http://www.longwood.edu en-us Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:26:33 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2012facultystaffnews_41015.htm Kathy Johnson Bowles, director of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA), was presented the Award of Distinction by the Folk Art Society of America (FASA) in fall 2011.

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:37:41 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2012facultystaffnews_41015.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2012releases_40897.htm Frank Schaeffer, a bestselling religious author and political commentator, will speak Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Blackwell Ballroom on "Crazy for God: Navigating Politics & Faith."

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:06:38 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2012releases_40897.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2012releases_40829.htm Dr. Walter Witschey, professor of anthropology and science education at Longwood University, has studied the ancient cultures of Middle America for more than 30 years. He recently published a book that will help people whose interest in the subject is just beginning.

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:01:46 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2012releases_40829.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2012releases_40738.htm N.H. "Cookie" Scott, Longwood's first African-American graduate, returned to campus in January to share her story and to commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:52:34 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2012releases_40738.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40249.htm Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:04:14 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40249.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40189.htm Eight Longwood students and one staff member will be spending part of winter break in Uganda giving their time and attention to some of the 2,000 plus street children who live in the capital city of Kampala.

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:53:45 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40189.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40138.htm N.H. "Cookie" Scott, Longwood University's first African-American graduate, will be the speaker for the university's primary event commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:24:47 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40138.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40133.htm Dr. Deneese Jones, dean of Longwood's College of Education and Human Services, and Marge Connelly, rector of the Longwood University Board of Visitors, recently participated in the Women Executives in Virginia Higher Education (WEVHE) conference at the University of Virginia.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:17:56 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40133.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40132.htm Bob Beach, chief of Longwood University's top-ranked police department, has been making a list for the holidays - but it doesn't include a giant flat-screen TV or other gift ideas.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:03:03 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40132.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40131.htm Craft therapy, aromatherapy and pet therapy - these are some simple ways to help deal with stress. Longwood students enrolled in Dr. Catherine Franssen's GNED 261 Biology of Stress course shared these and other tips during a Stress Management Fair on Nov. 28 - just prior to final exam week.

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:18:58 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40131.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40128.htm Terrell Fleming, a 2010 graduate of Longwood University and the Call Me MISTER program, was selected as Meadowbrook High School's Ninth Grade Academy Teacher of the Month for November. Fleming teaches social studies at Meadowbrook, located in Chesterfield, Va.

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:57:10 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40128.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40125.htm Aluminum Christmas trees and Schwinn cruisers aren't the only things that have experienced a holiday comeback. Longwood University retailing expert Dr. John Gaskins says layaway and Christmas clubs also are gaining in popularity.

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:41:33 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_40125.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39970.htm For the third consecutive year, Longwood University's Police Department is ranked among the top 500 security programs in the nation, according to Security Magazine, and is the only university police department from Virginia that is recognized.

]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:30:46 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39970.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39654.htm Dr. Manorama (Mano) Talaiver, director of Longwood University's Institute for Teaching through Technology and Innovative Practices (ITTIP), received the Computational Science Teacher Leader Award for K-12 Outreach at the Supercomputing Conference in Seattle.

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:48:17 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39654.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39653.htm A reception for the Class of 2015 in Longwood University's Nursing Program was hosted recently by Centra Southside Community Hospital (CSCH) at the Farmville Train Station.

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:33:38 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39653.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39652.htm The annual Roy Clark Benefit Concert at Longwood University will be Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium.

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:16:29 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39652.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39411.htm Longwood professors Dr. Audrey Church, associate professor and coordinator of the School Library Media Program, and Frances Reeve, associate professor in the School Library Media Program, are co-editors the November/December 2011 issue of Knowledge Quest, a bimonthly publication of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), which is a division of the American Library Association. Church and Reeve teach in Longwood's College of Education and Human Services.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:42:42 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39411.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39401.htm Dr. Maria C. Milian-Silveira, a retired and beloved Longwood University Spanish professor who died in April 2011, has been honored by the Ruth Adams Garden Club, of which she was a charter member and past president.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:04:39 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39401.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39398.htm Dr. Tim Holmstrom, assistant professor of physics, has collaborated on eight experiments over the last eight years at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, commonly called the Jefferson Lab, in Newport News. Six current or former Longwood students also have participated in the research since Holmstrom joined the Longwood faculty in fall 2008.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:06 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39398.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39364.htm The Longwood University chapter of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), a coed service fraternity, is raising money for the Louisa County schools, which suffered extensive damage in the Aug. 23 earthquake.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:38:23 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39364.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39362.htm A research paper co-authored by Dr. Bennie Waller, associate professor of finance and real estate, and Ali Jubran, a May 2011 graduate, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Housing Research, an official publication of the American Real Estate Society.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:40:16 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39362.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39263.htm A Longwood University biology professor is continuing her graduate school research on a novel form of immunotherapy that has shown promise in cancer treatment.

]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:05:02 EST http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39263.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39136.htm For the sixth consecutive year, Longwood students enrolled in Dr. Vonnie Colvin's "Teaching Middle School Physical Education" course are reviewing the educational materials used by the American Heart Association for its Jump Rope for Heart event.

]]> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:57:42 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39136.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39083.htm Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:54:30 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39083.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39029.htm Dr. Robert J. Cochran, associate professor of accounting at Longwood University, was appointed recently to the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) by Gov. Bob McDonnell.

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:09:28 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_39029.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38914.htm Two Longwood faculty members have launched a collaborative program that will provide therapeutic activity to special education students at Cumberland Elementary School (CES).

]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:21:25 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38914.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38910.htm A Longwood University student team recently won an on-campus computer programming contest hosted and co-sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:28:03 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38910.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38867.htm Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:15:03 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38867.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38870.htm Patrick Finnegan was inaugurated Oct. 21 as Longwood University's 25^th president. Finnegan, a retired Army brigadier general, became president July 1, 2010 after serving as chief academic officer at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:10:36 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38870.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38832.htm Longwood University alumna Rachel Brogdon Johnson, a Title I reading and mathematics teacher at LaCrosse Elementary School in Mecklenburg County, is the Region 8 Virginia Teacher of the Year.

]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:48:27 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38832.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38741.htm Dr. Tammy Pawloski, director of Francis Marion University's Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty, will address "The Changing Landscape of Education" for the annual Sankofa Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Hull 132.

]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:02:46 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38741.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38719.htm Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:25:04 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38719.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011facultystaffnews_38718.htm Dr. Katherine Wiesendanger, professor of education, is the new chairperson of the Concern for Affect in Reading Education Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association (IRA).

]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:27:28 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011facultystaffnews_38718.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38717.htm A U.S. flag that was flown in a combat mission in Afghanistan in recognition of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 was recently presented to Longwood President Patrick Finnegan and will be flown atop Ruffner Hall in recognition of his upcoming inauguration.

]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:25:25 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38717.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38541.htm Sabrina Brown, who has 30 years' experience in higher education marketing and communications, is Longwood's new associate vice president for marketing and communications.

]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:10:15 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38541.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38540.htm Several Longwood faculty members presented sessions at the annual Virginia Educational Research Association Conference, held Sept. 22-23 in Charlottesville.

]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:06:45 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38540.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38299.htm A concert featuring three of Longwood University's student ensembles will be part of the inauguration of President Patrick Finnegan.

]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:09:58 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38299.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38262.htm Some of Virginia's finest future teachers were recognized recently by Longwood University, which has long been renowned for its teacher preparation program.

]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:47:49 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38262.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38236.htm Dr. Steven Farber of the Carnegie Institution of Science will present Longwood's annual Simkins Lecture on Monday, October 24 at 7 p.m.

]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:54:55 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38236.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38144.htm A video produced by Longwood University students has won a statewide contest for public service announcements about public safety.

]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:46:25 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_38144.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37781.htm Twenty-two Longwood students recently had the opportunity to meet and greet some of Farmville's citizen leaders.

]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:13:45 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37781.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37519.htm Photographic artwork by Longwood University senior Alexander Leonhart is in a current exhibition at an art gallery in Pennsylvania.

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:50:48 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37519.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37518.htm Ken Fergeson, a banker and civic leader who is chairman of NBC Oklahoma, will be the Executive-in-Residence speaker in Longwood's Blackwell Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m.

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:25:33 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37518.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37436.htm Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:22:17 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37436.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37434.htm A local bowling program for youths with disabilities is being launched by a Longwood University faculty member and two of his students.

]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:53:45 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37434.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37314.htm Board of Visitors approves Six-Year Plan for 2012-18 and support agreement for new student housing at Lancer Park

]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:34:54 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37314.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37302.htm U.S. News & World Report survey.]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:14:14 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37302.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37298.htm Members of the Longwood and Farmville communities attended "Remembering 9/11/01," a remembrance ceremony and candlelight vigil on the lawn of Ruffner Hall on Sunday, September 11.

]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:44:30 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37298.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37261.htm Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:59:02 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37261.htm http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37258.htm Longwood University has two new deans, one of whom is a familiar face on campus.

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:22:28 EDT http://www.longwood.edu/2011releases_37258.htm