With an anticipated opening in Fall 2019, Frazer Hall is one of the construction projects amongst several that are currently underway, according to Kim Bass, deputy director for capital design and construction. In addition, a new academic building is currently in progress with a completion date set ...
Coming off of a Student Government Association (SGA) Town Hall on Feb. 13 and a student protest on March 1, Longwood University is considering changes to communication policies and increasing security camera coverage, according to Dr. Tim Pierson, vice president of student affairs. “(We) would start ...
Over 30 students gathered with signs outside of Lankford Student Union on Thursday, Feb. 28 protesting recent events regarding campus including the incident involving the Longwood Village and communication to students. Many of the signs were quotes from the recent Student Government Association (SGA) ...
Chess Club $873.87 - Funds will be used for sending four members of the organization to the Virginia Collegiate and Scholastic Chess Championship in Charlottesville, Va. from March 8-10. - SFC approved the allocation. Delta Sigma Pi $926.60 - Funds will be used for sending four members of the organization ...
Longwood Model UN $1,771.84 -The funds will be used for The Southern Regional Model United Nation Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina from March 28-30, 2019. SFC approved the allocation. Longwood Model UN requested funds for an upcoming conference. Taylor O'Berry | Photo Editor | @ConjureFamiliartaylor.oberry@live.longwood.edu https://www.therotundaonline.com/content/tncms/avatars/8/46/49f/84649f66-aa15-11e6-885e-8bc29d349b09.cf07bfd3734de5a35b4a1d93acf4a5b1.png ...
As one of the three compression stations proposed to serve the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), Union Hill has seen a lot of controversy from the Buckingham County community since the site was purchased in 2015 for $2.5 million by Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas and Public Service Company ...
Longwood University’s class of 2023 is projected to be between 1050 and 1100, according to Jason Faulk, dean of admissions. “The projection is pretty comparable for the class of 2022,” Faulk said. Per Faulk, final numbers will not be known until August 2019. “Enrollment is a delicate dance,” ...
About 200 people gathered in Blackwell Ballroom on Feb. 13 to discuss campus safety in light of recent events at a Student Government Association (SGA) Town Hall, according to Josh Darst, SGA president. Over the course of the Town Hall, about 50 students asked questions in regard to transparency with ...
In an effort to expand public safety communications in the Farmville area, the Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) dispatch has relocated to Farmville Emergency Communications Center as of Jan. 25 2019, according to LUPD Chief of Police Col. Robert Beach. Beach said the discussion to join dispatches ...
During a drug raid late Monday, Feb. 4 evening, Virginia State Police Officer Lucas B. Dowell, 28, was shot and transported to Southside Community Hospital in Farmville, Va. for for treatment of life threatening injuries, according to a Virginia State Police press release. “A Virginia State Police ...
Student Government Association $1,996.70 - The funding will be for food during the C.G. Gordon Moss Leadership Retreat. SFC approved the allocation. Senior Class Council $4,200 - Reallocation of funds for Senior Week. SFC approved the allocation. David Gills request a reallocation for the budget of ...
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has given Greenwood Library a grant for a community reading program, per Brent Roberts, dean of the Greenwood Library. “The NEA sponsors (these), what they call Big Read grants and what it does is a community reading event,” said Roberts. “It brings people ...
A.F.R.O.H (All For Respecting Our Hair) $150 - The funds will be used to collaborate with other on campus organizations. SFC approved the allocation. Emmanuel Diala, member of A.F.R.O.H. (All For Respecting Our Hair), request funds to collaborate with a variety of campus organizations. Brandon ...
Upchurch University Student Advisory Board $1,800 - The funds would be a reallocation of their budget to fund light snacks for students studying in Upchurch University Center until 2 a.m. for finals week. - The reallocation was approved by SFC. Longwood Ambassadors $1,322.24 - The funds would be ...
The third sculpture on campus honoring Joan of Arc was dedicated on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the south end of campus by the Hull Hall and Bedford Hall after it was installed on Monday, Nov. 12. The process of getting the new sculpture on campus began in 2015, according to Longwood President ...
CORRECTION: Originally the article said the SGA had created a proposal for the Office of Disability Resources (ODR). The SGA representative, Catherine Swinsky, spoke with ODR and the SGA decided to not continue to pursue the matter at this time. No proposal was written. Looking to seek change to ...
For the first time in their history, Longwood University’s People Respecting Individuality, Diversity and Equality (PRIDE) organization, Longwood’s chapter of Gamma Rho Lambda (GRL), and Hampden-Sydney College’s Unity Alliance came together for a panel with about 60 in attendance. The panel was ...
Jewish Culture Club $114 - The funds would be used to have a Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) police officer to supervise a Hanukkah party on Nov. 28 in the Soza Ballroom. - SFC approved the allocation. Jesse Plichta-Kellar, president of the Jewish Culture Club, obtained her proposed ...
The Hispanic Latino Association (HLA), and People Respecting Individuality, Diversity and Equality (PRIDE) have both experienced forms of hate thus far in the school year in forms of vandalism in addition to the increase of white nationalist postings on campus by the group Blood and Soil. Since hosting ...
