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Longwood continues to limit tuition increases
May 23, 2023
With the state budget not yet finalized, Longwood University’s Board of Visitors on Friday approved tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year that will extend the University’s decade-long record of keeping cost increases among the very lowest of all public universities in the Commonwealth.
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More than 1,000 Longwood graduates urged to follow their passions at 2023 Commencement ceremonies
May 20, 2023
On a beautiful weekend marked by sunny skies and seasonably mild temperatures, thousands of family, friends and mentors gathered to celebrate the graduates of the Longwood University Class of 2023.
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With Longwood alums as ‘clients,’ computer science students learn on-the-job skills in senior seminar
April 26, 2023
How do you get nine busy software engineers, programmers and product managers to volunteer their time over a whole semester to bring the real world into a computer science class?
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At Longwood, women in STEM is the norm, not the exception
April 24, 2023
We sat down with just a few of the women across campus who have created a STEM-based initiative and who work closely with students on STEM research.
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Moss Scholars work to increase community engagement with Moton Museum
April 19, 2023
Hailey Belote ’23 and Gabrielle Bustillos ’24 are wrapping up their tenure as the first-ever Moss Scholars, a collaborative program between the Moton Museum and Longwood University that commemorates the legacy of Dr. C. G. Gordon Moss.
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Two Longwood alums in the running for state Superintendent of the Year award
April 13, 2023
Veteran educators Dr. Amy Cashwell ’97, and Dr. Chip Jones ’97, M.S. ’04, have been recognized by their peers as regional Superintendents of the Year and are now among eight contenders in the running to be named the commonwealth’s 2024 Virginia Superintendent of the Year later this month.
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Longwood junior is honored with prestigious Truman Scholarship for public service
April 12, 2023
Emily Robertson ’24 is the first Lancer to earn the honor of being selected for a Harry. S. Truman Scholarship.
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$1.45 million NSF grant awarded to Longwood and community college partners will fund new STEM teacher pipeline to rural areas
April 10, 2023
Longwood University faculty members were recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $1.45 million to recruit and support future secondary school teachers who want to teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects in Southside and southwestern Virginia.
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Longwood computer science professor named national chief reader for AP exams
April 05, 2023
Dr. Don Blaheta, associate professor of computer science at Longwood University, has been appointed chief reader of the Advanced Placement (AP) exam for computer science.
