News
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Longwood announces 2016 Dos Passos Award Winner
February 22, 2017
Danzy Senna, a novelist and short story author who burst onto the American literary scene in 1998 with her critically acclaimed first novel Caucasia, will be awarded the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature this spring at Longwood University.
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‘This American Life’ producer to recount an election year on the road in talk at Longwood
February 19, 2017
On Tuesday, Zoe Chace will share lessons learned from a year on the road in an election year at Longwood University in a talk presented by the Office of Alumni and Career Services, and the departments of Sociology and Communication Studies.
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Longwood student leader to compete for national Truman Scholarship
February 17, 2017
Junior kinesiology major Kevin Napier has been nominated by Longwood University for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
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Students search for the homeless during effort to ensure accurate representation
February 15, 2017
Longwood students search for the homeless during census effort to ensure accurate representation of this ‘invisible’ population.
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Virginia native excited to return home as Longwood’s new dean of admissions
February 07, 2017
After five years leading the admissions department at University of North Texas-Dallas, Jason Faulk has found in Longwood a university that shares his recruiting philosophy
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Q&A: Brock Experiences begin to take shape as program director named
February 03, 2017
Three months ago, Longwood announced the largest gift in its history, a nearly $6 million donation by Joan ‘64 and Macon Brock to establish a signature transformational learning program.
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First woman to row unassisted across Atlantic Ocean brings message of courage, perseverance to Longwood
January 27, 2017
Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean, will bring her story of courage, perseverance and determination—mixed with a lot of humor—to Longwood University on Thursday, Feb. 9.
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12th century mercenaries faced greater condemnation than today
January 23, 2017
Mercenaries in the 12th century faced widespread condemnation—some of it well-deserved, said Dr. Steven Isaac, a specialist in medieval military culture.
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Provocative journalist headlines Longwood’s annual MLK Week
January 18, 2017
One of the most recognizable pundits in America, Roland S. Martin, will deliver the keynote address at Longwood University’s annual weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Longwood alumna endows early childhood development center with million-dollar gift
January 17, 2017
Dr. Jane Richardson Taylor's feelings are so strong about early childhood education that she has now committed $1 million to establish an early childhood development center at Longwood University, which will open this year.