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48 Hours: A behind-the-scenes look at commencement prep
May 21, 2019
Each year, thousands of family members, friends and loved ones gather on Wheeler Mall and in Jarman Auditorium to celebrate the culmination of years of struggle, sacrifice and accomplishment by Longwood graduating seniors and graduate students.
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Longwood will freeze tuition next year, move to per-semester charge model to encourage full course load and on-time graduation
May 21, 2019
Longwood University is freezing its undergraduate tuition charge next year for all new and returning students, continuing a commitment to being Virginia’s leading public university when it comes to keeping college costs affordable for students and families.
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Princeps, CHI member shares valedictorian honors at Longwood commencement
May 20, 2019
Zach Morgan ’19 knows what his two favorite moments of his Longwood career will be, and they both happened the spring semester of his senior year: the annual CHI bonfire, in which senior CHI members’ identities are divulged, and Princeps reveal.
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Civil rights pioneer, education advocate Skip Griffin challenges Longwood graduates to never stop learning
May 18, 2019
Standing in the spot that had once been his childhood backyard, Skip Griffin issued a challenge to the Longwood University graduates sitting before him.
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Twin sisters share valedictorian honors at Longwood’s 2019 Commencement
May 18, 2019
They may be identical twins, but they are far from the same person. One is an accomplished student-athlete on the Longwood women’s basketball team; the other is one of the most involved students on campus, a member of several organizations and community-based groups.
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Courtney White ’19: Breaking out of her comfort zone
May 17, 2019
As she reflects on her four years at Longwood, Courtney White ’19 has some sage advice for the incoming freshmen who will come behind her—embrace new things.
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Jahleem Montague ’19: Video changed the basketball star
May 16, 2019
The best laid plans of mice and men, the poet says, often go awry. Tell that to Jahleem Montague ’19, the digital media superstar who never thought about those three words together before two years ago.
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Maria Reynoso ’19: Realizing a dream that started in Mexico
May 15, 2019
Graduating from college. That’s the big dream—the one that prompted Maria Reynoso’s parents to move, with 2-year-old Maria, from Guadalajara, Mexico to the United States two decades ago.
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The Last Class
May 14, 2019
Dr. Craig Challender’s career at Longwood ended with two poems. Making the moment even more poignant, the class happened to also be the last one for two graduating seniors, Annie Polek and Carson Blackwood, both of whom will walk across the commencement stage on Saturday.
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Shannon Blunt ’19: “I found my passion here”
May 14, 2019
Communication Studies major Shannon Blunt ’19 arrived at Longwood thinking she wanted to work on the student newspaper. Then she saw the WMLU studio, and everything about her next four years changed.