Summer 2016 Issues

Board of Visitors selects alumnus as rector; 3 new members appointed by governor

Summer 2016

Robert S. Wertz Jr. ’85, a former member of the Longwood University Foundation Board and past president of the Longwood Alumni Association, has been selected rector of the Longwood University…

Assemblage by Polly Becker entitled Pupetmaster

Hearing Aid

Summer 2016

Presidential election debates shut out campaign noise and allow voters to hear the candidates’ ideas by Dr. William Harbour As Longwood prepares for the 2016 U.S. Vice Presidential Debate, the…

Call of the Wild

Summer 2016

Longwood at Yellowstone project focuses on issues facing national park’s ecosystem The federal government this spring announced a controversial proposal to drop endangered species protection for grizzly bears around Yellowstone…

Former Longwood baseball star Kyri Washington, part of the Boston Red Sox organization, is among the top sluggers in the South Atlantic League.

Movin’ on Up

Summer 2016

3 Lancers pursuing big league dreams Three former Longwood baseball players are inching closer to the big leagues this summer. Former Lancer aces Mark Montgomery and Aaron Myers ’16 and…

Anna Prow ’88 is managing director and chief operating officer for the Enough Project, based in Washington, D.C.

Holding the Fort

Summer 2016

Alumna’s work critical to organization focused on protecting human rights in Africa Anna Prow ’88 developed an affinity for Africa when she worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar….

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…