As a new student entering the Longwood University community, you may have been surprised or even concerned to first hear a fellow student exclaim with extreme happiness and excitement, "I found a dropping!" You may have also wondered why you see students taking extra care to not walk on the blue rotundas ...
On Monday, Oct. 19, the Office of Resident and Commuter Life (RCL) found out that students would be living in French Residence Hall for the remainder of the year. Prior to this announcement, French was expected to close in December for renovations to turn it into the new IT building. Students were going ...
Virginia 21 Deputy Director Brittney Tyler joined the Tuesday meeting of the Student Government Association to discuss a new campaign called "What's Your Number?" Virginia 21 is a lobby group for issues pertinent to higher education, and the new campaign is to raise awareness about student debt. Campuses ...
Virginia21 is launching a new campaign called "What's Your Number?" Virginia21 is a lobby group for issues pertinent to higher education, and the new campaign is to raise awareness about student debt. Campuses across the Commonwealth are hosting rallies and petitions to encourage Governor Bob McDonnell ...
Civil rights are the fifth priority of the FBI and the second priority of the criminal investigation department. Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, hosted Agent Judy Sykes with the FBI on Tuesday night to give a presentation on the FBI's civil rights program. There are four ...
Virginia 21 Deputy Director Brittney Tyler joined the Tuesday meeting of the Student Government Association to discuss a new campaign called "What's Your Number?" Virginia 21 is a lobby group for issues pertinent to higher education, and the new campaign is to raise awareness about student debt. Campuses ...
Longwood University is putting the final touches on the inauguration of President Patrick Finnegan, which is planned for Friday. There are a number of events planned for the week and the remainder of the month. Thursday, Oct. 20, during the day, the main student event of the inauguration activities ...
"With your input, we know how we can make services better," said Grant Avent, director of Longwood Dining Services during the latest Dine with the Director event, held Tuesday evening in the Nance Room of the Dorrill Dining Hall (D-Hall). The monthly informal dinner and discussion is as a way for student ...
If you saw photos of Alpha Delta Pi sisters dressed in neon workout gear, they were not starring in a remake of an ‘80s exercise video. They were their outfits for Greek Sync, one of the activities during Greek Week last week. Every year the social Greek organizations on campus organize into teams ...
We are often asked the question, "What will you tell your kids about your life?" Sometimes the answer to this is rather silly or possibly very in-depth. Our answers depend solely on our culture or geography. Maybe we are inspired to tell them of events that happened in our childhood or when we were ...
This week, Barbara Maling, assistant professor of nursing, presented her work on African American nurses and their role during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Her work mainly focused on Virginia slaves and the differences between their work and the records found of them in many different counties. Maling ...
The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a relatively new program at Longwood University. It is in its third year here with the Office of Disability Resources. Although it is still in the process of forming and reaching out to gain interest, the program has been around since 1995. The WRP was formed ...
Saudi Arabia Vows to Dispel Claims in Assassination Plot According to Fox News, Saudi Arabian officials vowed last Thursday to pursue a "measured response" to the Iran-backed plot to "assassinate its ambassador in the United States." Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisa, told Austrian ...
"We had an incident where a young lady fell on a skateboard at two o'clock in the morning last year," director of environmental health and safety and emergency management Jim White stated. "It took a little over 20 minutes for the rescue team to arrive because they had to respond to a shooting in town, ...
Longwood's Executive-in-Residence series kicked off its first event Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in Blackwell Hall with Chairman of NBC Oklahoma Bank, Ken Fergeson. The "remarkable business leader in every sense of the word," as Dean Barrett called him, spoke about "Arts-Business-Creativity," and how ...
The Longwood University Office of International Affairs has recently brought efforts to recruit prospective students overseas. The recruitment endeavors, sparked by President Patrick Finnegan's initiative to bring more international representation to campus, began in August. The Office of International ...
A big part of being a college student is time management with all the different classes, clubs, organizations, or jobs various students may have. Within all those things, people need to find the time to get in their gym time as well as time to do school work. When students choose to go to the ...
Every semester at Longwood University there are numerous educational programs open to all students. These programs can range from domestic abuse to drinking and driving to resume writing. What students might not know is that these events are typically sponsored by on-campus organizations—more than ...
According to Chief of Police Bob Beach, in the past year the Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has switched their security service provider from Rome Secure to Wynne Security Control Systems. The new vendor provides a more powerful service at a lower cost to the university. Beach said the ...
Many changes awaited students when they returned for another year at Longwood University. Many of these changes were apparent, such as the construction of new steam pipes behind Blackwell, and some were not so apparent, such as the new Dean of the Greenwood Library, Ms. Suzy Szasz Palmer. Palmer ...
