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  • Watercolor portrait of an elderly woman with short, white hair, smiling warmly. She is resting her head on one hand and is wearing a blue blouse with a necklace and bracelet. Her expression is friendly and inviting, and the background is softly painted with pale, neutral tones.

    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.

  • Dr. Jenny Retallick, Jaime Huggard, LPC, Dr. Maureen J. Walls-McKay, Tianna Jordan, M.S. '23, and Dr. David Davino, LPC

    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.

  • A detailed watercolor portrait of a man with short, light brown hair and a full beard. He is smiling and wearing round glasses with a dark frame. His outfit includes a light brown plaid jacket over a white collared shirt. The background is softly painted in shades of gray, giving a subtle contrast to his warm expression and attire.

    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.

  • A detailed watercolor portrait of a woman with shoulder-length, wavy silver hair, smiling warmly. She is wearing a patterned shirt in shades of black, white, and blue, with a small, teardrop-shaped pendant necklace. The soft background is painted in light shades of blue and gray, giving a gentle contrast to her features.

    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.

  • Student in the midst of the sea of caps at Convocation 2024

    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.

  • Student teacher working with a child using flashcards

    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.

  • Alex Grabiec ’07

    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.

  • Students working in a lab at Longwood

    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.

  • L-R: Joshua Burton ’25, Charles Clemente ’24 and Jake Keely ’24

    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.

  • Dr. Ronda Walker and Dr. Sarah Tanner-Anderson '02, MA '07

    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.