2024 News & Articles
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Short list of finalists for 43rd annual Dos Passos Prize announced
November 25, 2024
Longwood University is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 John Dos Passos Prize, the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, which honors one of America’s most talented but underappreciated writers.
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Longwood’s online MBA program named to national list of “most affordable” for 2025
November 12, 2024
Longwood University’s MBA program earned a spot on the College Consensus 2025 list of Most Affordable Online MBA Programs, which highlights the nation’s most cost-effective options for students seeking a high-quality education at a competitive price.
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Filmmaker Eddie Mullins brings arthouse energy to High Street Theatre programming
November 01, 2024
You may have noticed a spark of vibrancy on the marquee of the High Street Theatre, just across the street from Longwood’s campus.
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Bestselling author, sportscaster Feinstein joins Longwood as broadcaster who will also teach
November 01, 2024
Legendary journalist and author John Feinstein was looking for a welcoming home community like Farmville for the next chapter of his life and storied career.
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Good Morning Richmond co-anchor watched her mom fill same role
October 31, 2024
Longwood alumna Autumn Childress '18 promoted to co-anchor of Good Morning Richmond at WRIC.
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Hanover High School career counselor recognized for excellence
October 31, 2024
Hanover High School counselor Jennifer Melton '98 recognized as one of the best in the region for her dedication to student advocacy.
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Mecklenburg County principal says Longwood prepared her to excel
October 31, 2024
Longwood alumna Melissa DeJarnette Chumney ’07 credits her alma mater with equipping her for a successful career in education, now leading as principal of Mecklenburg County Middle School.
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Longwood management professor among 2% of world’s most-cited scientists
October 17, 2024
Dr. Vince Magnini has garnered a spot on Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings for 2024, which identifies the world’s leading researchers, representing approximately 2 percent of all scientists worldwide who are making significant impacts in their respective fields.
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Longwood alumnus named Pacific Principal of the Year
October 16, 2024
Principal of the Largest DoDEA School in the Pacific Region, Jefferson’s Leadership Shines
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Veteran agent receives Farm Bureau Insurance’s highest honor
October 16, 2024
Longwood alum Bart Mitchell ’90 was honored with the 2023 Ralph Stokes Award at the 2024 Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance sales conference.
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Authors Reading Series welcomes poet Kiki Petrosino on Oct. 17
October 09, 2024
Kiki Petrosino, an acclaimed poet known for her use of repetition and unconventional hyphenation in conjunction with traditional poetic forms, will visit Longwood on Thursday, Oct. 17, as part of the Authors Reading Series.
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Longwood, Sandy River Distillery to release 2024 Reserve limited-edition bourbon this fall
October 03, 2024
It’s the newest Longwood Homecoming & Alumni Weekend tradition: cracking the wax seal on a new bottle of 1839 Collection limited-edition bourbon and sharing it with friends.
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New facilities at Baliles Center will expand student learning opportunities
October 02, 2024
Despite overcast skies and the threat of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Helene, spirits remained high on Virginia’s Northern Neck Friday as students, university administrators and dignitaries gathered to celebrate the dedication of new facilities at Longwood’s Baliles Center.
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Richmond Symphony, 12 Angry Jurors headline fall performing arts calendar at Longwood
September 30, 2024
The Richmond Symphony Orchestra will return to the stage in Jarman Auditorium at Longwood for a special performance on Friday, Nov. 1 and Longwood’s theatre department kicks off its season this week with 12 Angry Jurors.
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Greenwood Library receives $10,000 NEH grant to preserve rare silent film sheet music collection
September 27, 2024
Longwood University’s Greenwood Library has received a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to work towards conservation efforts for a rare set of sheet music.
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Longwood again climbs in U.S. News rankings, now No. 6 among public universities in the South
September 24, 2024
Longwood University has again climbed in annual rankings used by millions of families to make decisions about higher education.
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Patti Bowman Carey ’82
September 23, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Paige Turnes ’94
September 23, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Janie Wall Evans ’67
September 23, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Dr. Ken Perkins
September 23, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Dr. Peggy Childress Agee ’75
September 23, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Longwood CAPS receives additional state grant to boost mental health services
September 18, 2024
Longwood’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office has been awarded a $200,000 grant through the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV), in partnership with the Virginia Health Care Foundation, to increase the number of licensed mental health providers and boost mental health access on campus.
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Travis Lyles ’15
September 17, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Mary Beth Friga Wusk ’88
September 17, 2024
The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2024 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
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Convocation 2024
September 12, 2024
The Class of 2025 kicked off their senior year at Longwood’s Convocation ceremony on Thursday—and, per tradition, the caps were tall, long and expertly crafted marvels of engineering.
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Longwood and PECPS partnerships support local teachers, students
September 11, 2024
At the end of August, first-year teachers from Prince Edward County Public Schools (PECPS) and their mentors, also PECPS teachers, gathered in the Upchurch University Center’s Soza Ballroom to kick off the second year of the New Beginnings Mentor Program.
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LCVA’s Alex Grabiec ’07 appointed to Virginia Commission for the Arts
September 05, 2024
Alex Grabiec ’07, curator of exhibitions at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA), was recently appointed to the Virginia Commission for the Arts by Governor Glenn Youngkin.
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PRISM project uses computational chemistry to research new electronics technology
September 05, 2024
This summer, Ashley Seiders ’25 and Ben Benke ’26 worked with Dr. Ben Topham on a computational chemistry PRISM project related to single molecule electronics.
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Students beat the S&P 500 average with collaborative strategy for investing $1.65 million fund
September 03, 2024
When Longwood’s Student Investment Fund members decided to buy Nvidia stock in 2022—and then sold a sizeable chunk of it earlier this year for a more than 200 percent return—it wasn’t play money they were using.
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Faculty Research: Diverse leaders bloom with mentorship in graduate school
August 28, 2024
Nationally, leadership in our PK-12 schools and university communication sciences and disorders programs have a common problem: lack of diversity.
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Teacher lauded as outstanding member of education organization
August 27, 2024
Alumnea, and veteran teacher, was honored as the outstanding member of the Delta Alpha Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
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Alumnae channel their maternal instincts into Christmas Mother program
August 26, 2024
Alumnae give every family a merry Christmas.
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Freshman move-in: Class of 2028 arrives ready to embrace new beginnings
August 23, 2024
An eager and excited Class of 2028—along with totes full of their personal belongings, essential snacks and reminders of home—arrived on campus this week ready to make their mark on Longwood and embark on their next life chapter.
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A Look at #Longwood28
August 12, 2024
Summer is an exciting time for new Lancers—a time of hope for new beginnings and anticipation of what the future holds. We asked 18 incoming freshmen to tell us what they are looking forward to most about Longwood and one interesting fact about them.
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Psychology alumna is vice president at educational testing organization
August 11, 2024
Journey into psychometrics began as a special education teacher, driven by her dissatisfaction with student assessments.
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President’s Lifetime Achievement Award
August 11, 2024
Dr. William Dunn ’91 received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2024 for his extraordinary community service.
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Specialized skills training gives student nurses confidence in providing care for patients with dementia
August 08, 2024
As a nursing student at Longwood, Annie Devine ’26 has learned how to offer a sense of safety to counter the pervasive fear people with dementia can feel as they navigate each day.
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Summer Scholars program gives local high-school students hands-on STEM experience
August 06, 2024
Seth Kindall was one of 10 high-school students who spent eight weeks on Longwood’s campus this summer learning about STEM fields and getting hands-on laboratory research experience that usually isn’t available until college.
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Class of 2028: ‘Dedicated, compassionate and ready to lead’
August 01, 2024
The incoming freshman class paints an impressive picture academically—the average GPA is 3.67.
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Faculty Research: What pity meant to Shakespeare
July 16, 2024
“The word ‘pity’ has negative connotations in modern English,” said Dr. Shawn Smith. “It suggests some kind of inferiority and a power dynamic, but in Shakespeare’s time it didn’t really mean that.
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Faculty Research: One woman’s story of Nazi resistance
July 15, 2024
Dr. Melissa Kravetz is publishing a memoir later this year, but the story is not her own.
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Chemistry graduate named Teacher of the Year in Suffolk
July 15, 2024
Alumna named 2023-24 Teacher of the Year
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Alumna elected chair of Virginia Beach school board
July 15, 2024
Alumna elected the chair of the City of Virginia Beach School Board
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Faculty Research: Backstories of today’s classical music composers
July 09, 2024
Where do captivating melodies come from? What about musical phrasing that can be so tense or haunting? Or beautiful harmonies that envelop and lift us up?
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Faculty Research: The connotations of clothing
July 03, 2024
The genesis of Dr. Meg Michelsen’s recent research— a comparative study of the perception of unisex fashion among millennials and Gen Z in the U.S. and China— was a bright pink T-shirt she borrowed from her husband.
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Forget the crown: Addressing child hunger is pageant winner's ulterior motive
June 25, 2024
Jenna Adams ’23 decided to enter the Miss Martinsville-Henry County Pageant this year because of a peanut butter sandwich.
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Chemistry graduate named Teacher of the Year in Suffolk
June 24, 2024
Debbie Shanaberger Oliver ’85 was named 2023-24 Teacher of the Year
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She keeps on trucking while helping people trace their families’ roots
June 24, 2024
Gray Stabley Carmichael ’85 pursues her passion for helping others find their past with Gray Stabley Genealogy Services
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Longwood announces president’s and dean’s lists for spring 2024
June 24, 2024
Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,100 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2024 spring semester.
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Girls State marks 50 years at Longwood
June 20, 2024
American Legion Auxiliary Virginia Girls State this week marks a half-century of partnership with Longwood, a remarkable achievement that has seen generations of high-schoolers spend a week learning about and participating in state government activities.
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Faculty Research: The Black veteran Vietnam experience
June 13, 2024
Dr. Eric Hodges received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2021 to study the combat and homecoming experiences of Black military veterans.
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All that jazz: Dr. Charlie Kinzer reflects on Longwood career upon retirement
June 12, 2024
For more than three decades, Dr. Charlie Kinzer has been synonymous with the Longwood music department and the university’s jazz ensemble
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Virginia National Guard taps alumnus for leadership position
June 12, 2024
Col. Charles B. Martin Jr. ’92 was named the Virginia National Guard’s assistant adjutant general-Army.
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Alumnus named president of Brightpoint Community College
June 12, 2024
Dr. William “Bill” Fiege ’95 named Brightpoint Community College’s president
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Kudos abound for Varina High School art teacher
June 11, 2024
Alumna Virginia Secondary Art Teacher of the Year
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Spreading the word: how to live long and prosper
June 04, 2024
Dr. Mike Mucedola views research in the field of health and nutrition as an exercise in putting a puzzle together.
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Q&A: Admissions dean on strong incoming class, doing what we do best
June 03, 2024
In the midst of a year that had unexpected national delays and challenges, Longwood University is on pace to bring in its largest freshman class since before the Covid pandemic, building on an expanding reputation and a focus on personal engagement with students and families.
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Longwood wins 7 global media awards, garners national recognition for marketing projects
May 23, 2024
Longwood University took home seven awards—two silver and five bronze—in the 45th Annual Telly Awards, the world’s premier honor for visual content production across all screens.
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Veteran teacher known for her ‘loving kindness’ named Teacher of the Year
May 22, 2024
Shirley Weston Madison ’77 was named the Mecklenburg County Public Schools Division Teacher of the Year in 2023
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Longtime educator honored for her contributions to athletics
May 22, 2024
Mary Frances Baldwin Bukva ’72, M.S. ’93 (special education), was inducted into the Warren County (Virginia) High School Athletic Hall of Fame
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Over graduation weekend, Longwood honors civil rights anniversaries – and the generation of Prince Edward students who made history
May 20, 2024
It was the culmination of a weekend-long celebration in which Longwood honored the nation-shaping civil rights history of Prince Edward County, and the role that residents of our home community played.
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Commencement speakers urge Class of 2024 graduates to measure success by their impact on the lives of others
May 18, 2024
On the weekend that marked the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, over 1,000 Longwood graduates heard words of wisdom delivered by two Commencement speakers with ties to legal cases centered in Farmville that changed the trajectory of the country and national civil rights history.
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From Longwood to London: 2024 grad wants to change the world with fashion career
May 17, 2024
When Maggie Taylor ’24 was a young girl she played dress up, crafted cloth dresses for her Barbies, watched Project Runway religiously, and dreamed of one day working in the fashion industry.
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Longwood again limits tuition increase
May 17, 2024
Longwood University has announced that its Board of Visitors is expected to confirm in June modest tuition and fee increases for 2024-25.
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Longwood and education roots run deep for Virginia Region 8 Teacher of the Year
May 06, 2024
Cumberland County Public Schools art teacher Emily Wilson Overstreet ’06 was named Region 8 Teacher of the Year last month,
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Longwood joins UVA, UR, and JMU as part of national citizenship initiative
April 18, 2024
Longwood University has joined a growing list of colleges and universities across the country in a consortium dedicated to preparing students to be engaged citizens and uphold free expression on campus.
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Books detail happily-ever-after life of injured Canada goose
April 17, 2024
Gerry Daniel Kruger ’67 recounts Charlie’s recovery from disabling injury, his multiple generations of offspring, and much more.
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Reimagined Center for Career Success to take multifaceted approach to supporting students’ professional growth
April 10, 2024
The Longwood office dedicated to helping students prepare for future careers—including supporting internships, alumni networking, job shadowing, career advising, job fairs and résumé building—is getting a refresh. It even includes a closet makeover.
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Khawaja Mamun, economist and veteran administrator, will lead Longwood’s College of Business and Economics
April 05, 2024
Mamun, an accomplished scholar and associate dean of the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, has been appointed the next dean of Longwood’s College of Business and Economics, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs Larissa Smith announced Friday.
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Longwood awarded $200,000 in grants to support internships and career success initiatives
April 04, 2024
Longwood’s Office of Alumni and Career Services has been awarded two grants totaling $200,000 for initiatives that support and improve student participation in internships and experiential learning opportunities.
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Longwood announces Moton striker Joan Johns Cobbs, constitutional scholar A.E. Dick Howard as commencement honorees
March 28, 2024
In a year of monumental legal milestones in national civil rights history, Longwood’s 2024 graduates will hear from two participants in court cases centered in Farmville that changed the trajectory of the country.
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Longwood to welcome John Dos Passos Prize winner Patricia Engel to campus April 10
March 27, 2024
Novelist and short story writer Patricia Engel will visit Longwood University to receive the 42nd annual John Dos Passos Prize for Literature on Wednesday, April 10.
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Post-graduate success initiatives make up Longwood’s 2024 Quality Enhancement Plan
March 15, 2024
Longwood is making post-graduate success an emphasis over the next five years.
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Longwood Welcomes Award-Winning Novelist Jacinda Townsend
March 15, 2024
Jacinda Townsend's work explores themes ranging from the lives of young Black women in 1950s Kentucky to the contemporary complexity of mother-children relationships under modern patriarchy.
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Rediscovering roots: Longwood alum’s brews bridge past and present
March 06, 2024
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. For Brian Mandeville '10, head brewer at Fine Creek Brewing Company in Powhatan, Virginia, that treasure is grape pressings, called pomace, from local Virginia wineries that would otherwise be discarded as waste.
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Ryan Urban is Longwood’s Goldwater Scholarship nominee
February 20, 2024
Ryan Urban ’26, a sophomore physics major with ambitions of earning doctorates in theoretical physics and quantum computing, with the ultimate goal of pursuing a research career in the quantum realm, is Longwood’s 2024 nominee for the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
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Bringing smiles: Computer science major’s internship takes him to Africa to help cleft patients
February 19, 2024
When a family friend suggested Jackson Ornoff ’24 apply for a summer internship in the IT department at a Virginia-based charity, little did he know months later it would lead him 9,000 miles around the world to Africa and one of the most memorable experiences of his lifetime.
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Tia Javier, M.S. ’19 receives $20,000 grant from AT&T
February 16, 2024
Tia Javier, M.S. ’19 (speech-language pathology), started off 2024 with a $20,000 bang. In December, AT&T selected her as the national winner, from 6,700 applicants, of their She’s Connected grant program, which recognizes and rewards the efforts of women who have started trailblazing small businesses.
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AACC
February 16, 2024
Community College Association (AACC) picks English graduate to lead marketing, communications
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Advocating for entertainment is the focus of alum’s career
February 16, 2024
Stephen Parker ’07 was named the executive director of the National Independent Venue Association
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Tess Robertson is Longwood’s 2024 Truman Scholarship nominee
February 12, 2024
Tess Robertson ’25, a junior with a passion for aviation and helping children in the domestic court system, is Longwood University’s 2024 nominee for the highly competitive Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
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Prince Edward County Public Schools, in partnership with Longwood, receives grant for first-year teacher support program
February 09, 2024
Prince Edward County Public Schools (PECPS), in partnership with Longwood University, received a grant totaling $24,000 for the development of the New Beginnings Mentor Program, a new teacher mentorship program that will provide holistic support to the district’s first-year teachers.
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Newest Brock Experience will examine whether past is prologue in New Orleans
February 02, 2024
Can New Orleans—a city steeped in a unique history and culture, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina almost 20 years ago and grappling with the legacies of slavery, racism and segregation—escape its past?
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Broadway actress’s visit, Little Shop of Horrors headline spring theatre season at Longwood
January 26, 2024
Theatre and television actress Kerry Butler, whose illustrious career includes roles as an original cast member of many legendary Broadway shows, will visit Longwood’s campus in February for two special events.
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Longwood announces president’s and dean’s lists for fall 2023
January 25, 2024
Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,100 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2023 fall semester.
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Honors College
January 25, 2024
Longwood’s honors college chooses former honors student to fill senior director position
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5th generation Longwood student carries on family legacy spanning three centuries
January 24, 2024
If all goes according to plan, William Perkins ’27 will walk across the Commencement stage on Wheeler Mall exactly 100 years after his great-grandmother Margaret “Peggy” Harvey Barham Wallace ’27 received her diploma from what was then known as State Teachers College.
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James River bridge inspires musical composition
January 23, 2024
"Educators, along with the friends I had at Longwood, not only taught me about the musician I wanted to be, but also helped me learn how to be the person I wanted to be.”
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Longwood College of Business & Economics again offers free tax preparation assistance
January 22, 2024
Tis the season for W-2s and 1040s. Tax season is upon us, and there’s free help available for many who are gathering the correct documents for their annual filing.
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A ‘Promised’ Life
January 19, 2024
64 years after she was locked out of the Prince Edward County public schools, Martha Bailey Brown’s journey brings her back home and a scholarship to attend Longwood.
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A Different Kind of Rescue Mission
January 19, 2024
Nadia Mullins ’23, an integrated environmental sciences major, found her calling in Yellowstone National Park.
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Richmond Symphony to perform at Longwood Feb. 9
January 12, 2024
The Richmond Symphony Orchestra will return to the Jarman Auditorium stage at Longwood University on Feb. 9.
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Longwood eNASCAR driver sees success on virtual track as fast lane to something bigger
January 09, 2024
Jeremy Burns ’26, a business major from Bluemont, Virginia, competes in the eNASCAR College iRacing Series, the premier e-sports league for college students across the country, from his Lancer Park apartment.
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Summer job creates a 150-year time warp
January 08, 2024
Harry Caldwell ’22 hopes to land a job with the National Park Service.
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A Twice-Told Tale
January 02, 2024
Dr. Susan May, professor emeritus of English, finishes a lifetime of work on one of the most enduring Shakespearean plays
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Alumnus engages young voters
January 01, 2024
‘I developed my own sense of what I believe a healthy and inclusive democracy entails in my political science studies at Longwood.’ — Mike Burns ’05