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Longtime friends are inspired to dream big after sweatshirt fundraiser provides Internet access for students
June 25, 2020
Keeping up with online schoolwork is going to be a lot easier this summer and from now on for the children in several families thanks to the efforts of four Longwood University alumni who graduated together in 2016.
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Longwood conversations: Moton director of education Cainan Townsend on Juneteenth
June 19, 2020
We sat down with Cainan Townsend ’15, M.S. ’20 to talk about how he teaches Juneteenth and its importance in American history classrooms.
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Longwood alum battled Covid-19 as nurse on the front lines in New York City
June 16, 2020
As hospitals and health-care workers in New York City buckled under an avalanche of Covid-19 cases this spring, Kris Johnson ’06 decided she couldn’t watch from the sidelines any longer.
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Longwood approves small tuition increase for 2020-21
June 16, 2020
Longwood University’s Board of Visitors has approved a budget for the upcoming year that boosts student financial aid amidst Covid-19 and modestly increases tuition and fee charges, keeping Longwood’s average rate change over recent years among the very lowest in Virginia.
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Longwood professor named first-ever scientist in residence at the Science Museum of Virginia
June 09, 2020
In May, Dr. Catherine Franssen joined the Science Museum of Virginia’s staff as the first-ever scientist in residence
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New honors college dean bursts with ideas for Longwood citizen leaders
May 28, 2020
Chris Kukk, the charismatic professor of political science and social science and founding director of the Center for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation at Western Connecticut State University is absolutely bubbling with ideas about the possibilities for Longwood’s Cormier Honors College for Citizen Scholars.
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FreshBoyz Club treats essential workers to lunch, helps distribute more than 60 boxes of food in May
May 28, 2020
The FreshBoyz Club, an organization started by Longwood alum Louis Gould III ’19 is giving away free lunches every Friday during the month of May
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Learning at Longwood this Fall: Q&A with Matt McGregor
May 26, 2020
Longwood’s associate vice president for wellness and auxiliary services talks about the planning underway to ensure campus safety when students return in the fall
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Small Business Development Center helps meet the challenges of Covid-19 with an emphasis on innovation
May 18, 2020
When Covid-19 hit and a local company was figuring out how to pivot from manufacturing kayak components to PPE (personal protective equipment), one of the places they turned for help was the local Small Business Development Center, headquartered at Longwood University.
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Learning at Longwood this Fall: Q&A with Provost Larissa Smith
May 08, 2020
As Longwood begins planning how to safely re-open campus in the fall, Longwood’s top academic officer talks about the planning underway to ensure the critical experience of classroom learning can move safely forward.