Longwood University’s Web Communications team officially launched a new mobile web app on Monday, Feb. 18. The app can be accessed at m.longwood.edu. Students, faculty and staff received an email announcing the mobile web app on Friday, which David Hooper, director of Web Communications, said was ...
After nearly four years off campus, the Alpha Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA) fraternity for women is again in full operation at Longwood University. On Feb. 14, ZTA selected more than 60 young women as new members, fulfilling the Panhellenic total. ZTA's Alpha Chapter shut down in spring ...
Last semester, several students lobbied Longwood University’s Student Government Association (SGA) to support a change in Longwood’s speech codes. The decision died on the SGA floor, with no clear majority in favor or opposed. Those students then went on to petition the Faculty Senate to support ...
The knowledge and mysteries of core training and stability were the topic of Assistant Exercise Science Professor Dr. Blain Harrison’s Blackwell Talk, "Death to Crunches: Why You Should Change Your Core Routine, But it Still Won’t Make You a Superstar Athlete," on Feb. 18. Harrison’s talk was ...
The Recreation Center in Lankford Student Union is set for changes and possible renovations due to low us- age from students. The bowling alley, which was once used several times a week, now barely has any business. The alley was initially used by the bowling classes 12-15 times a week; however, since ...
The upcoming 2013-2014 academic year will provide Longwood University students with new housing choices, as the construction of Lancer Park North and South, as well as Walk2Campus’ Campus Walk apartments, is well underway. The Campus Walk project was set in motion approximately one year ago. Michelle ...
Contrary to the common belief that racism is no longer a major issue in the United States, disturbing circumstances still surface that prove racism is far from dead. Duke University made na- tional news last week when the university’s Eta Prime chapter of fraternity Kappa Sigma held a party deemed ...
The Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has released the results of the department’s sexual assault survey, revealing what LUPD Chief of Police Bob Beach called somewhat “surprising” but “encouraging” responses from students. The survey, which received 732 responses, was available ...
Members of the Digital EducationCollaborative (DEC) and Lankford Student Union visited the Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) at the beginning of the Tuesday, Feb. 12 meeting. President Donald Knight was not present for this week’s meeting. Dr. Jeannine Perry, dean of the College of Graduate and ...
This week is not so much a column on an issue as it is a plea to our campus to become more involved and to start conversations campus-wide. I have had the pleasure of helping put on several political events on our campus. I, along with Pete Martin and Avrielle Suleiman, helped assemble a viewing party ...
After serving as the Longwood University English and Modern Languages Department Chair for six years, Dr. Rhonda Brock-Servais will end her time as chair on June 30. Dr. Wade Edwards, associate professor of French, will take over as chair on July 1. Brock-Servais is originally from Wisconsin. Prior ...
In the weeks following formerprofessionalcyclist Lance Armstrong’s on-air doping confessions to Oprah Winfrey, his actions are still a major topic of discussion, not only in multiple media outlets but at Longwood University’s Blackwell Talks as well. Dr. Eric Moore, associate professorofphilosophy, ...
While Blackboard Learn has always served as Longwood University’s Learning Management System (LMS), the university signed a contract on Feb. 1 to implement Canvas by Instructur for class use. The new LMS is set to be in place prior to 2013’s summer session I. “It’s the next generation ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) approved new senators and organization constitutions during the Senate’s Tuesday, Feb. 5 meeting. The meeting began with a closed session where the Senate approved of new senators. President Donald Knight then swore in Allison Dougherty, Courtney Urquhart, ...
A Longwood University alumna has returned to Farmville to introduce a new addition to Main Street called Farmville Sweet Shop. Dani Murray, the owner of the shop, graduated from the university in 2004. This family run business was started as a way to give back to the revitalization of the Main Street ...
Late last Wednesday night, Meherrin man Bennie Waller allegedly shot into his living room window with a high powered weapon, where his son rested within, resulting in no injuries, reports WFLO. The Virginia State Police Division Tactical Unit responded to the incident at 2:20 a.m. on Jan. 31. According ...
Two women in the Hanover area have gone on a spending spree with stolen credit cards, charging more than $10,000, reported the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office. The card owners were attending a soccer tournament when the females stole their credit cards from a vehicle in a parking lot. Those with information ...
Farmville workers are beginning construction at the Prince Edward/ Farmville Youth Association Field of Dreams Complex that is only one part of a bigger, long-term plan, reported The Farmville Herald. Workers have alreadyseededthefive fields, and before this spring’s baseball season begins, there ...
Two local juveniles allegedly brutally beat and robbed a Farmville woman, aged 55, on Jan. 29, according to WFLO. Farmville and Prince Edward County police found the woman in the 400 block of Ford St. and sent authorities to her home to take a record of the missing items. The victim was initially taken ...
Longwood faculty member Billy Tucker, previously of Information & Instructional Technology Services’ User Support Services Department, is now moving to the Digital Education Collaborative (DEC) as an instructional technology trainer. The DEC “directs a policy and training framework to enhance ...
