has arisen in the election is third party candidates—anybody but the Democratic nominee or Republican nominee—and their lack of participation in the debates. No third party candidate has been invited to participate in either or the two presidential debates ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) has received a number of complaints from students, as brought up in previous SGA meetings, in regard to an increase of parking tickets received while parked on campus from Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) While it seems that the ticketing has increased, ...
Greenwood Library is looking into the possibility of extending its hours Sunday through Thursday from midnight to 2 a.m., according to Brent Roberts, dean of the library. Executive Senator of SGA (Student Government Association) Kevin Napier, a junior kinesiology major, approached Roberts in late ...
Two alleged clown sightings reported to the Farmville Police Department were deemed unfounded following investigation late Sunday night into early Monday morning, according to Farmville Police Captain Bill Hogan. “We’ve had no credible clown sightings in the Town of Farmville,” he said. According ...
Global Leaders $1,722.29 • Funds will be used to attend the NAFSA conference in November The Student Finance Committee (SFC) didn't pass the allocation amount. The SFC tabled the motion until Global Leaders spoke to Office of International Affairs to help with funds then to come to SFC. Lancer Lunatics $3,974.62 • ...
Students gathered on Thursday, Sept. 22 on Brock Commons to gain signatures on a petition wanting Gary Johnson to participate in the upcoming debate, including William “Bill” Weld to participate in the Vice Presidential Debate held at Longwood University. The Commission on Presidential Debates decides ...
In the article “Dining services address meal plan changes” in the Sept. 16 edition, there were two inaccuracies printed. Both of the block meal plans options are geared toward students living in off campus housing that may not need to use it on a weekly basis was changed to make it clear that both ...
Recently, Longwood University paused their acceptance of students to the elementary education graduate program as the education department and faculty changes the current program to offer more to students who choose to expand their education. “The faculty and department are rewriting ...
For the past three years a selected group of faculty members have been working on creating a new core curriculum to replace the current general education program. The curriculum will be voted on in Nov. of this year in Faculty Senate, and if approved, will be voted on by the Board of Visitors in Dec. ...
Peer Health Educators $2,219 • Funds will be used to advertise the organization since the organization was off-campus for one semester last spring. • Funds will be used to train members to be certified for certain programs. • Funds will be used to purchase promotional materials. The SFC did not ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Senator Morgan Rollins presented concerns from students regarding food and meal plans at Dorrill Dining Hall from her experience at Dine with the Director on Sept. 14 with Grant Avent, the director of student dining. Rollins mentioned the ...
Almost a year later, Longwood’s search for their next dean of admissions continues as the university enters their second admissions cycle to be headed by an interim director and their second round of candidates for the position. According to Vice President of Strategic Operations Victoria Kindon, ...
For the fall semester, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) will receive a lump sum of $7,514 after the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill allowing the GSA to receive funds every semester towards activities for graduate students. The amount of money the GSA, previously called Graduate ...
Iler Field, located directly behind Dorrill Dining Hall, has been closed for the semester and will remain temporarily unavailable for student reservations until after the Vice Presidential Debate on Oct. 4. “Iler Field is just temporarily unavailable for reservations because this is a great location ...
Longwood Landings will have a centralized laundry facility for resident use starting fall of 2017, rather than each apartment unit containing a washer and dryer unit. “(Longwood is) putting in the laundry room so our maintenance staff can better address the needs when work orders arrive. Basically, ...
In the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting that took place on Sept. 30 there was one senator who voiced concern with the amount of hit and runs in student parking lots that have occurred this year so far. Since some of the student parking lots have been expanded in terms of spaces for ...
Longwood students are required to purchase a meal plans if they live in Longwood-affiliated housing. The housing options that Longwood provides are on-campus housing, Lancer Park, the Longwood Landings and the Longwood Village. As of the fall semester there have been changes made to the meal plans of ...
