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Hotel Weyanoke: a “game changer” for Farmville

May 07, 2018

Just in time for two major weekends on campus, the Hotel Weyanoke, which for years housed students just steps away from the historic center of campus, is officially open for business as Farmville’s first boutique hotel.
Public service, community leadership still noble calling, Va. House Speaker Kirk Cox tells Longwood SGA

May 04, 2018

Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox imparted advice to members of the Longwood Student Government Association as he encouraged them to pursue public service.
The Last Tour

April 30, 2018

In senior spring, an Ambassador’s final tour becomes one check mark in a series of nostalgic lasts—last class, last trip to D-Hall, last late-night run for food. It’s a poignant moment, and one they’ll never forget.
New academic building will provide interdisciplinary student, faculty and research space

April 29, 2018

Coming soon to Longwood: a new interdisciplinary academic building with cutting-edge classrooms and learning spaces, all inside a handsome structure fitting seamlessly into the classical center of campus.
Longwood nursing students to educate community about vaccines

April 27, 2018

Sixty-one Longwood University nursing students going on the road next week to educate the Prince Edward community about the importance of five different vaccines: hepatitis, influenza, pneumonia, shingles and HPV.
Cameron Patterson: Teen led efforts in Virginia to improve civil rights

April 23, 2018

With student activism recently in the news, it’s fitting that this month we are commemorating the first Barbara Rose Johns Day in Virginia.
Dina Leech column: Fresh water: help restore this precious resource

April 22, 2018

The irony of our “blue planet” is that most water on Earth is unusable to humanity. Fresh water — which is essential for life and needed for agriculture, industry, and society — makes up less than 3 percent of the total water on Earth; and only 0.03 percent is easily accessible in lakes, rivers, and swamps.
Students give Longwood high marks for faculty interaction, leadership opportunities

April 21, 2018

For the biology major Mahelet Mamo ’18, the research, leadership and experiential learning she has been afforded at Longwood far eclipse those of her friends and peers at other universities and have prepared her well for the next step on her journey to becoming a physician.
One day, 600+ research projects: Student work shines during spring research symposium

April 20, 2018

For the past academic year, more than 600 Longwood students have been hard at work, studying everything from the morphology of bacterial magnetic crystals to Andrew Jackson and the nullification crisis.
Q&A: Richmond Symphony partnership fruitful for Longwood, celebrated ensemble

April 19, 2018

The annual Richmond Symphony concert at Longwood University is a can’t-miss event on the spring cultural calendar in Farmville, drawing a mix of students, faculty, staff and community members to Jarman Hall.