“Since this was a solo experience, I thought I should share it with somebody,” began Dr. Rená Koesler, a Longwood University therapeutic recreation and outdoor recreation professor, at her Monday, Feb. 4 Blackwell Talk titled “Woman in the Wild: An Account of a Solo Experience with John Muir.” This ...
After a semester long hiatus, the Delta Iota chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi at Longwood University will participate as an undergraduate chapter in the men’s Greek system. The Delta Iota chapter, started at Longwood in 1980, halted undergraduate activity during the fall 2012 semester through intervention ...
For nearly nine years, there has been a drone war over Pakistan, and today, the use of drone strikes has extended to Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Afghani- stan and several other nations. It is reported that 95 percent of all killed Islamic militants are the result of drone strikes, most of which have been ...
The development of Longwood University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is well under way. The university must receive accreditation and reaffirmation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) about every 10 years, and in order to meet SACS’ new principles ...
The Farmville Pharmacy is set to be the newest edition to the Main Street Plaza in Farmville, located on South Main Street across the road from Longwood University. Scott Kim, the owner of the facility, purchased the space during the first week of December 2012 from Brian Eckert. In the past, the businesses ...
The Longwood University community is saddened by the loss of Paige Epps, computer operations manager in Information & Instructional Technology Services (IITS). Epps, 46, passed away from an apparent heart attack on Sunday, Feb. 3 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Epps’ funeral service will ...
Men’s Spring Recruitment and Men’s Spring Walk kicked off the month of February in an electrifying way. With 60 men lined up at 5 p.m. on Iler Field, anticipation was running throughout campus. After a semester of potential new member events, it was finally time to find out which men would go to ...
Whether or not you voted for President Barack Obama in November, you are still a part of history this year. This past weekend was a very historical and very important step in our nation’s history. President Barack Obama was sworn in at noon on Sunday, Jan. 20, officially beginning his ...
I work for The Rotunda for more than a few reasons, but for some people, the motivating factor behind writing for a newspaper is making enough money to buy low fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for- you serving size wrapped in squishy red wax. Or at least that’s why Ivy and Bean, the seven-year- ...
Longwood University expects to launch the new Digital Commons institutional repository in February. What this means is that all works which have been created by faculty and/ or students can be easily filed and located. Amanda Hartman, Janet D. Greenwood Library’s special collections & digital ...
After Years of sharing a commencement ceremony with undergraduate students, graduates of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies (CGPS) will have a separate ceremony this May. The May 10th ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium the night before the undergraduate ceremony ...
Jen Rentschler, assistant director of Leadership and Civic Engagement, is leaving Longwood after nearly seven years to assume the role of associate director for Student Life for the Center of Lead- ership at the University Georgia, reports Longwood Insider. Rentschler managed the university’s leadership ...
Longwood University has re-launched their renovated off-campus Elementary Education Masters Program. Candidates who complete this program will receive a Masters of Science in elementary education from the university. This program was once available in he past and was pulled back out of storage ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) welcomed four new members at the Senate’s Tuesday, Jan. 29 meeting. President Donald Knight swore in Kendall Lofton as junior class vice president, Ashlie Robertson as Greek Representative, Blake Shaw as the Cook-Cole College of Arts & Sciences Representative ...
After serving as director of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion (ODI) for less than two years, Dr. Jamie Riley will leave his desk at Longwood behind on Jan. 30. Riley will soon begin his role as director of University of California, Berkeley’s new LEAD Center. Riley began his time at Longwood ...
On Thursday, Jan. 24, Denzel Washington’s voice resonated through Jarman Auditorium. “Anybody know what this place is?” He asks rhetorically, in a clip from the hit 2000 movie, “Remember the Titans.” “This is Gettysburg.” He answers, addressing his team of dirtied, tired men. “This is ...
Longwood University is one step closer to experiencing the leadership of a new president, as the university’s Presidential Search Committee has narrowed down the pool of 65 pres- idential candidates to a more manageable pool of eight to 10. In the coming weeks, said Dr. Derek Taylor, committee vice ...
Longwood Dining Services hosted the first Dine with the Director of the semester on Tuesday, Jan. 22, beginning the night with greetings from Grant Avent, director of Longwood Dining Services, and Brenda Ferguson, assistant director for Operational Excellence. The meal began with the traditional Longwood ...
This April, the WarmStreets Gallery will be hosting a sci-fi and steam punk-themed art exhibition at their Gallery 205 on Jefferson Street. Area artists interested in submitting their 2D or 3D work — anything relevant to the theme — for consideration are encouraged to send up to three digital ...
The Southside Messenger reports that a local mother has been bound by fate to a fellow community member and her premature baby through common experience. At the age of 19, Cheryl Traylor Daniel gave birth at 28 weeks to her son, James, on Oct. 10, 1999. At a weight of 1 pound and 2.4 ounces, ...
