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Academy Award-winning screenwriter and activist Dustin Lance Black to speak at Longwood Oct. 7
October 02, 2014
Dustin Lance Black, a screenwriter, producer, director and social activist who won an Academy Award for his biopic on the late civil rights activist Harvey Milk, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. in Longwood University’s Jarman Auditorium.
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Cross country coach finds new gear after cancer battle
October 01, 2014
The water was cold, and Catherine Hanson knew that better than anyone. Standing among a field of hundreds of triathletes, each one encased in the comforting compression of a neoprene wetsuit, there stood Hanson in a tissue-thin singlet.
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Microaggression study: Problem widespread on campuses: With the release of Dear White People this month, issue again takes center stage
September 30, 2014
It's a statistic that may raise eyebrows: More than 80 percent of college students say they have been the targets of microaggression.
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Longwood to host inaugural Virginia Children’s Book Festival
September 26, 2014
Longwood’s campus will soon be host to several beloved and award-winning children’s book authors as part of the inaugural Virginia Children’s Book Festival.
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Art educator endowment named for area champion of the arts Jackie Wall
September 25, 2014
An endowed school programs educator position that ensures a continued museum presence in area school systems has been named for a Farmville area champion of the arts and co-founder of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA).
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Longwood instructor gets peek into North Korea
September 19, 2014
Bradley Boswell has visited about 70 countries, including some of the world’s most forbidding places—Iraq, Iran, Syria and Pakistan. But his recent trip to North Korea was a unique experience.
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Richmond Symphony Orchestra conductor to speak at Longwood Sept. 23
September 17, 2014
Steven Smith, conductor of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, will speak Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Longwood University’s Wygal Hall on "The Human Connection in Music."
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Longwood expresses regret over institution’s actions during civil rights era
September 15, 2014
Longwood University’s Board of Visitors has passed a formal resolution expressing regret over the institution’s actions during the civil rights era.
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Convocation, full of extravagant caps, begins new chapter in September sun
September 12, 2014
Under a hot September sun, a Longwood tradition began a new chapter.
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200 Years Later, Singers Work To Get National Anthem Right
September 12, 2014
Two centuries have come and gone since "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written, but one thing about the song hasn’t changed: It is hard to sing.