Dr. Carolyn Wells, professor emerita of biology who also served as Longwood’s chief academic officer from 1975-1981, passed away on December 18.
Longwood’s Civitae Core Curriculum is teaching students to think about issues that have serious ramifications and no perfect solutions.
For many Longwood students, Prince Edward’s consequential civil rights history, including the 5-year closing of the county’s public schools in response to court-ordered desegregation, is something they learn about only after arriving on campus. But not Jocelyn Watson ’24—her family lived that history.
Novelist and short story writer Patricia Engel has been selected as the 2023 winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, a literary award given annually by Longwood University to a talented American writer who experiments with form, explores a range of voices and merits further recognition.
An innovative new program that will transform student work opportunities at Longwood into internships that build career-ready skills will launch in the coming months, thanks to a grant from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia.
In an emotional and triumphant ceremony, Longwood University on Friday dedicated its newest academic building on campus in honor of Dr. Edna Allen Bledsoe Dean, the first tenured Black professor in university history.
A group of Longwood kinesiology students are screening hundreds of National Guard soldiers for issues related to health and fitness.
Neil Miller ’25 practically grew up in a firehouse because his father was a volunteer firefighter back home in Woodbridge, Virginia.