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 ...
Last Tuesday afternoon, members of the Farmville town government with campus and community law enforcement stood alongside a representative from the Richmond Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to announce a $5,000 reward for information about what they believe ...
On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a Town Hall to discuss issues surrounding diversity on campus. It was presented by Jonathan Page, co-chair of the University Diversity council and the director of multicultural affairs, and Anthony Jackson, the Student Diversity ...
Longwood Recovers, Longwood’s collegiate recovery program, received a grant this past summer to help grow the program, and is making more efforts to promote it in order to reach more students. The program, which currently serves about five to seven students, was originally started in 2013 by ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Ashley Hiemenz Green, a Longwood Graduate Assistant, came to speak about Longwood Recovers. Longwood Recovers is the university’s collegiate recovery program, which received a 50 thousand dollar grant earlier this year. Green ...
Academic Residential Community (ARC) Hall, one of Longwood’s eight residence halls, has been closed temporarily for at least the duration of the 2019-2020 academic year. ARC was originally built and opened for student use in 1992. Matt McWilliams, assistant vice president and communications ...
Shortly after 6 p.m. last Tuesday, a crowd of 20 gathered into the Hull Education Center Room 132 for the “Ask Me Anything: Title IX Awareness Town Hall”, which featured, Lindsey Moran, Longwood University clery and Title IX coordinator, Col. Robert R. Beach, Longwood University chief of police, ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the senate visited the R.R. Moton Museum, located at 900 Griffin Boulevard in town. Cam Patterson, managing director for the Moton, came in to say a few words to the senate, encouraging the students to take a tour and learn more about ...
First reported in The Farmville Herald on September 24 and later confirmed by Farmville Chief of Police Andy Ellington, police responded to an incident involving gunshots fired at 1:51 a.m. on September 19 in the rear parking lot of the Midtown Landings, located on South Virginia Street. In ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, it was announced that Elwood’s Cabinet, Longwood’s student food pantry, is open two days a week. Catherine Swinsky, SGA executive vice president said, “Elwood’s Cabinet is open on Mondays and Thursdays from six to eight now, ...
In this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the senate approved a new club on campus called the Asian Student Involvement Association, which was created to bring more cultural diversity and awareness to Asian culture. There will be an interest meeting next Monday, October 7 ...
Longwood has changed its tuition model back to “tuition by the semester” for the 2019-2020 academic year. On May 21, students and families received an email from President W. Taylor Reveley IV announcing that Longwood would be freezing tuition and would be switching back to the banded tuition ...
