

Longwood University ranked nationally on the Best Online MBA Programs in the U.S. for 2026 list compiled by Poets&Quants—a distinction that underscores the MBA program’s growing momentum and commitment to delivering measurable value for its graduates.

It’s not often that a college senior can add “Emmy winner” to their résumé before they earn their undergraduate degree. But that’s the case for communication studies majors Isabella McCullough ’26 and Braden Hamilton ’26.

For more than a decade, Russell Reed ’16 spent his days at Jamestown Settlement and Colonial Williamsburg hacking away at a series of 1,000-pound logs in front of curious spectators.

When a new statue of civil rights hero Barbara Johns is unveiled later this fall to stand in the U.S. Capitol, it will be a proud moment for Farmville and Prince Edward County.