U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, will serve as the 2014 commencement speaker, as the university celebrates its 175th anniversary. According to a Longwood issued press release, more than 900 undergraduate students will receive degrees at the commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10 and more than 150 students ...
The sun shined brightly over Lancaster Hall this Monday as the new members of Longwood University’s Student Government Association (SGA), Conduct Board and Honor Board were welcomed and honored before beginning their duties for the upcoming academic year. Vice ...
Longwood President, W. Taylor Reveley, is coming up on his first year in office. Reveley said, “It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already.” Taking office in June, Reveley has spent time, “focusing on the extent to which Longwood is known.” “Places like Longwood energize the American ...
At the recent campus reception, five of Longwood’s Theatre and Art Department faculty members were honored due to their upcoming retirement at the end of the school year. Pam Arkin, associate professor of Theatre, has been the program coordinator for the theatre department, teaching voice, acting ...
The idea to begin a Boys and Girls Club here for the surrounding children and students of Farmville began around January/February 2013. Three Longwood University students knew that they do not need to be Farmville locals in order to help change the community around them. Sophomores Amelia McConnell, ...
Two assaults occurred in Farmville during Longwood University’s Spring Weekend. The Farmville Police Department is still investigating and gathering the facts quickly. According to Chief of Farmville Police Doug Mooney in an official press release, Farmville Police responded to Southside Community ...
While the Student Government Association (SGA) initially planned to hold the Tuesday, April 15 meeting on Brock Commons, the Senate moved the meeting indoors to the usual location of Lankford Student Union’s BC rooms due to inclement weather. The meeting began with open forum. Senator and Lancer Park ...
Public Institutions are no longer allowed to restrict students on the time, place and manner of student speech by the use of “Free Speech Zones,” according to a bill signed by Governor Terry McAuliffe, effective July 1, 2014. “A student complained about an issue at a certain college to Delegate ...
The Longwood University student body has elected the next generation of Student Government Association (SGA) leadership. Polls closed on Sunday, March 30, with results released to the student body on Wednesday, March 2. The installation of the 2014-2015 Executive Board, Honor Board and Conduct Board ...
Unlike past and current Spring Weekend plans, next year’s 2015 Spring Weekend ideas might possibly have a different take on the main events. As it currently stands, Spring Weekend begins Friday evening and then continues throughout Saturday, but there are plans ...
The Tuesday, April 8 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting began with an open forum session. A student in the gallery asked if the SGA could help fraternities and sororities who will lose their storage space when the Cunningham Residence Halls are ...
Blackwell is to become the official Maugans Alumni Center by spring 2015. It has been a long road to get to the construction stage, but with hard work and persistence, Longwood University is seeing this project through. This center was cemented by a ...
This year, the National PanHellenic Council (NPHC) has welcomed some of its highest numbers of new members in years. With six NPHC organizations on Longwood’s campus, recruitment numbers in the past have not always been high. Although this spring, with four NPHC organizations ...
Longwood University student Gus Phillip Altschuler returned to Prince Edward County this Monday to face a preliminary hearing for a pair of felony charges levied by the Farmville Police Department. Altschuler was arrested and charged with rape and an additional ...
The Heart of Virginia Health Clinic, a non-profit corporation that provides free basic medical care to individuals with no insurance, is requesting funds from Prince Edward and the surrounding counties in order to continue operating at a full capacity. According to Pat Payne (RN), executive director ...
Longwood University is upgrading their degree audit program within the next year to help students complete their degree requirements in a time they deem appropriate. “Degree Works is an upgraded version of CAP,” said Longwood University Registrar Vikki Levine. “It aids students in preparing a ...
The priority for the Tuesday, April 1 Student Government Association’s (SGA) agenda was the 2014-2015 budget approval process for clubs and organizations. However, the meeting began on a somber note when SGA President Haley Vest announced that the required 1/6 of the student population did not ...
Longwood’s Internet and cable provider, Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) may be dropping 18 channels provided by Viacom, owner of MTV Networks, due to overpricing. Shentel and Viacom could not come to an agreement on rates for this upcoming year. “Viacom wants to increase the price ...
This year’s budget increase for Longwood University is at a record-setting low of 2.1 percent. This is a great improvement for Longwood, as well as Virginia schools. This change should reduce fees for the majority of Longwood undergraduate students. “Any increase is something to swallow, but this ...
The LOVEWorks project is a juried art competition that sponsors the giant LOVE signs all around the state of Virginia. The sculptures range from white block letters to wine corks to the usage of beach chairs. This project has hit the Town of Farmville ...
