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.
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.
Journey into psychometrics began as a special education teacher, driven by her dissatisfaction with student assessments.
Dr. William Dunn ’91 received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2024 for his extraordinary community service.
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.
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.
The incoming freshman class paints an impressive picture academically—the average GPA is 3.67.
“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.
Dr. Melissa Kravetz is publishing a memoir later this year, but the story is not her own.
Alumna named 2023-24 Teacher of the Year