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Fourth-grade students from Prince Edward County Elementary School learned to diagnose a state-of-the-art manikin in Longwood’s nursing sim lab under the guidance of associate professor of nursing Dr. Kathryn Miller.

Lancers for a Day, Lancers for Life

The thrill of receiving mail is never lost on a 10-year-old. Especially when that mail is their first college acceptance letter. This past March, by way of personalized letters, fourth-grade students at Prince Edward County Elementary School were “accepted” to Longwood and took part in the university’s award-winning Lancer for a Day program.

  • Senior Jaedyn Colon '26 presents his anti-cancer research at the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Showcase at the Capitol, which took place at the Virginia General Assembly.
    Longwood senior’s research probes anti-cancer properties of acacia trees
    May 06, 2026

    Jaedyn Colon ’26 spent the last semester of his senior year researching the anti-cancer properties of acacia tree extracts with Dr. Amorette Barber, professor of biology.

    Fire burns in the iconic Rotunda lobby on Aug. 24, 2001.
    25 years later: Great Fire in Longwood’s Rotunda
    April 24, 2026

    Twenty-five years ago, just after 9 p.m on April 24, 2001, flames appeared in Longwood’s Rotunda, the iconic domed building that had stood on High Street for nearly a century.

  • Students conduct fieldwork in a wooded area, with one holding a camera rig while another measures distance with a tape stretched between them, as a third person crouches nearby checking a device, and buckets and tools are arranged on the ground around them.
    Digging into history
    April 06, 2026

    Margaret Dudley ’25 has joined Red Hill as a full-time staff archaeologist, continuing her hands-on work uncovering and preserving the site’s complex history.

  • Students and friends hanging out at Three Roads Brewing during Senior Week - Outdoor gathering at dusk beside a tall brick building with many windows. String lights hang over picnic tables and umbrellas on a patio area. People mingle and play games in the courtyard near an open bar entrance. A wooden fence and small trees frame the scene under an evening sky.
    Destination Farmville
    February 16, 2026

    Farmville may be America’s oldest two-college town, but Lancer alumni are discovering that their old stomping ground has much more to offer than it did in their days on campus—no matter how long ago that was.

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