News
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Truman Scholarship finalist draws inspiration from powerful experiences
February 24, 2020
Standing at the fence that separates the U.S. from Mexico, Lacie Ellithorpe felt it all come together. It was, she said, a “moment of realization.”
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Climate shapes career aspirations for Longwood’s 2020 Goldwater Scholarship nominee
February 12, 2020
It was a moment during a study abroad program in Turks & Caicos that sealed Charlotte Pfamatter’s plans for the future.
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Longwood announces Bicentennial Initiative to engage students in study of its history
February 06, 2020
Longwood University will undertake a multiyear project to study its own institutional history, including the role of African-Americans on campus, President W. Taylor Reveley IV announced today.
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Longwood announces president’s and dean’s lists for fall 2019
February 05, 2020
Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,000 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2019 fall semester.
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New York choreographer sets the stage for Longwood’s production of Chicago
February 03, 2020
The theatre stage at Longwood this spring will feature a unique mix of pop-culture favorites—from an expertly choreographed “All That Jazz” number to a laughter-inducing Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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Dopesick author Beth Macy spotlights opioid crisis and her transformation to activist at Longwood lecture
January 28, 2020
For more than two decades, Beth Macy reported from the front lines of the ballooning opioid crisis in southwestern and southside Virginia as a journalist for The Roanoke Times.
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2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson to visit Longwood in February
January 22, 2020
Rodney Robinson, the 2019 National Teacher of the Year, will visit Longwood University next month to meet with students and faculty and discuss his whole-child approach to education, as well as his efforts to improve equity in educational opportunities.
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Longwood Center for Community Music launches free children’s choir
January 21, 2020
The Longwood Center for Community Music is launching its newest initiative: a free children’s choir for ages 7-11.
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Students challenged to be society change makers in Citizen 110
January 09, 2020
Dr. Lee Bidwell’s Citizen 110 (Inquiry into Citizenship) seminar, titled Be A Change-Maker, challenged students to learn about big societal problems and then think about ways to address them.
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Longwood’s innovative Civitae Core Curriculum awarded major national grant
December 09, 2019
A prominent national foundation that supports innovative educational initiatives in civics and the liberal arts has announced a major grant to Longwood in support of the university’s distinctive new Civitae Core Curriculum.