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UVA hip-hop professor to highlight busy MLK Week at Longwood

January 12, 2018

A.D. Carson, the UVA professor of hip-hop who first rose to fame for his doctoral dissertation that took the form of a 34-track rap album, will bring his performance art and perspective to Longwood this January as the apex of a week of activities celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On stage at Longwood this spring: Sondheim musical, Pulitzer Prize winner

January 10, 2018

The second half of the 2017-18 Longwood theatre season will be punctuated by a lot of laughs and familiar pop music from the Beatles to the Bangles era.
17 Memorable Moments of 2017 as Seen on Social Media

December 31, 2017

As we say hello to 2018, here are just a few of the memorable social media posts from the Longwood community over the past year.
Longwood nursing graduates earn back-to-back 100 percent pass rate on licensure exam

December 14, 2017

For the second straight year, Longwood University nursing program graduates have reached rarefied air by recording a 100 percent pass rate on their first attempt at the required licensure exam, an accomplishment few schools can boast.
High school musicians to perform at annual Longwood Honors Bands event

December 12, 2017

The 23rd annual Longwood Honors Jazz Ensemble and the 27th annual Honors Concert Band performances will be held on Friday, January 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University.
Giving Farmville’s regards to Broadway: Longwood professor and student made Kris Kringle The Musical shine

November 27, 2017

Black Friday was an intense, stressful and rewarding day for Longwood theatre professor Scott Chapman, but not because he was looking to score the best shopping deals. Instead, Chapman was in New York serving as lighting designer for the Big Apple premiere of Kris Kringle The Musical at The Town Hall theater just off Broadway.
Corncob discovery leads to statewide research award for Longwood archaeology students

November 15, 2017

As Longwood students Olivia Mehalko and Cameron Reuss knelt in the dirt and carefully unearthed the remains of a 1,000-year-old Native American hearth, they came across what would seem to be a common find.
Noted political journalist Jamelle Bouie to speak on race and democracy Nov. 29

November 13, 2017

In sharp, daily columns and on network television news roundtables, Slate’s Jamelle Bouie has emerged as one of the few political journalists breaking through the hurried day-to-day and delivering in-depth historical perspective and critical thought.
Cyber security and computer science programs increase collaboration to help graduates compete in expanding job

November 07, 2017

When Dr. Darrell Carpenter and Dr. Robert Marmorstein sat down to assess the ways the cyber security and computer science programs at Longwood could collaborate more, they decided they needed to do some rewiring—literally.
LCVA exhibition takes on divisive issues, kicks off four months of special programming

November 03, 2017

A stunning and thought-provoking collection of artwork that tackles some of the most divisive issues in the country—civil rights, equality and injustice—will debut at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 3.