

The thrill of receiving mail is never lost on a 10-year-old. Especially when that mail is their first college acceptance letter. This past March, by way of personalized letters, fourth-grade students at Prince Edward County Elementary School were “accepted” to Longwood and took part in the university’s award-winning Lancer for a Day program.

Virginia Delegates Karen “Kacey” Robins Carnegie ’04 and Lily Franklin ’15 represent districts at opposite ends of the Commonwealth, yet both trace their path to Richmond through Farmville—molded by their experiences at their alma mater.
Margaret Dudley ’25 has joined Red Hill as a full-time staff archaeologist, continuing her hands-on work uncovering and preserving the site’s complex history.

Farmville may be America’s oldest two-college town, but Lancer alumni are discovering that their old stomping ground has much more to offer than it did in their days on campus—no matter how long ago that was.