News
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Doris Kearns Goodwin to speak at Longwood Commencement
April 08, 2015
Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has been called "America’s historian in chief," will deliver Longwood University’s commencement address and receive an honorary degree on May 9.
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Poet Laureate of Virginia to read, speak at Greenwood Library April 14
April 07, 2015
Virginia Poet Laureate Ron Smith will speak and read at Longwood University in celebration of National Poetry Month.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream to be performed at Longwood in April
April 06, 2015
Longwood University Theatre will present Shakespeare’s timeless comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream in April.
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Longwood Applies to Host 2016 U.S. Presidential Debate
April 03, 2015
Every four years, the presidential debates capture the attention of the nation and the world. This week, Longwood applied to the Commission on Presidential Debates to serve as a host institution in 2016.
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Longwood archaeology field school achieves international recognition
April 02, 2015
Longwood University’s archaeology field school recently became one of the fewer than 10 percent of field schools in the world to be certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA).
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For second straight year, Longwood will hold price increases to historic lows
March 30, 2015
One year ago, Longwood University announced it would increase costs just 2.1 percent in 2014-15 – the smallest increase at any Virginia public university since 2001.
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Photography exhibition by Longwood professor explores end of Civil War
March 30, 2015
The last days of the Civil War are explored in a Farmville photography exhibition by a Longwood University faculty member who used an unconventional technique.
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From knights to nobility, Longwood growing as a hub for medieval studies
March 26, 2015
From knights to kings and barbarians to nobility, the Middle Ages are an endless source of fascination and myth. In modern culture, depictions of medieval life can be found in classic films and in modern series and films.
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Longwood University Relay For Life crosses $500,000 threshold
March 23, 2015
As hundreds of members of the Longwood community walked around the track Friday night, together they crossed one large hurdle.
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On liberal arts, fine arts and martial arts—10 questions for Longwood's next provost, Joan Neff
March 17, 2015
Joan Neff—distinguished teacher and scholar, accomplished musician and martial arts black belt—was introduced last week during a reception in The Rotunda as Longwood's next provost and vice president for academic affairs.