News
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Longwood alum battled Covid-19 as nurse on the front lines in New York City
June 16, 2020
As hospitals and health-care workers in New York City buckled under an avalanche of Covid-19 cases this spring, Kris Johnson ’06 decided she couldn’t watch from the sidelines any longer.
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Longwood approves small tuition increase for 2020-21
June 16, 2020
Longwood University’s Board of Visitors has approved a budget for the upcoming year that boosts student financial aid amidst Covid-19 and modestly increases tuition and fee charges, keeping Longwood’s average rate change over recent years among the very lowest in Virginia.
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Longwood professor named first-ever scientist in residence at the Science Museum of Virginia
June 09, 2020
In May, Dr. Catherine Franssen joined the Science Museum of Virginia’s staff as the first-ever scientist in residence
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New honors college dean bursts with ideas for Longwood citizen leaders
May 28, 2020
Chris Kukk, the charismatic professor of political science and social science and founding director of the Center for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation at Western Connecticut State University is absolutely bubbling with ideas about the possibilities for Longwood’s Cormier Honors College for Citizen Scholars.
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FreshBoyz Club treats essential workers to lunch, helps distribute more than 60 boxes of food in May
May 28, 2020
The FreshBoyz Club, an organization started by Longwood alum Louis Gould III ’19 is giving away free lunches every Friday during the month of May
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Learning at Longwood this Fall: Q&A with Matt McGregor
May 26, 2020
Longwood’s associate vice president for wellness and auxiliary services talks about the planning underway to ensure campus safety when students return in the fall
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Small Business Development Center helps meet the challenges of Covid-19 with an emphasis on innovation
May 18, 2020
When Covid-19 hit and a local company was figuring out how to pivot from manufacturing kayak components to PPE (personal protective equipment), one of the places they turned for help was the local Small Business Development Center, headquartered at Longwood University.
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Learning at Longwood this Fall: Q&A with Provost Larissa Smith: Longwood’s top academic officer talks about the planning underway to ensure classroom learning can move safely forward
May 08, 2020
As Longwood begins planning how to safely re-open campus in the fall, Longwood’s top academic officer talks about the planning underway to ensure the critical experience of classroom learning can move safely forward.
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Flattening the curve: Current events drive statistics class project
May 08, 2020
As the Covid-19 pandemic was hitting the U.S. in March, Dr. Leigh Lunsford saw a unique opportunity for her MATH 301 Applied Statistics class to test their skills in a real-world situation.
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Q&A: Recent grad lands dream job working in fantasy sports radio at SiriusXM
May 07, 2020
Last year around this time Shannon Blunt ’19 was savoring her last days at Longwood before commencement while applying for jobs in radio broadcasting—a passion she discovered through working at campus radio station WMLU.