2022 News & Articles
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Senior Spotlight: Will Johnson ’22
May 17, 2022
Will Johnson ’22 is majoring in communication studies with concentration in digital media. His next step will be pursuing an MBA at Longwood and serving as a graduate assistant for the men’s basketball team.
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Senior Spotlight: Kimia Jahangiri ’22
May 16, 2022
Kimia Jahangiri ’22 is majoring in Chemistry with a concentration in secondary education. Her next step will be working as a chemistry teacher at Glen Allen High School.
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Senior Spotlight: Cecily Hayek ’22
May 15, 2022
Cecily Hayek ’22 is majoring in Biology. Her next step will be pursuing a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Q&A: Recent grad on what it’s like working in corporate communications
May 09, 2022
At this time last year, Christian Wilson ’21 was preparing to graduate and savoring the last moments of his senior year.
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Longwood professor earns $185,000 NSF grant for rainwater testing research
May 06, 2022
Dr. Kathy Gee, Longwood associate professor and program coordinator of integrated environmental sciences, has been awarded a $185,000 grant to evaluate new methods for measuring bacteria in harvested rainwater.
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Work Shadow experience at the Federal Reserve Bank kickstarts 2022 business major’s career
May 02, 2022
What do you get when you spend a day working one-on-one with of a team of seasoned business professionals on your networking, resume-writing and interviewing skills? Lexi Marzloff ’22 got a job.
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Longwood senior presents research at prestigious Capitol Hill conference
April 29, 2022
Longwood chemistry major Kaleigh Beale ’22 was selected to participate in Posters on the Hill—one of the most prestigious research showcases in the country.
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10 Interesting Things We Learned at the Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
April 27, 2022
The Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry was held on April 20 and featured more than 250 student presentations from class research and independent research projects.
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Former Virginia Supreme Court Justice Bill Mims joins N.H. “Cookie” Scott ‘72, Longwood Board member and first Black graduate, as commencement speakers
April 26, 2022
Two groundbreaking public servants who have dedicated their careers to the advancement of the Commonwealth and betterment of others will address the Longwood Class of 2022 in Commencement ceremonies on May 20th and 21st, 2022.
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Aspiring teacher gets a behind-the-scenes look at her dream job from veteran school principal
April 19, 2022
When Imani Johnson was a child, nothing was more fun than playing school—as long as she got to be the teacher.
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Longwood Announces Winners of Inaugural Young Writers Competition
April 19, 2022
Nine young writers from across Southside Virginia have been honored in the first Young Writers Competition at Longwood University.
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Longwood choral students among those invited to perform composition honoring the spirit of musicians imprisoned in Nazi concentration camp
April 08, 2022
Longwood’s Camerata and Chamber Singers will participate this month in a 20th anniversary performance of a composition that honors the spirit of a group of Jewish musicians who fought to maintain their humanity—and their music—while enduring the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp.
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Longwood photography major earns coveted VMFA fellowship
April 07, 2022
The provocative photographs of Stephon Slater ’23 that take on issues of race, history, and people of color will now shine brightly on a bigger stage at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Longwood partners with EVMS for early admission program for students pursuing medical careers
April 07, 2022
Longwood University and Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) have developed a new partnership, dubbed an Early Assurance Program, to provide pathways for Longwood students who aspire to become a physician, physician’s assistant, surgical assistant or biomedical researcher.
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Longwood chemistry program gains American Chemical Society stamp of approval
April 07, 2022
Longwood’s chemistry program has been granted approval from the American Chemical Society (ACS), which sets the standards for undergraduate chemistry curriculums.
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Longwood Nursing partners with Centra Health to provide free sports physicals in surrounding county schools
April 04, 2022
Dr. Kim Little, Longwood Nursing Department Chair, and Dr. Jackie Daniel, RN-BSN Program Director, have been awarded a $5,000 grant from Centra Health to provide free sports physicals to students enrolled in middle and high school grade levels in the public schools of Prince Edward, Cumberland, and Nottoway Counties.
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Longwood sees continued spike in applications
April 04, 2022
Longwood has received more than 6,000 undergraduate applications for the third year in a row.
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Moton Scholarship recipient aspires to become pediatrician and help underserved communities
February 15, 2022
Jacqueline Amaya Hernandez ’23 chose Longwood because she fell in love with the close-knit campus community and individualized academic support and because financially it made sense.
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Longwood now offers biochemistry concentration
February 14, 2022
As of this academic year, Longwood has a new option for chemistry majors who are interested in integrating the study of biology with chemistry—a new biochemistry concentration.
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Longwood Partners with Covid-19 Testing Company for Community Tests
February 07, 2022
Longwood University has partnered with Curative, a medical testing company, to provide Covid-19 tests to the campus, Farmville and Southside communities with no out-of-pocket costs, the university announced Monday.
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Water for thought: Freshman course asks students challenging questions about environmental justice
February 02, 2022
What would you do if the water coming out of your kitchen faucet could kill you?
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Despite playoff loss, Brandon Carwile ‘16 finds joy in covering the Packers
January 28, 2022
For Brandon Carwile ‘16, his dream job covering the Green Bay Packers for USA Today’s PackersWire–requires Carwile to set aside his fandom and approach the game from as neutral a place as possible.
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Course examines how popular movies shape our beliefs and tell us about ourselves
January 27, 2022
Movies can take us out of ourselves for a couple of hours, but they also can make us look inside ourselves and influence our beliefs about our role in society.
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In this philosophy/ethics class, arguing with the professor is a good thing
January 19, 2022
Getting into arguments is generally frowned upon, but it’s a requirement for students in Dr. Adam Blincoe’s Citizen 110 course, Choosing Well, Acting Right, Being Good.
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Class takes students on a century-long journey of activism through music
January 11, 2022
They provide a backdrop against which scholars can examine globalization, race, power, multiculturalism, gender and social norms.