Withdrawing
From Classes
It
is the responsibility of any student wishing to
withdraw from Longwood College to initiate the
official withdrawal process with the College.
Students wishing to withdraw from the College
should contact the Deans Office of their
respective major to initiate the college
withdrawal process. Undeclared students and
special undergraduate students should report to
the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Please
refer to the Withdrawal
Policy, under the Academic Regulations
section, of this catalog.
Withdrawal
from all classes during a term may result in a
change in institutional charges for the term.
Please consult the Longwood College Catalog for
the complete Refund Policy.
Withdrawal
from all classes during a term may also result
in a change in the financial aid award for that
term. Recent changes to Federal financial aid
regulations have created a new Return of Title
IV Funds Policy. This policy states that
students who withdraw before the 60 percent
point of the term (as calculated by the number
of days in the term) will have their financial
aid award reduced.
Upon
withdrawal, the Office of Financial Aid will
calculate, from the number of days in the term
and the number of days of the term that the
student was enrolled prior to withdrawal, the
percentage of the term that the student
completed. This percentage will be applied to
the amount of aid received for the term with the
student being able to retain only the amount of
aid for the percentage of the term actually
completed. The unearned
portion of the financial aid award must
be returned to the Federal, State and
Institutional programs that have been awarded.
If excess financial aid funds have been refunded
to the student, a portion of these funds may
also need to be returned to the financial aid
programs awarded. This may result in large sums
being owed to both Longwood College and Federal,
State and Institutional financial aid programs.
Students
considering withdrawal from classes should
consult the Office of Financial Aid prior to
initiating the withdrawal process. Withdrawal
can have a significant impact on institutional
charges, a current financial aid award, as well
as future financial aid eligibility (see the
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy). Complete
financial aid regulations concerning withdrawals
and the Return of Title IV Funds Policy may be
obtained from the Office of Financial Aid.
Other
Information
Students
rights under the Family Education Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA) may be found in the Longwood
College Catalog.
Copies
of the Campus Security Report are available and
may be requested from the Campus Police
Department.
Copies
of the Report on Athletic Program Participation
Rates and Financial Support Data are available
and can be requested from the Office of the
Director of Athletics.
Copies
of the Report on Completion/Graduation Rates and
the Transfer Out Rates for Student Athletes are
available and may be requested from the Office
of the Director of Athletics.
Borrowers
with concerns about their Federal Perkins Loan
or Federal Stafford Loan may contact the Student
Loan Ombudsman at www.sfahelp.ed.gov
or 1.877.557.2575.
Army
ROTC
Any
full-time student, whether currently taking
Military Science courses or not, may compete for
an Army ROTC Scholarship worth up to $17,000.
These scholarships provide tuition, fees, and
supplies, including the monthly stipend.
Scholarship information is available by writing
to the Military Science Program.
All
non-scholarship Military Science Advance Course
students also receive the monthly stipend,
a total of $4,000, while enrolled.
Questions on eligibility should be addressed to
the Military Science Program, 804.395.2134.
Longwood
Scholarship Funds
Application
for scholarships is made by completing the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid.
GENERAL
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Alumni
Legacy Scholarship Awarded to students
whose mothers or fathers are alumni of Longwood.
Aramark
Scholarship Awarded to a student worker
with Aramark Services.
Herbert
R. Blackwell Scholarship Awarded to a
student who has shown unusual academic promise
in the freshman year.
Corbin-Bigby
Scholarship Awarded to a full-time
freshman with a 3.0 or above pursuing a degree
leading to a teaching position in elementary
education.
CHI
Emergency Scholarship Awarded by CHI to
students with emergency need. Students should
contact the Office of Alumni Relations if an
emergency situation arises.
Class
of 1940 Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time student who is a resident of
Virginia and has shown academic achievement.
Must maintain a 3.0 GPA for scholarship renewal
Class
of 1941 Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time student who is a resident of
Virginia and has shown academic achievement.
Must maintain a 3.0 GPA for scholarship renewal.
Class of
1942 Scholarship Awarded to a full-time
student who is a resident of
Virginia and has a relative who is a
graduate of Longwood. Must maintain a 3.0 GPA.
Class
of 1945 Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time incoming freshman. Must maintain a 3.0
GPA.
Class
of 1947 Scholarship Awarded to an
incoming freshman who has a 3.0 GPA or a current
Longwood student with a 3.0 or better GPA.
Class
of 1950
Scholarship Awarded to a full-time
undergraduate student with a 3.0 GPA. Must
maintain a 3.0 for renewal.
Class of 1989 Scholarship Awarded to a
rising senior on the basis of academic
achievement and student involvement.
Harold
D. and Annie Mae Cole Scholarship This
scholarship is based on outstanding academic
achievement and financial need. Offered through
an interview process with a faculty committee.
Downey
Hampton Roads Scholarship Awarded to a
female student from Portsmouth or alternative
Tidewater area.
Frank-Webb
Memorial Scholarship Awarded to a single
parent pursuing a Bachelor's degree on a
part-time basis and enrolled in a minimum of six
credit hours each semester. Must maintain a 2.5
GPA for scholarship renewal.
Geist/Elizabeth
Burger Jackson Scholarships Awarded by
Geist to outstanding sophomores, juniors, or
seniors.
Otelia
Margaret Darden Godwin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Awarded to a student from Suffolk based on
academic excellence, leadership and need.
Sue
Simmons Goodrich Fund Awarded to an
undergraduate or graduate Honor student.
Phyllis
Pedigo Grant and Evelyn Pedigo Bucelli
Scholarship Awarded to a full-time
student based on academic achievement.
Janet
D. Greenwood Scholarship
Awarded to a junior or senior with a
3.0 GPA who is involved in campus
activities.
Sally
Barksdale Hargrett Senior Prizes Awarded
to seniors who have completed three years of
academic work at Longwood and who have
maintained a 3.5 cumulative GPA.
Honor
and Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to students on the basis of academic
merit and/or financial need.
Honors
Admission
Awarded on a one-time basis to
freshmen who graduate in the top 25 percent of
their class, have a minimum SAT score of 1140,
and a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or above.
Jarman
Honors Scholarship Awarded to an
undergraduate or graduate student, with
preference to an undergraduate maintaining a 3.0
GPA.
Pearl
H. Jones Scholarship Awarded to a
freshman student applicant on the basis of
academic achievement.
Dabney
Stewart Lancaster Award
Awarded by Student Government to an
outstanding upperclassman.
Longwood
Honors Program This Honors Program
enables outstanding students to have enriched
educational experiences such as special honors
courses. Participants also have preferred
registration for courses. The program is open to
students in any major. To participate, entering
freshmen must have a combined SAT score of at
least 1140 and a 3.25 GPA. See the "Honors
Program" section of the Catalog for more
information about the program.
Longwood
Scholars Scholarships This program
provides approximately twenty scholarships
annually to exceptionally capable students. It
is open to matriculating freshmen who intend to
fulfill the requirements for a bachelor's degree
awarded by Longwood College. Applicants must
rank in the top 10 percent of their graduating
class, have a GPA of at least 3.25 and have SAT
scores of 1140 or above. A brochure and
application outlining this program may be
obtained from the Office of Admissions, Longwood
College. Longwood Scholars awards are
established in recognition of: Franklin Federal
Savings Bank, Dr. Elizabeth Burger Jackson, Dr.
Joseph L. Jarman, Clara Duncan Smith, Florence
H. Stubbs, Dr. Henry I. Willett, Jr., Frances
Roberdeau Wolfe, and Sue Puckett Lush.
McGrath-Lewis
Eastern Shore Scholarship Awarded to a
student based on academic achievement who is a
resident of the Eastern Shore of Maryland or
Virginia.
Nellie
Ward Nance Scholarships Awarded on the
basis of academic performance, test scores,
curricular activities, and letters of
recommendation. Preference is given to new
students from Campbell and Bedford counties and
from the city of Lynchburg. Recipients are
selected by the Scholarship Selection Committee
and may receive the award for four years if
their GPAs are maintained at 2.5 or above.
Jane Royall Phlegar Scholarship Awarded
to a full-time student from the
Tidewater/Hampton Roads or Tazewell area.
Catherine
Meriwether Scott Scholarships Awarded on
basis of high school performance, test scores,
recommendations, co-curricular activities, and
financial need.
Hylah
Hope Camp Simmons Scholarship Awarded to
a freshman who is first or second in his/her
high school class ranking.
Edith
Goff Street Scholarship Awarded to a
student from one of the following Virginia
counties in the order of priority listed: (1)
Buchanan, (2) Dickenson, (3) Tazewell.
Frances
W. Titsworth Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time or part-time student from Halifax or
Charlotte counties.
Hull
Scholars Excellence in Education Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of high school academic
performance and pursuit of a degree leading to
teacher licensure in Elementary Education,
Secondary Education, or Special Education.
Recipients selected must have a minimum of 3.25
cumulative grade point average and 1150 SAT
score. Ten full-tuition, in-state rate,
scholarships are awarded annually, renewable for
three years provided a cumulative 3.25 grade
point average is maintained.
Transfer
Scholarships Ten $1,000 scholarships,
renewable for one year for those students who
maintain a 3.25 grade point average, to transfer
students who have earned an associate degree in
a university-parallel program at a community
college. Five scholarships are reserved for area
community colleges.
John
R. Cook Scholarship Awarded to an
incoming freshman with 3.5 or better GPA and
1100 combined SAT.
Norma
Jean Croft Joyner Scholarship Awarded to
incoming freshman or current Longwood student
with 3.0 or better GPA pursuing a degree in
Liberal Arts and has proven leadership
abilities.
Eloise
Hodges Martinelli Scholarship Awarded to
full-time undergraduate who meets 2 of 3
criteria:
GPA of 3.5 or better, SAT score of 1200,
in top 20% of high school graduating class.
Elmore/Royall
Scholarship Awarded to full-time
incoming freshman with 3.0 or better GPA.
Alton M. Harvill, Jr. Scholarship --
Awarded to entering freshman, pursuing a degree
in Natural Sciences. Based on academic
achievement.
Camper-Smith Scholarship -- Awarded to
entering full-time freshman with a 3.2 GPA. Must
be pursuing degree from Department of Natural
Sciences.
Mary Jane Vaden Scholarship -- Awarded to
entering full-time freshman with a 3.2 GPA and
1100 SAT score. Must maintain 3.2 GPA for
renewal.
Special
Incentive Scholarships Awarded by
Admissions to incoming freshmen.
Department
Scholarships and Awards.
Many departments offer scholarships within the
specific academic area. For further information
concerning these scholarships, contact the
department of the academic area involved.
Art
Department
Virginia
Estes Bedford Memorial Scholarship, Franklin
Federal Art Scholarship, Lucile B. Walton Art
Scholarship, Foundation Scholarship
Athletics
Barbara
Smith Scholarship, Heintz/ONeil Scholarship
Business/Economics
School
Jimmy
Gayle Atkins Memorial Scholarship, John E. Carr,
III Accounting Scholarship, Wachovia Bank N.A.
Scholarship, Evelyn M. Coleman Scholarship, Jay
Christopher DeBoer Memorial Fund, Jack
Jacques/Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship,
Wachovia Bank N.A. Minority Scholarship.
Communication Studies/Theatre Program
Theatre
Department Scholarship, Nancy Tanley Kilgore
Scholarship, Foundation
Scholarship
Education
Isabelle
Ball Baker Memorial Scholarship, Gaynelle
Beverley Bjorkholm Scholarship, Sue Yeaman
Britton Scholarship, Alice E. Carter
Scholarship, Class of 1934 Scholarship, Marion
S. Combs Scholarship, Lelia Holloway Davis
Scholarship, William F. and Martha J. Dorrill
Scholarship, Lulie Evelyn Duke Scholarship,
Betty J. Shackelford Ellison Scholarship, J. B.
Fuqua Scholarship, Lillie Evelyn Goodrich
Scholarship, Helen McGuire Hahn Scholarship, S.
Virginia and Berta M. Newell Scholarship,
Kathleen Ranson Scholarship, Martha Sinclair
Rust and Mary Sinclair Rust Memorial
Scholarship, Teacher Education Centennial
Scholarship, Virginia Price Waller Scholarship,
Lady Boggs Walton Scholarship, Louise B. Watson
Memorial Scholarship, Margie Lee Culley Wygal
Scholarship, Nell H. Griffin Scholarship, Carol
Stoops Droessler Scholarship, Jerolien Tanner
Titmus Scholarship, Helen Cody Wright
Scholarship
English
Department
Verna
Mae Barr Scholarship, English Education
Scholarship/Loan, Marian Camper Fuller
Scholarship, Mary Clay Hiner Scholarship, R.C.
Simonini Memorial Award, Rosemary Sprague
Memorial Scholarship, Maria Bristow Starke
Scholarship, Elizabeth Garrett Rountrey
Scholarship, Camilla C. Tinnell & Helen B.
Tinnell Scholarship, Ilma
Von Schilling Scholarship, Nell
Anderson Sprague Freshman Composition Award,
Doctors Marvin and Dorothy Schlegel Prize
Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Eleanor
Bobbitt Scholarship, Olive T. Iler Award,
Linda Marie Hall Mahorney Scholarship
History
and Political Science
C.
G. Gordon Moss Scholarship, Doctors Marvin and
Dorothy Schlegel Prize
Library
Science Program
Verna
Mae Barr Scholarship
Mathematics/Computer
Science Department
Merry
Lewis Allen Scholarship, Badger-Magnifico
Mathematics Award, Albert W. and Mary N. Joynes
Scholarship, James C. Gussett Scholarship, Verna
Mae Barr Scholarship
English,
Philosophy and Modern Languages Department
Draper/Barksdale
Modern Language Study Abroad Scholarship, Ruth
Jennings Adams Patton Scholarship
Music
Department
Pauline
Boehm Haga Scholarship, Andrew W. and Duvahl
Ridgway-Hull Scholarship, Roy Clark Music
Scholarship, Mary Puckett Asher King
Scholarship, Waverly M. Cole Scholarship,
Foundation Scholarship
Natural
Science Department
Andrew
W. and Duvahl Ridgway-Hull Scholarship, Peggy
Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, Edith Stevens
Award, Wayne H. Tinnell Scholarship, Lucile B.
Walton Biology Scholarship
Sociology/
Anthropology Department
Kathleen
Goodwin Cover Sociology Award, Diane M.
Sheffield Memorial
Financial
Aid Scholarships.
The
Financial Aid Office awards a number of
scholarships each year
on the basis of financial need, as determined by
the results of the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid.
These
scholarships include the following:
Margarette
Aldredge Scholarship Awarded annually to
an undergraduate with a minimum 2.5 GPA,
demonstrated financial need and a strong desire
to complete undergraduate studies.
David
Buchanan Scholarship Awarded to an
incoming freshman with strong high school
qualifications and financial need.
Class
of 1938 Scholarship Awarded to a junior
or senior with financial need and a GPA of 2.5
or better.
Class
of 1939 Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time student who is a resident of
Virginia on the basis of academic
achievement with preference given to financial
need.
Class
of 1943 Scholarship Awarded to full-time
incoming freshman or current undergraduate
student with 3.0 or better GPA.
Class
of 1944 Scholarship Awarded to full-time
undergraduate who maintained 3.0 or better GPA
in high school.
Class
of 1948 Scholarship Awarded to full-time
incoming freshman or current undergraduate
student with a 3.0 or better GPA.
Class
of 1949 Scholarship Awarded to full-time
undergraduate who maintained 3.0 or better GPA
in high school and is a resident of Virginia.
Class
of 1993 Scholarship Awarded to full-time
student with a minimum of 3.0 GPA and is
involved in student and professional
organizations.
Annie
B. Cox Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time student who is a resident of Charlotte
or Prince Edward County. Awarded on the basis of
financial need and academic achievement.
Jessie
Ball duPont Scholarship Awarded to
undergraduate students on the basis of financial
need and academic achievement.
Martha
Cooke Elder Scholarship/Loan Awarded to
students with a demonstrated financial need, a
minimum 2.0 GPA and special circumstances as
determined by the
Office of Financial Aid.
Carey
Jeter Finley Scholarship Awarded on the
basis of financial need and academic
achievement.
Gamma
Theta/Kappa Delta Scholarship Awarded on
the basis of academic achievement and financial
need.
Margaret Helm Gilmore Scholarship
Awarded to a student applicant on the basis of
financial need.
Golden Corral Scholarship Awarded to a
student from Prince Edward or Cumberland
counties or from the Town of Farmville.
Selection is based on academic performance and
financial need.
Virginia
Blanton Hanbury Fund for Academic Excellence
Awarded to Dean's List students with
financial need who have completed at least the
freshman year. Recommendations are required from
the Department Chair and the Dean of School of
Major.
Lois
Barbee Harker Scholarship Awarded to a
student applicant on the basis of financial need
and academic achievement.
Calvin
P. Hatcher Scholarship Awarded to
juniors or seniors having a demonstrated
financial need.
Billie
Stebbins Hubard Scholarship Awarded
to an incoming freshman having a 3.0 GPA and a
demonstrated financial need. Preference shall be
given to a resident of Virginia.
Mary
Daniel Jones Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time student who is a resident of
Cumberland County. Awarded on the basis of
financial need and academic achievement.
Kappa Delta Founders Scholarship
Awarded to an initiated member of a National
Panhellenic Conference sorority with a chapter
at Longwood on basis of academic achievement,
financial need, and service to the College.
Page
Cook Axson McGaughy and John B. McGaughy
Scholarship Awarded to an entering
full-time freshman with first preference to a
resident of Mecklenburg County, Norfolk or
Chesapeake, VA, with demonstrated financial
need.
Katharine
Allen Maugans Scholarship Awarded to a
full-time student primarily on the basis of
academic achievement with financial need as the
deciding factor should more than one applicant
qualify.
John
Henry Murry III Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a rising senior actively employed
during the regular school year and active in
campus organizations who has demonstrated
financial need.
Elizabeth
Savage Newlin Scholarship Awarded with
first preference to a student from the Eastern
Shore of Virginia on the basis of financial
need.
O'Hara/Waldo
Scholarship Awarded on the basis of
academic achievement and financial need.
Beverly
Wilkinson Powell Scholarship Awarded to
a student with demonstrated financial need.
First preference to a graduate of Altavista High
School and second preference to graduates of
schools in Bedford, Pittsylvania, Amherst, and
Charlotte counties.
Annie
V. and Samuel W. Putney Scholarship
Awarded to an entering freshman from
Prince Edward County who graduated from Prince
Edward County High School and has a demonstrated
financial need.
Garrett
A. Taylor Memorial Scholarship Awarded
on the basis of academic
achievement and financial need.
Lettie
Pate Whitehead Scholarship Awarded to
students born south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Hull
Mathematics Scholarship Awarded to
resident of Virginia with outstanding ability
and financial need.
M. Ralph Page Minority Scholarship
Awarded to minority student with
demonstrated student leadership ability, 3.0 GPA
in freshman year and is a Virginia resident
Marjorie Mathews Grizzard Scholarship --
Awarded to an entering freshman with a 3.0 GPA,
who intends to enter the teaching profession and
be in a program of studies that leads to teacher
certification. Must have financial need. Must
maintain a 3.0 GPA for renewal.
Genevieve Moseley Schwartz Scholarship --
warded to full-time student who graduated from
Buckingham County with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Must
maintain a 2.75 GPA for renewal.
President
Initiative Scholarship Awarded to
incoming freshman with a 3.25 GPA, entering the
School of Business & Economics.
Farmville
Alumni Chapter Scholarship Awarded to
incoming freshmen graduating from Prince Edward
County High School and Fuqua School.
Graduating
Senior Recognition
Dan
Daniel Award for Scholarship and Citizenship.
This award is announced at commencement each
year. Selection is based upon academic ranking,
and citizenship and leadership qualities both on
and off campus.
Sally Barksdale Hargrett Prize for Academic
Excellence.
This prize will be given each year at
commencement to the graduating senior who has
attended Longwood as a full-time student for a
minimum of 3 academic years and has achieved the
highest academic record. The recipient will
receive a certificate and a cash award of
$2,000. The prize is to be "an incentive to
encourage students to greater effort in
achieving academic excellence . . . to enrich
their college experience and advance their own
well-being and that of the College."
Outside
Programs
Methodist
Student Loan.
A student who is a full member of The United
Methodist Church, a citizen of the United
States, is admitted
to a degree program, and has a "C"
average, may be eligible to borrow up to $900 as
an undergraduate student and $1,200 as a
graduate student each calendar year. Interest
varies but is always considerably lower than
interest rates on commercial loans and payments
do not begin until six months after graduation
or withdrawal from school. For more information,
contact the Director of the United Methodist
Campus Ministry at Longwood College, 204 High
St., Farmville, VA 23901, or phone 804.392.8089.
Veterans
Assistance.
All types of programs available to
veterans/children of veterans are administered
through the Office of Registration. If you are
eligible for any assistance through these
programs, please have your paperwork completed
in the Office of Registration.
Children of persons killed, disabled,
missing in action, or prisoners of war in any
armed conflict are entitled to free tuition, and
all required fees (educational and auxiliary) if
deemed eligible by the Director of the Division
of War Veterans' Claims. However, user fees,
such as room and board charges, shall not be
included in the authorization to waive tuition
and fees (23-7.1 (f) of the Code of Virginia).
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