News
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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
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.
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Longwood community comes together to make PPE for local first responders
May 06, 2020
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March, a community effort has been underway on Longwood’s campus to help make and provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to local first responders on the front lines of the pandemic.
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Who’s Zoom-ing Who? Virtual mock job interviews prepare business students for the future
April 30, 2020
A virtual job interview can be nerve-wracking your first time around, but the Longwood business students taking Management 391 this semester will be able to play it cool when they face that situation in the future.
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Undaunted students go virtual with Relay For Life, raising nearly $69,000
April 29, 2020
Anyone responsible for converting an in-person event to a virtual format—a skill in high demand these days—could take a lesson from the Longwood students in charge of this year’s Relay For Life fundraiser.
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Professional musician creates live streaming show that draws thousands of viewers and the attention of national media
April 27, 2020
It’s not “The Tonight Show” or “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”—it’s “The Justin and Lauren Show,” coming to you live from the Arlington, Virginia, living room of Justin Trawick ’04, and his girlfriend, Lauren LeMunyan.
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At Longwood, campus security is in good hands
April 26, 2020
It’s a distinction no other college or university in Virginia can claim: for eight of the last 10 years, Longwood’s police department has held a top-20 national ranking in the annual list published by Security Magazine.