News
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Longwood business school maintains prestigious AACSB accreditation
February 20, 2018
The College of Business and Economics at Longwood University recently extended its accreditation from the most prestigious accrediting agency for schools of business around the world.
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Longwood singers to join Richmond Symphony for special Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert
January 29, 2018
The Longwood University Camerata and Chamber singers have been selected to join the Richmond Symphony in early February for a special concert honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Richmond Symphony Orchestra tops musical performances at Longwood this spring
January 23, 2018
Longwood’s spring concert calendar will once again crescendo to a performance by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, which will return to campus in April to perform for the seventh year in a row.
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UVA hip-hop professor to highlight busy MLK Week at Longwood
January 12, 2018
A.D. Carson, the UVA professor of hip-hop who first rose to fame for his doctoral dissertation that took the form of a 34-track rap album, will bring his performance art and perspective to Longwood this January as the apex of a week of activities celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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On stage at Longwood this spring: Sondheim musical, Pulitzer Prize winner
January 10, 2018
The second half of the 2017-18 Longwood theatre season will be punctuated by a lot of laughs and familiar pop music from the Beatles to the Bangles era.
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Longwood nursing graduates earn back-to-back 100 percent pass rate on licensure exam
December 14, 2017
For the second straight year, Longwood University nursing program graduates have reached rarefied air by recording a 100 percent pass rate on their first attempt at the required licensure exam, an accomplishment few schools can boast.
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High school musicians to perform at annual Longwood Honors Bands event
December 12, 2017
The 23rd annual Longwood Honors Jazz Ensemble and the 27th annual Honors Concert Band performances will be held on Friday, January 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University.
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Giving Farmville’s regards to Broadway: Longwood professor and student made Kris Kringle The Musical shine
November 27, 2017
Black Friday was an intense, stressful and rewarding day for Longwood theatre professor Scott Chapman, but not because he was looking to score the best shopping deals. Instead, Chapman was in New York serving as lighting designer for the Big Apple premiere of Kris Kringle The Musical at The Town Hall theater just off Broadway.
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Corncob discovery leads to statewide research award for Longwood archaeology students
November 15, 2017
As Longwood students Olivia Mehalko and Cameron Reuss knelt in the dirt and carefully unearthed the remains of a 1,000-year-old Native American hearth, they came across what would seem to be a common find.
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Noted political journalist Jamelle Bouie to speak on race and democracy Nov. 29
November 13, 2017
In sharp, daily columns and on network television news roundtables, Slate’s Jamelle Bouie has emerged as one of the few political journalists breaking through the hurried day-to-day and delivering in-depth historical perspective and critical thought.