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Cainan Townsend ’15, M.S. ’20

August 05, 2025

The Longwood Alumni Awards annually honor graduates and friends for their outstanding contributions to the university, community, and society. The 2025 recipients, selected by the Alumni Board, exemplify the values of citizen leadership.
Using computer science to predict migrant bird movement [PRISM Q&A]

August 04, 2025

Eli Stark ’26 spent the first half of his summer working with Dr. Julian Dymacek using non-negative matrix factorization, a technique that helps extract useful information from large sets of data, to find patterns in transient bird movement.
2025 Alumni Awards celebrate leaders with heart and vision

July 31, 2025

Inspiration. Service. Community. Achievement. These are not just words— they are the powerful and enduring themes woven through the life stories of the 2025 Longwood Alumni Award recipients.
I spent my summer electrospinning polymers and watching them glow [PRISM Q&A]

July 30, 2025

Mira Strong ’28 got the opportunity to build an electrospinner, a device that uses electrical force to produce small fibers from a polymer solution.
Not your typical lab: Students tackle spheres and convex geometry [PRISM Q&A]

July 22, 2025

Math and research aren’t two words that seem to fit together quite as well as science and research.
Longwood named one of Money’s Best Colleges in America for 2025

July 17, 2025

Longwood University was recently recognized on Money magazine’s list of the Best Colleges in America for 2025, a distinction that reaffirms the university’s commitment to offering a high-quality education that’s affordable.
Longwood announces president’s and dean’s lists for spring 2025

July 09, 2025

Longwood is proud to recognize more than 1,100 students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List for the 2025 spring semester.
Longwood comm studies major has front-row pressroom seat as Governor’s Fellow

June 09, 2025

Taylor Blount ‘26 has always loved to talk. Even from an early age, she said, people would comment on her gregarious nature.
Alumna is Virginia Beach’s Teacher of the Year

June 08, 2025

Lalisha Fitchett ’00, M.S. ’03, has been named the 2026 VBCPS Citywide Teacher of the Year. The middle school English teacher says Longwood gave her the foundation to become a compassionate, effective educator dedicated to helping students grow in the classroom and beyond.
Her business is inspired by love of animals

June 08, 2025

Paulette Walsted Courington ’90 turned her lifelong love of animals into a healing career. Now celebrating 10 years of Zion’s Touch, she combines science, intuition, and energy work—offering massage, training, and Reiki to horses and dogs. From show jumpers to beloved family pets, Courington’s work helps animals feel and perform their best.