From the President

This summer marks the end of a remarkable academic year at Longwood — arguably one of the most eventful in our 178-year history. During 2016-17 we hosted the Vice Presidential Debate and approved a bold new core curriculum. We welcomed alumni back for the first Mega Reunion (see Page 10). Our graduates and other supporters contributed more than $10 million in a year for the first time, including the largest gift in our history from Joan ’64 and Macon Brock to support transformative learning experiences for our students.
Old traditions flourished, and new ones bloomed. Our student artists, performers and researchers reached new heights, and student-athletes excelled in the classroom and on the field. Particularly joyful were softball’s wins over Liberty for another Big South Tournament Championship and shortly thereafter over Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State en route to the NCAA regional finals.
This coming year will be memorable as well. A record freshman class soon arrives, as does an extraordinary cohort of faculty eager to begin teaching and building their careers here. The new core curriculum will take shape, as will our first Brock Experiences for students, and a number of campus construction projects are nearing completion. In Farmville, a new boutique hotel, loft apartments, several restaurants and a new Main Street location for the Longwood bookstore are all set to open.
Thinking to the farther future—say 2039, when Longwood will begin its third century— I am optimistic as well. There is much we cannot anticipate, good and bad. Perhaps drones and driverless cars will render campus parking challenges a thing of the past. Certainly new obstacles will emerge. But I am confident that, in broad strokes, Longwood then will be recognizable to you—the same, but better.
We will be roughly similar in terms of size. The habits of democracy must be taught anew to each generation, so our mission of creating citizen leaders will endure. So, too, I believe, will our commitment to a tightknit residential learning community, with the liberal arts and sciences running through the heart of our curriculum (indeed, as the economy changes, it is precisely these skills that will enable our graduates to grow and adapt in their professions). And, finally, I hope and expect Longwood will maintain
its commitment to remaining affordable by offering more scholarships and continuing to keep tuition increases as low as possible.
To preserve and strengthen what is great about Longwood, we will need help from you, our alumni. Philanthropic support will, of course, be essential. But we will also need your engagement, energy and enthusiasm. Annual giving, volunteering, mentoring through Career Services, serving on advisory boards, even returning to visit campus— all of these things send a powerful signal to the outside world about the impact Longwood has. Our alumni are our best cheerleaders and most effective recruiters. So thank you for sporting your Lancer gear and proudly talking up your own Longwood experience, and for encouraging young people to consider coming here.
Above all, thank you for your loyalty and affection for Longwood, which inspire us every day to make this place even better in the years to come.
W. Taylor Reveley IV
President
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Men of Principle
July 24, 2017
Trey Nichols ’03 remembers the day he fully committed to vegetarianism. He drove past a chicken truck in Chesterfield County and was appalled at the conditions the birds were living in.
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From the Finish Line to the Starting Gate
July 24, 2017
The Class of 2017 celebrates and prepares to meet the future head-on
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Common Ground
July 24, 2017
On spring and summer mornings, Terry Hudgins ’84 wakes up before the sun, getting outside before the dew burns off the knee-high sea of fescue in the side field of his Buckingham County farm.
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Why Tenure Works
July 24, 2017
At Longwood, students are the primary beneficiaries of the commitment the university makes to faculty members in one of higher education’s most venerable traditions
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Turning Up the Volume
July 24, 2017
There’s been a steady hum of progress in Farmville for several years, but lately it’s become more like a revving engine, with new hotel...
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Tuition, fees below-average for 4th straight year
July 24, 2017
Longwood’s Board of Visitors approved tuition and fee rates for 2017-18 that will continue the university’s four-year trend of holding annual cost increases well below recent statewide averages.
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Alumna elected rector of Board of Visitors, 2 new members named
July 24, 2017
Marianne Radcliff ’92, a six-year veteran of Longwood’s Board of Visitors who previously served a two-year term as rector, has been elected to a second term as rector.
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Giving It All She Has Got
July 24, 2017
2017 graduate known for ‘110 percent effort’ achieves her goals with help of scholarships
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Here Comes the Sun
July 24, 2017
Solar power proponents create endowment to reward students for research that helps the environment
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Annual Fundraising Sets Record By Topping $10 Million
July 24, 2017
Longwood fundraising in 2016-17 topped $10 million for the first time in a single fiscal year.
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Events in 3 Metro Areas Welcome Class of 2017 to the Alumni Family
July 24, 2017
Longwood’s newest graduates moving to Virginia’s three largest metro areas can fast-track their way to new friends in the alumni family this August.
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Richmond Kickers Family Night set for Aug. 26
July 24, 2017
Longwood Family Night at the Richmond Kickers game Saturday, Aug. 26, will include skyboxes with catered food and the chance to see a former Lancer in action.
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Golden Opportunity
July 24, 2017
Inaugural Joan of Arc Celebration will bring together graduates from 1966 and earlier
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Reunion for Young Alumni set for Oct. 7
July 24, 2017
Call your friends, grab your Longwood gear, reach out to those Lancers still in Farmville and make plans to head back to town if you graduated in the last four years.
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Career Services Can Provide Connections to Lancers
July 24, 2017
If you are you a hiring manager at your organization and know how to connect students and other alumni to your recruitment team or key decision makers, then University Career Services wants your help.
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Tales of life after graduation continue in second season of alumni podcast
July 24, 2017
The second season of the weekly podcast series “Day After Graduation” will begin in October.
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Alumni event to be held at Virginia Zoo in Norfolk
July 24, 2017
Round up the kids and head to the Virginia Zoological Park in Norfolk...
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Time Traveler
July 24, 2017
Living history performer spends his days in 1865 as former Confederate soldier
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ClassNotes
July 24, 2017
Rosemary Elam Pritchard ’44, Longwood’s assistant dean of women from 1947-48...
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Win-Win-Win
July 24, 2017
First Big South Softball Championship held at Longwood is a success both on and off the field.
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Longwood softball cements dynasty status with come-from-behind season, NCAA wins
July 24, 2017
It was early April, and the members of the Longwood softball team found themselves in unfamiliar territory.
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The Mark of a Legend
July 24, 2017
Trail Blazers donate scholarship in Kersey’s memory that provides game-changing experience for student
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Athletics Benefit Celebration Returns to Richmond in October
July 24, 2017
Longwood’s more than 200 student athletes will again be the beneficiaries of the Longwood Athletics Benefit Celebration
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Out of the Cellar, Into the Limelight
July 24, 2017
Men’s tennis overcomes predictions, reaches new heights in 2017
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Outstanding athletics, academic achievements honored at banquet
July 24, 2017
The Longwood athletics department announced its 2016-17 award winners in April at the annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet.
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Confronting a Crisis
July 24, 2017
Counseling students benefit from professor’s experience, perspective on treating opioid addiction