Once again this semester, Longwood University closed due to inclement weather. From Wednesday, Feb. 12 to Friday, Feb. 14, classes were canceled with various facilities on campus closing early or delaying openings throughout the week. Students, faculty and staff were advised to move their vehicles ...
The Farmville Police Department (FPD) has charged Longwood University student Briana Person with Arson to an Occupied Dwelling following a Feb. 9 fire on the 100 block of High Street during a party. Patrick Orville Amick, a Fort Bragg, N.C. resident who is in the United States Army, faces the same ...
Since the beginning of the 2013- 14 academic year, the Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has implemented an important and major new technology system that many students remain unaware of. Longwood University police officers are now equipped with on-officer body cameras during every shift. These ...
Longwood University’s all- female dorm, Stubbs Hall, has been under renovation since summer 2013 and is set to re- open in August 2014. The same architect and engineering team, VMDO Architects, that renovated Cox and Wheeler are in charge of the Stubbs renovation. Kim Bass, project manager, said, ...
Discussions have been underway since December between members of the Farmville Town Council and Longwood University to place the school’s logo on the newly constructed water tower on Andrews Drive. The 127-foot tower is visible from Brock Commons on the Longwood University campus as well as from ...
The academic year is not complete and yet the Office of Residential & Commuter Life (RCL) has already received a record number of behavioral issues and students in crises. The number of reported cases of behavioral issues and students in crises has risen continuously throughout the years. Behavioral ...
On Tuesday evening, a man was shot behind Sunchase apartments in what is being described as “a domestic dispute.” An email was sent out to the student body at 9:50 p.m. later that evening by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Tim Pierson with a brief statement from Farmville Police Chief Doug ...
Major topics discussed during the Tuesday, Feb. 4 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting included The Rotunda's sex column controversy and safe parking on campus after dark. To start the meeting, SGA President Haley Vest swore in Student Diversity and Inclusion Council (SDIC) Representative De'Jon ...
Longwood University is now offering students the opportunity to obtain an online Master of Business Administration (MBA) in real estate. The program is expected to begin enrolling students as early as the fall semester of 2014. Application into the program is considered to be on a rolling basis and ...
Changes came after the winter intersession in the way students are able to access Internet services both on campus and in Longwood-managed apartments. Since Jan. 10, students have experienced newly gained access to the Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) network due to a partnership created ...
As the population of students continues to grow, the number of off-campus residents rises and the Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) is already feeling the impact. With the significant rise of students in Lancer Park this past fall, the issue of manpower allocation and response time for calls ...
Following the Jan. 21 inclement weather cancellation, the Student Government Association (SGA) reconvened on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in the BC rooms of Lankford Student Union. SGA President Haley Vest swore in Senator Amanda Chappel and Junior Auditor Darius Christian to begin the meeting. The Big Event ...
Longwood University’s Office of University Advancement continues to face transition with the departure of Dr. Bryan Rowland, former chief development officer, and the office’s new focus on the Annual Fund. In a Jan.17 email sent to faculty and staff regarding Rowland’s resignation and the Office ...
French Residence Hall has been on Longwood’s campus since 1923. It has been known, in recent years, as a place where students found sanctuary. Now, French Hall is being renovated in order for different departments to gain more space for the students. According to Chief Information Officer for Longwood ...
As the fall semester begins, students have to begin thinking, not only about how to balance their homework, but also their health. In the previous semester, I spoke with Director of the Counseling Center Dr. Maureen Walls- McKay on the different concerns there are for the Counseling Center, including ...
1. Title: More TV Channels anda Wireless Internet Feature Available with Shentel Partnership According to an email sent out to the student body on Jan. 7 by Director of User Support Services Kim Redford, Longwood University partnered with Shenandoah Telecommunications Company and Internet and TV service ...
This Thursday, the Longwood Leadership Forum will officially begin and the Longwood University community can expect a lot more “friendraising” in the coming months. According to the Office of Commonwealth Relations page on the Longwood University website, the Longwood Leadership Forum is a speaker ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 52-yearold Darryl Elmore’s indictment was presented to the grand jury with a trial date set with his attorney, M. Kevin Bailey. Elmore is currently charged with second-degree murder of John “Jay” Robles, 46, of Mechanicsville. Elmore was originally charged with voluntary ...
Longwood University has experienced significant growth to its almost five-year-old nursing program. The program began in fall 2009, and the first graduates to receive their Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Longwood University graduated in May 2013. It is hard to miss the growing number of nursing ...
The Longwood University community welcomed the institution’s 26th president this Friday, Nov. 15 at the inauguration ceremony of President W. Taylor Reveley IV on Lancaster Mall. Reveley, previously the managing director of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, began his tenure at the university ...
