On Aug. 22, Longwood University’s Speech, Hearing and Learning Services (formally known as the Longwood Center for Communication, Literacy and Learning) moved into a new facility. According to the Speech, Hearing and Learning Services web page on Longwood University’s website, the new facility is ...
Starting Oct. 1, cigarette cartons will be taxed an additional 27 cents with stamps applied to cigarette cartons to reflect the change. All businesses must replace the brands of cigarettes that sell out during the month of September with the applied tax stamps before being sold, according to the Town ...
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Farmville Town Council held their monthly council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber of Town Hall, located at 116 N. Main Street. Town Manager Gerry Spates led the meeting by discussing renovations to the Farmville swimming pool located at the Farmville Municipal Golf ...
On Friday, Sept. 13, a total of 34 men lined the back of Dorrill Dining Hall before rushing onto Iler Field and running to their respective fraternities. These men participated in this year’s Men’s Greek Walk, each one accepted into one of the seven social fraternities in Longwood University’s ...
On Sunday, Sept. 15, an incident described as an “accidental shooting” occurred on the 500 block of High Street around 8 p.m. The Farmville Police Department and Longwood Police Department responded to reports of a shooting to find out that Longwood student Jacob Richardson, 22, accidentally discharged ...
The Longwood University Po- lice Department is now providing the university with two new programs: “See Something, Say Something” and "Coffee with the Chief." According to the Homeland Security website, “See Something, Say Something” is a nationwide campaign that raises public awareness of terrorism ...
After a tenure of more than 16 years as a Longwood University employee, Ellen Masters, associate director of the Academic and Career Advising Center (ACAC), will depart from the university on Sept. 24. Masters is set to assume the role of Director of Career Education and Vocational Reflection at Hampden-Sydney ...
High Bridge Trail is 31 miles long, and people know it for long hikes, bike rides and newly added motorized van tours. The van tours will occur every first and third Thursday of September, October and November, totaling six tours. The High Bridge State Park conducted the first van tour on Sept. 5, according ...
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting approached a variety of concerns, including professors’ use of Canvas, the university’s new Learning Management System and parking issues across campus. The meeting began with a presentation from the Digital Education Collaborative ...
Student Union Recreational Manager Malvin Eanes recently retired this past year after work- ing as a staff member at Longwood University for 34 years. There is a replacement for Eanes’ position; however, the position has been altered to the Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life. With ...
Within the following months, the Farmville Fire Department will work on constructing a burn building within the town of Farmville. The purpose of a burn building is for live fire training within a simulated environment, allowing a fire fighter to better learn how to react inside a burning building. The ...
On Monday, Sept. 9, the Town of Farmville and Longwood University communities united to honor the one year anniversary of Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Communication Studies Dr. William B. Stuart’s death. Dr. Bill Stuart worked at Longwood University for 12 years and was affectionately ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) convened for their second meeting of the semester in the BC rooms of Lankford Student Union on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The meeting featured topics including the university’s Orca TV LancerAds contract and students’ thoughts on the new facilities on campus. This ...
Longwood University begins the year with a brand new alert system called E2Campus. This alert system is not only available to Longwood University students, but also available to Farmville and Prince Edward communities. Media Specialist Mathew McWilliams stated, “The new alert system is an improvement ...
This past summer, there was a period of about two weeks where a group of five to six juveniles from the town of Farmville stole and played with golf carts owned by Aramark. Bob Beach, chief of Longwood University Police Department, described the individuals as male, not connected to Longwood University ...
The revitalization of downtown Farmville’s businesses has been in the works for years with many of the projected changes meant to benefit both Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney College students. The two major players in this process are the town of Farmville and Downtown Farmville. Downtown Farmville ...
With the newly finished construction of Lancer Park North and Lancer Park South, the addition of 452 upperclassmen students being housed in Lancer Park this year has created various roadblocks for students. Problems with plumbing, parking and the Farmville Area Bus (FAB) have been some of the most talked ...
Longwood University currently educates 57 international students from all over the globe. Longwood had students come from 17 different countries, including Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, ...
Joining the growing list of courses on campus are ART 183: First-Year Assessment, ART 283: Second-Year Assessment, ART 383: Third-Year Assessment, ART 423: Fourth-Year Assessment and ART 483: Senior Project Final Assessment. All art majors are now required to take all five of these zero-credit courses. ...
For this new academic school year, Longwood University’s newest president W. Taylor Reveley IV has many goals to improve the campus by growing its reputation, its fundraising, its curriculum and much more. He also comments on how he hopes to further the academic strategic plan as well as faculty income. Now ...
