“I wanted to prove them wrong,” said Michael Branca, a history major at Longwood University, as he reflected on his decision to pursue the sport of baseball. Branca was born without his left hand and at the age of six, he taught himself how to play baseball. “It was a sport I didn’t think was ...
In the sweltering summer heat of 2013, Dr. Jes Simmons stood in Longwood University’s historic rotunda of Ruffner Hall, grasping at the cold, stone hand of Joan of Arc’s seated statue. The drops streaming down her face were not that of sweat, but tears of release as she realized this was where she ...
In the month of September, Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney’s Chi Alpha ministry recorded a weekly average of 140 members in attendance at their meetings, skyrocketing them into the position as one of the largest formal organizations on campus, according to Tech Team Leader Natalee Rombough. According ...
