News
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Longwood partners with coaching institute to keep its eye on success
May 27, 2015
Two athletes stand side by side. Both are fast. Both are strong. Both have devoted their lives to developing the skills necessary to succeed at their given sport.
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Longwood faculty member elected to lead national organization for school librarians
May 18, 2015
Dr. Audrey Church, professor and coordinator of Longwood University’s graduate school librarianship program, has been elected the 2016-17 president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).
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Doris Kearns Goodwin urges Longwood graduates to draw inspiration from Lincoln
May 09, 2015
Abraham Lincoln’s storytelling skill would have served him well on today’s talk shows, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told Longwood University graduates Saturday (May 9).
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For senior tennis star, Longwood held the key to opportunity—on the court and off
May 07, 2015
Imagine your 17-year-old self stepping aboard a plane and leaving everything you’ve ever known a half of a world away. Your friends, family, language: all gone.
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Legacy Locks: A new Longwood tradition fills seniors with Lancer spirit
May 07, 2015
Inspired by the locks that line bridges in the French capital city, Longwood seniors this year were invited to create their own "legacy locks" to be displayed on Beale Plaza—a new Longwood tradition.
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Longwood students search for remains of early English settlement near Richmond
May 06, 2015
The scritch-scratch of shovels and picks may have been replaced by intermittent beeps of radar devices, but this archaeological dig is in search of one of the earliest English settlements in the New World.
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Strategies to keep your students (or kids) motivated during the last month of school
May 04, 2015
The weather is warmer, and the kids are getting restless. Ask any parent or teacher, and she’ll tell you the last month of the school year is one of the hardest times to get students to focus on their studies.
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Longwood police department forging strong bond with new Farmville chief
April 30, 2015
This summer, the work will really begin.It has been a little more than a month since Chief Curtis Davis took over for longtime Farmville Police Chief Doug Mooney, but already the ideas are spilling over.
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Longwood student to study at Oxford in prestigious fellowship
April 14, 2015
Longwood University junior Monica Vroomen will study at the University of Oxford this summer in a highly selective fellowship sponsored by the English-Speaking Union of the United States (ESU).
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Bill James, the mind behind Moneyball, to deliver Longwood’s Simkins Lecture April 23
April 13, 2015
When the Boston Red Sox broke its nearly century-long losing streak and won its first World Series in 2004, many people think the team had one man to thank: Bill James.