All News and Articles
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Robert Kennedy’s evolution as civil rights champion the subject of Longwood’s C.G. Gordon Moss Lecture
October 16, 2014
Robert Kennedy’s May 1964 trip to Farmville is a watershed moment in the local history of the civil rights movement.
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From passenger pigeons to endangered species: Longwood students to present on extinctions
October 15, 2014
When John J. Audubon watched a migrating flock of passenger pigeons fly overhead in 1813, he wrote that the sky was "black with birds" for three days. He could not have imagined that just over a century later, the bird would be extinct.
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What Children’s Book Character Are You?
October 07, 2014
Longwood University is hosting the inaugural Virginia Children’s Book Festival on Oct. 10-11, 2014. Take this quiz to find out which classic children’s book character you are!
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Academy Award-winning screenwriter and activist Dustin Lance Black to speak at Longwood Oct. 7
October 02, 2014
Dustin Lance Black, a screenwriter, producer, director and social activist who won an Academy Award for his biopic on the late civil rights activist Harvey Milk, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. in Longwood University’s Jarman Auditorium.
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Cross country coach finds new gear after cancer battle
October 01, 2014
The water was cold, and Catherine Hanson knew that better than anyone. Standing among a field of hundreds of triathletes, each one encased in the comforting compression of a neoprene wetsuit, there stood Hanson in a tissue-thin singlet.
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Microaggression study: Problem widespread on campuses
September 30, 2014
It's a statistic that may raise eyebrows: More than 80 percent of college students say they have been the targets of microaggression.
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Longwood to host inaugural Virginia Children’s Book Festival
September 26, 2014
Longwood’s campus will soon be host to several beloved and award-winning children’s book authors as part of the inaugural Virginia Children’s Book Festival.
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Art educator endowment named for area champion of the arts Jackie Wall
September 25, 2014
An endowed school programs educator position that ensures a continued museum presence in area school systems has been named for a Farmville area champion of the arts and co-founder of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA).
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6 Things We Learned From Dr. Barber’s AMA
September 23, 2014
Dr. Amorette Barber, assistant professor of biology, discussed her research and expertise in immunology during an AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit.
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Longwood instructor gets peek into North Korea
September 19, 2014
Bradley Boswell has visited about 70 countries, including some of the world’s most forbidding places—Iraq, Iran, Syria and Pakistan. But his recent trip to North Korea was a unique experience.
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