• Woman at podium

    Getting Personal

    November 01, 2019

    Dr. Emily Heady has an economy-size carton of individually wrapped cheese crackers on the bottom shelf of the bookcase in her office.

  • Longwood’s peer mentor program puts the experts on the front lines of helping new students. This is the summer 2019 crew, many of whom are also working this fall.

    Been There, Done That

    November 01, 2019

    SOME OF THE BEST mentors at Longwood are just a year or two older than the new students they’re helping adjust to college life.

  • Dr. Madison Humerick ’09 (left) has relied on the advice of Dr. Consuelo Alvarez from her freshman year at Longwood through medical school and starting a family (Photo by Jack Looney).

    Way Finders

    November 01, 2019

    Dr. Humerick and Dr. Alvarez Humerick remembers well that soccer game freshman year, when she first started to see there was something different about Dr. Alvarez.

  • What Mentoring Means to Me

    November 01, 2019

    I see mentoring as an effective way to transfer my knowledge and experience, not only on scientific research but also on academic and everyday life, helping my mentees to discover their passion.

  • Visit Farmville

    November 01, 2019

    It’s a Saturday in downtown Farmville. You can see the historic architecture and savor the views of campus.

  • Reveley IV and Radcliff 2

    To Lead Is To Serve

    July 01, 2019

    Rector Marianne Radcliff ’92 and President W. Taylor Reveley IV have been a powerful duo.

  • Road Sign

    Oh, the Places They’ll Go

    July 01, 2019

    “DO YOU NEED TO HAVE RUNNING WATER?” isn’t a question you normally hear in a job interview.

  • Images

    Inquiring Minds

    July 01, 2019

    The Annual Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry is unlike any other day “off” from regularly scheduled classes on Longwood’s academic calendar.

  • Centerstage

    Center Stage

    July 01, 2019

    For Brandon Carter ’10, it started with Julius Caesar, but it was Othello that really did it. Tracie Steger Skipper ’96 got hooked by A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

  • Nancy Boswell Runyon ’69 spends a few minutes hanging out with Elwood, Longwood’s mascot.

    Something to Celebrate

    July 01, 2019

    Senior Toast and Alumni Weekend give alumni from the Class of 2019 to the 1940s a chance to reconnect, reminisce and paint the campus red