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Joe Gills '15 Recognized for Work in Iraq

December 06, 2022

For Joe Gills '15, a computer scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), it was an email that popped into his inbox that shifted his focus, enabling him to pursue new opportunities around the world.
Longwood alum Travis Lyles ‘15 named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

December 02, 2022

Travis Lyles '15, deputy social director at The Washington Post, recently was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List, which recognizes trailblazing innovators across North America.
Yearly kiln firing brings Longwood pottery community together

November 28, 2022

Tucked in the woods just outside of Farmville is perhaps the best-kept secret of the arts community at Longwood: a wood-fired kiln large enough to turn hundreds of clay pots, sculptures, vases, and mugs into ceramics at once.
10 Interesting Things We Learned at the Fall Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

November 22, 2022

The Fall Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry was held on November 16 and featured more than 250 student presentations from class research and independent research projects.
41st Annual Dos Passos Prize Finalists Announced

November 16, 2022

Longwood University is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 John Dos Passos Prize, the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, which honors one of America’s most talented but underappreciated writers.
‘Generation gap’ disappears as therapeutic recreation class brings students and older adults together

November 15, 2022

Encouraging students to get to know older adults like these women is a key component of Longwood’s Leisure and Aging class, which is part of the therapeutic recreation program.
American flag flown in 9/11 destruction journeys through Longwood

November 10, 2022

A group of veterans has been transporting the Ground Zero Flag Team–an American flag and marble cross shaped from the ruins of the World Trade Center towers–around the world in remembrance of the lives lost and as a tribute to the first responders who gave their lives more than two decades ago.
Longwood Spanish professor emeritus awarded statewide lifetime achievement award

November 09, 2022

Dr. Lily Anne Goetz, professor emeritus of Spanish, recently received the Dr. Helen Warriner-Burke Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) Distinguished Service Award.
In an election year, Longwood’s political clubs from both sides of the aisle find common ground

October 31, 2022

Amid all the mudslinging of election-year politics, two Longwood students have found that working together is better than working against each other.
Acclaimed writer Sandra Cisneros to visit Longwood next month

October 19, 2022

Sandra Cisneros, a nationally acclaimed poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer and artist whose work explores themes of multiculturalism and the lives of the working class, will speak at Longwood University in November as part of the Longwood Authors Reading Series.