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Longwood awarded more than $300,000 in grants to support student mental health and well-being
December 16, 2021
Longwood University was recently awarded three grants totaling nearly $350,000 for a “triangle of support” for mental health and well-being and to increase visibility of resources to students.
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Civitae Core Curriculum introduces freshmen to a world of new ideas with Citizen 110 classes
December 16, 2021
This spring, the first class of Longwood students to have completed the Civitae Core Curriculum, unveiled in 2018, will graduate.
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Water Woes: Longwood chemistry major tackles high fluoride levels in hometown water
December 15, 2021
Kaleigh Beale ’22 is using her senior thesis project to investigate the fluoride content in Isle of Wight County’s water and propose possible solutions that will help residents mitigate high levels in the drinking water.
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Longwood awarded $1.5 million grant for STEM scholarships
December 07, 2021
Longwood University was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand its LIFE STEM program, which provides scholarships, academic support and hands-on learning experiences for students preparing for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
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Joint Ventures
December 03, 2021
For these couples, a lifetime of adventures, challenges and togetherness all started at Longwood
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Monique Truong named the 2021 Dos Passos Prize winner
November 15, 2021
Monique Truong, an award-winning novelist and essayist who explores themes of food, displacement and hunger in her work, is the 2021 winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.
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Dr. Henry Willett, Longwood’s 20th President, Passes Away
November 14, 2021
Longwood is honoring the memory of former President Dr. Henry I. Willett Jr., whose forward-looking and popular leadership during the turbulent 1960s and ’70s transformed the institution and lay its modern foundations.
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From submarines to computer science: a Navy veteran charts new course at Longwood
November 10, 2021
Four years ago, Petty Officer Third Class Ben Ricker was working on a computer screen in the attack center of a nuclear powered fast attack submarine.
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Q&A: Longwood Rector Pia Trigiani reflects on remarkable and meaningful change
November 04, 2021
Pia Trigiani is known for her sense of humor and playful wit amidst the demands of leading the university’s Board of Visitors.
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Emmy win for Lancer came as a surprise
November 03, 2021
Sam Chase ’21 never thought an Emmy award was in his future, much less as the punctuation mark on his graduation from Longwood.