News
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NEH funds Longwood professor’s study of Black combat veterans’ experiences
April 28, 2021
Dr. Eric Hodges has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for his research project focusing on the combat and homecoming experiences of Black military veterans in the United States.
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Longwood professor receives statewide recognition for work advocating for children
April 26, 2021
A Longwood social work professor who has spent years advocating for children—as a resource for police investigators, a legislative advocate and a courtroom expert—has been recognized by the Virginia Office of the Attorney General with its Unsung Hero award.
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12 Months Together
April 25, 2021
Through the pandemic, Longwood has persevered, finding a way to live and learn together, in person
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Longwood launches new pre-med concentration for fall 2021
April 21, 2021
Longwood students who are planning to attend medical, dental or veterinary school or pursue other health-related careers that require an advanced degree will have the option to declare a pre-med concentration beginning this fall.
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Longwood announces award-winning journalist Ray Suarez, former Va. Secretary of Education Anne Holton as Commencement speakers
April 19, 2021
Two distinguished citizen-leaders, one a respected PBS and National Public Radio journalist and the other a former state official who served at the helm of Virginia’s largest public university, will address the Longwood Class of 2021 at in-person Commencement ceremonies on May 14-15 that will carefully follow state public health guidelines.
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Longwood opening in Fall 2021 with full slate of in-person classes
April 05, 2021
Building on the success of a full academic year with students on campus and in classrooms, Longwood is looking to the Fall 2021 semester with an eye toward offering even more in-person classes.
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Longwood re-launches lecture series with Covid-19 discussion
March 24, 2021
Longwood’s celebrated University Lectures Series is returning to socially distanced hybrid lectures with a panel discussion centered on stories from the Covid-19 pandemic in the Farmville-Prince Edward community.
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Alumni, student participation triple in Work Shadow Program
March 11, 2021
When more than 80 alums volunteer to spend a day showing current Longwood students the ropes of their jobs—and when the places they work include Ernst & Young, NatGeo Studios and the British embassy in Washington, D.C.—you know you’ve got an amazing network of caring and generous alumni.
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LCVA and Hampden-Sydney College to host Zoom symposiums for Asterisks in the Grand Narrative of History exhibition
March 09, 2021
The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) and Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) are excited to announce a series of Zoom symposiums presented in conjunction with the exhibition Asterisks in the Grand Narrative of History, an intimate yet ambitious exhibition that spans two collegiate galleries.
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Summer Scholars Program Plants Seeds for Future Lancers
February 26, 2021
Tanea Doswell ’24, a participant in the inaugural Summer Scholars, an intensive summer research program for high-school students, is now she’s a freshman at Longwood.