All News and Articles

Lancer Dashboard

Home
News & Articles
All News and Articles

Browse: All•2022•2021•2020•2019•2018•2017•2016•2015•2014•2013

Chang-rae Lee wins 2017 Dos Passos Prize for Literature

November 02, 2017

Celebrated fiction novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Chang-rae Lee has been named the winner of the 2017 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, a premier literary award given annually by Longwood University.
Following the water, immersing in the arts: new Brock Experiences explore civic issues

November 01, 2017

Two new Brock Experiences are the latest in a growing series of immersive, citizenship-focused courses at sites around the United States.
Bestselling illustrator to launch newest Lumberjanes graphic novel at VCBF

October 11, 2017

In the world of graphic novels, stories of adventure and wonder are commonplace, and the best-selling book Lumberjanes is no different.
Walkathon will raise scholarship funds for new Andy Taylor Center

October 10, 2017

As the Taylor Center opens its doors and welcomes its first group of students, organizers are raising tuition-assistance funds for families of students.
Meet Kate Colley: scholar, star field hockey midfielder, Rhodes Scholarship nominee

October 06, 2017

It’s been a busy fall for Kate Colley ’18. A full courseload for the chemistry major from Fredericksburg with a 3.92 GPA. Research work with her professor. And countless hours on the field hockey field, where the star midfielder has helped lead Longwood to a 10-2 start, the best in program history.
Virginia Children’s Book Festival plans exciting, interactive programming with star-studded author lineup

September 28, 2017

The 2017 Virginia Children's Book Festival will again bring some of the most acclaimed authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books to Longwood University on October 19-21.
NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik to speak at Longwood Oct. 11 on the media’s role in democracy

September 26, 2017

National Public Radio’s David Folkenflik, the four-time winner of the Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism from the National Press Club, will speak Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Longwood University’s Wygal Hall on “Believe Me: The Media, The Public and The Presidency in the Trump Era.”
Longwood 2017-18 theater season begins with a Shakespeare classic, culminates in a Pulitzer Prize-winner

September 25, 2017

It’s a season full of sound, fury and a lot of laughs as the Longwood University theater department gets ready to kick off 2017 with a trip to 12th-century Scotland—where murder, war and madness rule the day in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Three Caldecott-Winning Illustrators Join for Keynote Conversation at 2017 Virginia Children’s Book Festival

September 15, 2017

Three of the nation’s most sought-after illustrators—each of them recognized with a Caldecott Medal in the last three years—will appear together for the first time at the 2017 Virginia Children’s Book Festival.
Longwood climbs again in latest national rankings

September 12, 2017

Longwood is rising in national prominence, with increased application numbers and graduation rates among the factors helping to fuel a jump in two important new national rankings.