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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.