“We had a young lady, and this was 25 years ago. She was in Curry Hall. She was abducted by a student, or what we believe was a student, held captive for a couple of days, sexually assaulted multiple times and eventually stabbed,“ said Longwood Police Chief Col. Robert Beach. And the university ...
Sara Robertson was in a car accident in her early teens that left her paralyzed from the belly-button down. Taylor Thomas-Harris was born with cerebral palsy. Both women's disabilities have inspired them to seek degrees in social work. Sara: "I chose social work because I would like to ...
“I started off as a volunteer. I would go in and help detainees go through worksheets and just kind of learn about different things. (I would) answer any questions that they would have. As I kept going, my first semester there I began teaching this lower level English group ... “Volunteering at ...
As the new dancers swayed, their lengthy skirts jingled when the elements of their decorated hip scarves happily clashed during the routine. Their midriff bare, the Longwood Company of Belly Dance wore sports bras, common practice regalia to save their "costume bras" for performances. The sports ...
As the communication sciences and disorders students straggle out of phonetics class on Tuesday, junior Sarah Eggleston was easy to pick out. Of all of the students, she was the only one pushing a stroller. Eggleston's daughter, Joyce, was born in April. When most of her peers were overwhelmed about ...
Kamarin Bradley is in the minority at Longwood. She’s a self-described morning person who doesn’t mind 8 a.m. classes and isn’t one for sleeping in on the weekends. She’s also a minority as one of the nine percent of African-American students at Longwood, which is a PWI, or a predominantly white ...
After watching her mother participate in Farmville's annual High Bridge Trail Half-Marathon Longwood senior, Carrie Zimmerman, decided she wanted to volunteer. “We carried water over to the tables and set up the food area,” Zimmerman said. “We (also) directed people over to the food and handed ...
Students at Longwood University may know Grant Avent, or at least have seen his familiar face around the dining hall, Java City, or any of the other dining locations on campus. Avent came to Farmville 12 years ago, for a job interview at Longwood, even though he was happy working for Aramark at Winthrop ...
Reviewing the recent surge in campus construction, some Lancers may wonder what's next. Last year saw the debut of two new residence halls and entering this year, students are watching the ongoing creation of the Brock Student Success Center and the Upchurch University Center - set to open in spring ...
The mission of the Big Siblings program at Longwood University is to “touch the lives of children who may need encouragement and support otherwise offered by older siblings.” The program pairs Longwood students with children at Prince Edward County Elementary School. In previous years, Big ...
