As part of Longwood University’s Academic Strategic Plan (ASP), the university is set to perform a general education curriculum review in the near future. Dr. Ken Perkins, vice president for Academic Affairs, said the ASP is a “guiding document for a number of goals and objectives for the academic ...
A female Longwood University student was injured on Sunday, Sept. 29 when she reportedly hit a Farmville Area Bus (FAB) on her skateboard around 8:50 p.m., reported Doug Mooney, Chief of Police of the Farmville Police Department (FPD). Mooney said that the incident occurred at the intersection of Buffalo ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) held a special topic forum during the Senate’s Tuesday, Oct. 1 meeting to address students’ questions and concerns regarding campus parking and public transportation. Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) Chief of Police Bob Beach, Farmville Police ...
H.O.P.E. stood for Heartland Opportunities for Partnerships and Empowerment; it was a non-profit organization that recently was de-designated as a community action program by the Virginia Department of Social Service. According to the H.O.P.E. Community Services webpage, H.O.P.E.’s mission was to ...
The spirit of Longwood was alive and well at Professor of Anthropology Dr. Jim Jordan’s annual bonfire Monday night, marking the beginning of Oktoberfest week activities. Despite the chilly weather, crowds of students and faculty headed to Iler Field to gather around the roaring fire and hear the ...
Student Government Association (SGA) President Haley Vest began the Senate’s Tuesday, Oct. 1 meeting with the swearing in of Tristan Cunninghman as Residential and Commuter Life Advisory Board representative. The SGA then went into a special open forum regarding parking and transportation ...
Sunchase, a Farmville apartment community located at 501 Sunchase Blvd., is slated to feature a new addition called The Townes at Sunchase. According to Trey Steigman, vice president for development of Management Services Corporation (MSC), Sunchase’s developer and residential and commercial property ...
Over 50 citizens in the Town of Farmville enrolled in a 20 to 30 year study conducted by the American Cancer Society on Sept. 19 and 21. Applications were accepted to participate in the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) at the Historic Farmville Train Station. To enroll in the study, one had to complete ...
The Rochelle Mountain Bike Trail System opened Saturday, Sept. 28 on National Public Lands Day (NPLD). The grand opening commenced with a brief ceremony held at 9 a.m. NPLD is the largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands where volunteers collect invasive plants, build and maintain trails, ...
Eric Wulff, a local employee in Blackstone, said that this year looked and seemed more crowded than years past. Other people mentioned it, as well. There were long lines for small carnival rides and games with the chances to win bouquets of roses and other fun prizes. The ...
Longwood University students can now check out one of the 32 iPads available in Janet D. Greenwood Library’s Multimedia Lab. While Greenwood Library offered two iPads in spring 2013, Tammy Hines, the library’s head of collections and access management, said students can now check out iPads under ...
The first Dine with the Director of the semester served as both a forum for students and an opportunity for the Longwood Dining/ARAMARK staff to share news. The dinner took place Thursday, Sept. 19 in Dorrill Dining Hall’s (D-Hall) Lewis Room. Dine with the Director, which is scheduled several times ...
The Town of Farmville has received a $5,000 grant from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leveraging Grant Fund Program. According to the VTC Marketing Leverage Program Website, the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program is made to help tourism marketing programs and ...
Over the following nine months, starting the month of October, Farmville Downtown Partnership will present Business Boot Camp (BBC), Business Plan Competition and Pop Up Farmville Downtown. The BBC program will present four informative sessions regarding how to start up one’s own small business. The ...
Student Government Association (SGA) President Haley Vest swore in the freshman class representatives, as well as several upperclassmen senators and representatives, to begin the Senate’s Tuesday, Sept. 24 meeting. Open forum commenced with a comment from Brandon Kelly, Virginia 21 ...
Longwood University has become the first institute in Virginia to be designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) by the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). According to a News Release published on the Longwood University website, Longwood University is the first institute ...
According to the Longwood University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) website, on Oct. 8 there will be a free business seminar at the Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The business seminar is designed for business owners and representatives who are interested in ...
On Sunday, Sept. 15, Longwood University student Jacob Richardson, 22, accidentally discharged a firearm, causing a non-life threatening leg wound to Longwood student Kathleen Battle, 21. According to a police report distributed by the Farmville Police Department, the act occurred around 8 p.m. and ...
“Longwood is thriving, and a day like this underscores that,” said Longwood University President W. Taylor Reveley IV at the Sept. 12th Lancer Park North Campus Ribbon-Cutting. The Longwood University Real Estate Foundation and the Office of the President hosted the ceremonial opening of North Campus ...
This November, many Virginians will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred gubernatorial, lieutenant governor and attorney general candidates, among others. In order to encourage Longwood University students to register to vote for this year’s election, the Student Government Association ...
