News
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Longwood to celebrate Earth Month with serious and fun activities
April 02, 2014
Longwood University’s celebration of Earth Month will feature activities ranging from the serious to the fun.
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Longwood and Richmond Symphony Orchestra to host strings workshop April 5
April 01, 2014
The string section of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra will present a side-by-side workshop and mini-concert Saturday, April, 5, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. in Longwood University’s Jarman Auditorium.
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New master’s degree approved for Longwood program for school librarians
April 01, 2014
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has approved a Master of Education degree program in school librarianship at Longwood University, the first such program at a public institution in Virginia.
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Longwood approves smallest price increase at any Virginia public university in more than a decade
March 30, 2014
Longwood University’s Board of Visitors on Saturday recently approved the smallest percentage increase in tuition and mandatory fees seen at any Virginia public university in more than a decade.
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Longwood honors five retiring faculty members
March 28, 2014
Five Longwood University faculty members who are retiring at the end of the spring 2014 semester were honored recently in a campus reception.
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Top civil rights official will headline symposium marking anniversary of Prince Edward Free Schools movement
March 25, 2014
The nation’s highest-ranking education civil rights official will headline a symposium at Longwood on April 7 marking the 50th anniversary of the Prince Edward Free Schools movement and surveying the current landscape of civil rights in education.
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Letterpress-printed book project at Longwood commemorates Prince Edward County’s civil rights struggle
March 25, 2014
A Longwood University project is commemorating the 50th anniversary of a private effort to educate schoolchildren in Prince Edward County, where public schools closed from 1959-64 rather than comply with integration.
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Facebook sweepstakes will land one lucky Longwood friend a luxury campus visit
March 24, 2014
One lucky Facebook fan of Longwood University will win a VIP luxury trip to campus in April.
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Author of book on Barbara Johns to speak at Longwood April 2
March 21, 2014
Teri Kanefield, an author whose books for young readers include a biography of civil rights pioneer and Prince Edward County native Barbara Johns, will speak Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in Longwood University’s Wygal Auditorium.
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Serial killers’ crimes against their victims’ bodies studied by Longwood sociologist
March 17, 2014
Some serial killers violate their victims’ bodies after they’re dead. Nobody can explain these grisly deeds, but a Longwood University sociologist has catalogued the methods and the motivation of their madness.