Summer 2016 Issues

Feet in Sneakers standing in a grassy field

Crash Course

Summer 2016

German 402: Advanced Conversation and Phonetics Instructor Dr. Brett Martz, assistant professor of German The play’s the thing The major focus of this course, taught every other spring, is a…

Kayla Stover, M.S. ’17, a student in the communication sciences and disorders program, participated in ‘Inquiry Across Disciplines.’

Show and Tell: Graduate students present their research in annual symposium

Summer 2016

Students at Prince Edward County Middle School who had been struggling readers improved their SOL reading scores in spring 2015 thanks to a reading intervention plan designed and implemented by…

Taking Liberties

Summer 2016

Study finds widespread evidence of questionable research methods in management field A surprising number of researchers in the field of management are framing their results to make their work appear…

Taking Sports Seriously

Summer 2016

Athletics department creates organization to introduce students to careers in sports industry Part of Longwood’s mission and vision is to help its students become leaders who are prepared to make…

Who Knew?

Summer 2016

More than 100 members of the Longwood-Farmville community spent an afternoon this spring exploring what might be considered part of their own backyard—and what they found was surprising. Longwood’s Lancer…

Students donate thousands of books

Summer 2016

When members of a Longwood student volunteer group learned that many children in the region have very few or no books of their own, they sprang into action. The group,…

Julie Dayton ’81 in a 1992 photo when she was a coach at UVa.

Lacrosse alumna earns national honors

Summer 2016

Former women’s lacrosse All-American and Longwood Hall of Fame member Julie Dayton ’81 will be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Sept. 10. As one of this…

Read the Fine Prints

Summer 2016

Analyze your fingertips—not your palms—to see if diabetes is in your future, study shows Fingerprints are known to be important clues in solving crimes—but in predicting and preventing disease? That’s…

Golfers place in top 10 in Big South tournament

Summer 2016

Longwood’s men’s and women’s golf teams both placed golfers inside the top 10 at the Big South Championships to earn a pair of matching sixth-place team finishes. Men’s freshman Jordan…

The Hokule’a’s visit provided international visibility for Longwood’s research and sustainability efforts.

Fantastic Voyage

Summer 2016

Traditional Polynesian sailing vessel drops anchor at Hull Springs, draws a crowd A Polynesian voyaging canoe in the middle of a three-year trek around the world without modern technology stopped…