Longwood students began arriving back to campus in mid-August, and with the anticipation of move-in came a new question: how long will they stay? After the COVID-19 pandemic sent all students home, the thought of returning was on everyone's minds. Now, students aren't sure how long they will be staying. Associate ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the senate received updates on COVID-19 on campus and two students were sworn into office. In Special Orders of the Day, Associate Vice President for Wellness and Auxiliary Services Matt McGregor and Assistant Vice President for Communications ...
Longwood students began arriving back to campus in mid-August, and with the anticipation of move-in came a new question: how long will they stay? After the COVID-19 pandemic sent all students home, the thought of returning was on everyone’s minds. Now, students aren’t sure how long they will be ...
On Thursday, June 11, Longwood announced that the university will be reopening for in-person instruction for the fall 2020 semester, after being closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The email came from Matthew McWilliams, assistant vice president of communications for the university, on ...
On Thursday, April 16, Longwood University announced that a new leadership team, the COVID-19 planning team, or Task Force, had been created. The team was created by President W. Taylor Reveley IV, and is composed of people from across the university and town of Farmville. The team’s main mission ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the newly elected officers ran the last meeting for the 2019-2020 academic year. In New Business, two students were sworn into office. SGA President Brandon Bowen officiated the proceedings as Senator Joy Luna and Honor Student Association ...
Longwood students have received a lot of news from the university in the past month. Amid the coronavirus, it was announced on March 19 that classes would be moved online for the remainder of the spring semester, and students were encouraged to return home if able. The following week, Longwood ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the senate met on Zoom to discuss changes due to COVID-19 and elections. In Open Forum, Dr. Tim Pierson announced that an email will be sent out to students with updates on the current situation and commencement. Senator Hurt ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the senate met online to discuss the changes that are being made due to COVID-19. In Open Forum, it was announced that events are being looked at on a case by case basis, but it is looking less likely as the days progress that anything ...
In total, twenty-five candidates for the Democratic Primary Elections have dropped out of the race; some major names include Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren. In fact, the only two that are still going strong throughout this process is Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, but what does ...
Longwood Center of the Visual Arts (LCVA) is located on Farmville’s Main Street. This center holds lots of free art workshops each month. These workshops are usually held by Longwood and Hampden-Sydney College faculty, and each one covers a different type of art. On March 11, the center held ...
A student at Longwood University has tested positive for COVID-19, or coronavirus, and is in self-quarantine, along with two other students as of Thursday, March 12. On Tuesday, March 10, an email was sent out from the university, alerting everyone about a student that was in self-quarantine and was ...
In total, twenty-five candidates for the Democratic Primary Elections have dropped out of the race; some major names include Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren. In fact, the only two that are still going strong throughout this process is Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, but what does that ...
Last week, Longwood University sent out an email letting students know of the decision to close down the Longwood Village apartment community, effective for the 2020-2021 academic year. On the morning of Thursday, Feb. 13, students were notified via e-mail that Longwood would be closing down the ...
On Feb. 18, Longwood University held the Be R.E.A.L town hall meeting on campus in Bedford 111. R.E.A.L stands for Resilient, Empathetic, Accountable and Legitimate. Different issues in Prince Edward County and Farmville were discussed at the town hall, to see what is going on and what can be done ...
Farmville’s local food pantry, FACES (Farmville Area Community Emergency Services), has officially relocated to a new space as of December 2019 after a multi-year process. The food pantry, which has been in Farmville since 1981, is now located at 482 Commerce Road by the YMCA. FACES President Ellery ...
Audrey Clingenpeel is a junior and upon coming to Longwood she was very interested in taking classes that focused on diversity, but was disappointed to find that Longwood offered few classes on that topic. Clingenpeel was confused by the small amount of Longwood's diversity classes. Luckily for ...
The third gun-related incident in the Town of Farmville within the past three months took place on Friday, February 7, as the Longwood University community was alerted of a report of shots fired on Oak Street near the Centra Southside Community Hospital at 3:16 p.m. The previous two events, which law ...
Change is always in the air at Longwood University, with multiple construction projects going on at the same time. Louise Waller, vice president for administration and finance, and Matt McWilliams, assistant vice president and associate editor for Longwood Magazine, provided updates on all of the construction ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, representatives from the Lancer Card Center and library came to give updates to the Senate. Chrissy Sampier, director of the Lancer Card & Campus Services Office, explained the new card system that the university switched to over ...
