Spring 2016 Issues

The dance floor is standing room- only. Artworks offered in the auction capture the attention of Megan Miller. Harriet ’51 and Bill Miller pose for a portrait by student photographer Carson Reeher ’16. Anne-Latane and Charlie Schwabe take a spin. The gala is a family gathering for Stan and Linda Cheyne and their daughter, Lauren Bencick ’18.

Gothic Gala

Spring 2016

With décor and cuisine invoking its Southern Gothic theme, the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts’ February gala drew a full house of nearly 600 revelers ready to heat up the…

Real estate faculty, online MBA program rank among the best

Spring 2016

Longwood’s real estate faculty and its MBA program have earned recognition in recent months, one internationally and the other nationally. The real estate faculty has earned the university a top…

A green and grey striped shirt featuring a yellow star worn by a jewish prisoner

Channeling History

Spring 2016

Partnership with Holocaust Museum gives professor the chance to be part of ‘life-changing’ program Longwood’s collaboration in a professional development program for teachers this summer is the first step in…

Twenty schools sent teams of teachers to Longwood for the initial group session of the Teacher Leadership Program.

Building from Within

Spring 2016

$366,000 investment funds Longwood-led program designed to strengthen struggling schools An innovative new program designed to build teams of leaders in struggling school districts across the state launched in February…

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda

Former poet laureate to speak April 13 at library/LCVA event

Spring 2016

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, a former poet laureate of Virginia who also is an artist and lifelong educator, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Longwood Center for the…

A Good Neighbor

Spring 2016

Study shows Longwood’s economic footprint is growing—a boon to area communities New data show Longwood’s total impact on the surrounding community and state economies has increased 28 percent in the last…

CrashCourse

Spring 2016

Management 495: Strategic Forecasting Instructor Dr. Steven Samaras, assistant professor of management Lessons learned In this course, taught for the first time in fall 2015, students learned how to predict the…

Physics professor and former Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences Dean Chuck Ross considers an opening move against senior history major Alex Morton.

Chess Mate

Spring 2016

Moves on chessboard and in life are part of connection forged by dean, student It doesn’t hurt to be friends with the dean— until you start checkmating him regularly. Alex Morton…

Illustration featuring a man and woman fitting a chat bubble together like a puzzle piece

Students rack up awards for future teachers of English, foreign language

Spring 2016

Longwood must be doing something right in preparing English and foreign-language teachers, if the number of awards students are collecting is any indication. In the last five years, all but…

The 1982 baseball team at the 2016 Hall of Fame

To the Victors

Spring 2016

Longwood honors 2016 Hall of Fame class A 23-year coaching veteran, an All- American golfer, a career .419 hitter and Longwood’s first College World Series team, 21 members strong, were…