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Message from the Dean
Longwood University has educated Virginia undergraduates since 1839 with graduate education beginning in 1954. Longwood is known for its quality graduate programs and quality graduates who are in high demand in education and professional settings.
Longwood has expanded its graduate offerings that now include Master's degrees in Education, Business Administration, Sociology/Criminal Justice, English, and Communication Sciences and Disorders. These five degree majors include 22 degree programs, 4 licensure-only programs, and 3 certificate-only programs. Graduate programs are flexibly scheduled with the adult student in mind: evening and weekend classes, locations around the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a growing list of online courses and programs.
The Master of Science in Education emphasizes field experiences, as well as advanced training, in fourteen areas of concentration. Offerings include initial licensure programs in Elementary Education, Special Education, School Library Media, and Modern Languages, including English as a Second Language, for those without a teacher's license. For licensed teachers there are endorsement programs in Educational Leadership, K-8 Mathematics, Literacy and Culture (Reading Specialist/Coach), Modern Languages, Music, School Library Media, and Special Education, Community and College Counseling, and Guidance and Counseling programs are also available. Courses are offered in many off-campus locations including the Southside Virginia Higher Education Center in South Boston, the Longwood Powhatan Center, the Retail Merchants Association Building in or near Richmond and in many school divisions around the state.
Summer Spanish Language Institutes are offered each summer in places such as Mérida, Venezuela, or Valencia, Spain.
The Master of Science in Sociology/Criminal Justice is offered at the Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy in Lynchburg. In addition, a certificate in Social Policy and Administration is available.
The Master of Arts in English has four concentrations: Creative Writing, English Education & Writing, Literature, and 6-12 initial licensure.
The MBA program has three concentrations, Accounting, General Business, and Retail Management with classes offered on-campus and at the Longwood Retail University Center in Richmond.
The Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders includes an on-campus Master's program as well as two online programs. The SLPOnline program offers the eight undergraduate courses required to be eligible for admission to a Master's program. It is designed for career switchers. The online Master's program is a collaborative program with three other Virginia universities, each of whom admits six students into an online cohort of 24 students who are instructed by professors from each of the four institutions. The online students are required to come to campus in the summer to participate in a clinical practicum.
To discover the power in you to increase your knowledge and skills, to prepare for a career change or new professional challenge, or to continue your life-long learning, choose Longwood Graduate Studies, a stable, quality choice for more than 50 years.
~Dr. Anthony A. Koyzis, Dean of Graduate and Extended Studies
About the Dean
Dr. Anthony Koyzis is the Dean of Graduate and Extended Studies and a professor of Educational Leadership. Dr. Koyzis came to Longwood University after 4 years as the Dean of Education, Counseling and Graduate Studies at Wayne State College in Nebraska. During his tenure at Wayne State, he was responsible in the growth of Graduate programs, Masters and Specialist in Education. In particular he presided over the development and expansion of Masters level programs utilizing a cohort - Learning Community delivery model, online and distance education. Before that he spent 14 years on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he also served as Division Chair, faculty senate president and director of International Education. As a Dean and Chair he was also instrumental in the development of one Doctoral partnership with his institution and a doctoral institution as well as the development of a new Doctoral program.
Dr. Koyzis is a Greek from Cyprus, who moved to the US in order to further his education. He serves as a visiting graduate professor at the University of Thessaly in Volos, Greece and has also taught at universities in Cyprus. Upon invitation by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Cyprus, he chaired the first Council for Accreditation of Post-Secondary Institutions. He also served on two European Union Community Support Educational Program Councils focusing on Graduate Educational Reform representing the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece.
His has a B.A. in Economics, Political Science and History from the University of Iowa, a M.A, in International and Comparative Studies / History from the University of Iowa and his PhD in Educational Policy Studies / History from the University of Iowa. Koyzis has also studied at the University of London and the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, Greece.
His teaching and research interests are in the areas of: History of Higher Education, Higher Educational Administration, Politics and Economics of Education and Comparative Higher Educational Policy.
Koyzis' mother and other family members live in the Norfolk / Virginia Beach area and his coming to Virginia was in a way coming home to family. He and his wife, Cheryl, have two grown children.
Anthony A. Koyzis
Dean of Graduate & Extended Studies
434.395.2012
koyzisaa@longwood.edu
Jeannine R. Perry
Interim Assistant Dean for Programs
434.395.2069
perryjr@longwood.edu
Kathy Charleston
Assistant Dean
434.395.2255
charlestonke@longwood.edu
Susan Finch
Administrative Assistant
434.395.2707
finchsg@longwood.edu
Carolyn Vaughan
Administrative Assistant
434.395.2140
vaughanjc@longwood.edu
