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Community invited to attend free BioBlitz event at Lancer Park April 18

March 27, 2026

Longwood University invites community members of all ages to participate in its annual BioBlitz event on Saturday, April 18 at the Environmental Education Center at Lancer Park. This free event, held in celebration of Earth Month, encourages participants to become citizen scientists while exploring the natural world.
From a visionary for what still sets Longwood apart, a historic eight-figure gift to support student and academic excellence into the next century

March 26, 2026

Dr. Janet Greenwood and Longwood University announced Wednesday, March 25, a transformational eight-figure gift that will establish the Longwood Keystones for Academic Excellence (KAE) Fund.
Longwood earns spot on Poets&Quants list of best undergraduate business schools

March 23, 2026

Longwood University’s College of Business and Economics ranked nationally on the 2026 list of Best Undergraduate Business Schools in the U.S. compiled by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, which was released today.
Alumna has a hair-raising job with Washington National Opera

March 19, 2026

Yak hair, cashmere or human hair? Chances are that question is routine only for Samantha Wootten ’00 and others working in the same career.
Master of logistics

March 17, 2026

Rebecca Jackson Powell ’08 has been named the 2024 Bernard Smith Award recipient at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, recognized for her leadership and technical expertise in delivering critical warfighting capabilities to the fleet.
Janssen picked to lead Walker Governor’s School Kristin Murmer Janssen ’94

March 17, 2026

Kristin Murmer Janssen ’94 has been appointed executive director of the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies in Richmond.
Life in the Peace Corps

March 12, 2026

Even after spending a semester abroad in Argentina as an undergraduate, Taylor Bauer ’20, M.S. ’21, knew acclimating to another new country and culture with the Peace Corps would be a challenge.
Longwood awarded $250,000 grant to further enhance career readiness initiatives

March 09, 2026

Longwood’s Office of Alumni and Career Success was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) that will be used to further enhance and expand the university’s internship and work-based learning infrastructure.
Students’ deep dive into horror literature nets invitation to speak at international conference

March 04, 2026

The seminar itself was scary enough: the analysis of a psychological horror novel and the classic ghost stories that formed the book’s backstory. But what grew out of the seminar was also a little scary—or at least verging on fantastical.
Friendship forged at Longwood leads to life-saving living donor gift

March 02, 2026

In the spring of 2024, Amy Pruett Buchanan ’08 and Katherine Lusk ’10 met for lunch to catch up. During the conversation, Amy shared some family news that had not yet become public: Her husband, Ryan Buchanan ’08, was in urgent need of a liver transplant, and a living donor was one possible solution.