News
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Moton Museum receives $162,000 federal grant to help boost visitor engagement
October 11, 2018
The Robert Russa Moton Museum was recently awarded a $162,000 federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the museum’s efforts to engage young visitors, especially schoolchildren.
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Richmond Symphony to perform at Longwood Oct. 19
October 03, 2018
The Richmond Symphony Orchestra will return to the Jarman Auditorium stage at Longwood University on Oct. 19 for a special performance celebrating the works of composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Leonard Bernstein.
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Virginia Children’s Book Festival returns to Longwood in October with star-studded (and fan-favorite) lineup
September 28, 2018
Two Caldecott winners, New York Times best-sellers, Ezra Jack Keats Award honorees and one of the most popular authors to ever appear in Farmville will entertain and inspire thousands of young people at the 5th annual Virginia Children’s Book Festival this October.
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Longwood continues to climb in latest national rankings
September 18, 2018
For the third straight year, Longwood has moved up the charts in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges guide – continuing the sharpest ascent in the regional rankings over that stretch of any Virginia public university.
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Longwood unveils monument to Farmville history and those who shaped America’s ideals of liberty
September 14, 2018
In a ceremony on Friday, Longwood University unveiled a new monument that celebrates the consequential history of Farmville and its surrounding communities, and those who fought to expand American liberty, helping shape not only Farmville’s powerful story but that of the nation.
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American Shakespeare Center to present free performance of “The Winter’s Tale” at Longwood on Sept. 18
September 10, 2018
The performance by the internationally acclaimed theater company is being presented jointly by Longwood’s Department of English and Modern Languages and Hampden-Sydney College. It is open to the public.
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A New Monument for Our Community
September 07, 2018
The public is invited to an unveiling of the new historical monument dedicated to those in our community who labored and sacrificed to expand liberty.
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Longwood professor’s research finds murky lakes now surpass clear lakes in U.S.
September 04, 2018
The fresh water in America’s lakes is increasingly turning greenish-brown—which has negative consequences for water quality, fish and the aquatic food chain.
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Longwood sets national attendance record at The G.A.M.E. 9.0
August 30, 2018
In the culmination of this past Friday's The G.A.M.E. 9.0, the Longwood community set an NCAA Division I record by bringing 2,073 people to the field hockey team's thrilling 2-1 win over Bucknell, the highest recorded attendance for a regular season game since the NCAA began tracking such statistics in 2006.
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2018 Moton Scholarship recipient hopes to take mother’s lessons to her own classroom
August 22, 2018
Danyelle Henderson '20 has never shied away from a challenge, no matter how big.